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Steven Spielberg

            Steven Spielberg is most likely the best moviemaker the Hollywood has ever known. One of his most valuable talents is the ability to understand the public and predict what kind of movies people will like. Spielberg delivers hit after hit based on his own self-describe "preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces". He does what he likes to do more than anything else. His life as a moviemaker is exciting, but it hasn't always been the way it is and to become the "Great Spielberg" he is today he had to overcome numerous obstacles the world had given him.
             Steven has liked movies since he was very little and his interest wasn't just in the movies themselves but in the process of making them. He made his first movie using his father's 8 mm camera at the age of twelve which impressed his peers and made them respect him. One of his homemade movies won an award as the best movie made by a teenager. A short while after that when he was twenty, Spielberg signed a contract with Universal Studio. From that point on he was working very slowly and learning how to become a good moviemaker. At the age of twentyeight, a blockbuster movie called Jaws directed by him was released. Jaws was the most profitable movie at that time and its release drew a lot of attention to Steven Spielberg which made him one of Hollywood's best young directors. .
             Being Jewish is never easy for anybody, because for some reason many people consider them inferior. Spielberg is an American born Jew. Although his first language is English he was still considered Jewish by a lot of people in his neighborhood and when he was a teenager and lived with his parents, other children would often make fun of him and try to humiliate him whenever they had a chance. A number of years later when he became a famous and respected member of American society he made a movie called Schindler's List which was a very powerful and touching movie about the life of Jewish people during the World War 2 in Germany and the surrounding countries.


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1. Steven spielberg

Steven Spielberg A "hero" has been defined as many things, for example, in mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and is favored by the gods. ... Steven Spielberg has been through many barriers throughout his career. ... Steven Spielberg was born December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati. ... As a kid in Phoenix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home movies while his sister sold popcorn. ... Clearly we have not heard the last of Steven Spielberg. ...

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2. Steven Spielberg

As a director, Steven Spielberg has touched the hearts of many with the movies he has created. ... Steven Spielberg's childhood has shaped the way he became a profound director. ... (Steven Spielberg 2). Soon after, Spielberg dropped out of college to make movies in an abandon janitor's closet he found in Universal Studios (Steven Spielberg 3). ... Through out is lifetime; so far, Steven Spielberg has achieved many accomplishments. ...

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3. Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg has directed some of the most successful movies, icluding six that are ranked in the top 25 highest grossing films to date. ... As a child I loved Steven Spielberg's movie, E.T. ... From childhood until now, I still associate Steven Spielberg directly to E.T. ... I, a Steven Spielberg fan, am awaiting news of his upcoming films and am anxious for their release. ... To the world's greatest director, Steven Spielberg, I wish you the best....

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4. Steven Spielberg

The article that I chose for this assignment was called The Great Directors: Steven Spielberg and was written by Eric Molnar. Molnar whole opinion is that Steven Spielberg is the most underrated director and is often unseen as one of the greatest (Molnar). ... Spielberg has expanded this works into various fields and has tackled many subjects. ... Molnar has explains that Spielberg is also a great storyteller. ... All in all, Molnar does an excellent job of explaining why we all should consider Steven Spielberg one the greatest directors of all time. ...

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5. Analysis of Steven Spiel......

Analysis of Steven Spielburg's Movies The article I read was a critical analysis of Steven Spielberg's Amistad. ... The article makes a parallel connection between Amistad and Schindler's List, which was the movie that Steven Spielberg made just prior to Amistad. ... It not only touched on the type of film that Amistad was, but also touched on some of the similarities between it and another of Steven Spielberg's films. ...

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6. No Flaws in Jaws

No Flaws in Jaws I believe one of the greatest movies of all time is the thriller by Steven Spielberg called Jaws. ... In this long, never for one instant boring, build-up, Spielberg achieves two things. ... Plagued with production problems and a budget that went from four million to ten million dollars, Steven Spielberg did not receive an Oscar nomination as best director but he should have for making a film work in the final cut that many predicted would fail miserably. ... Ebert believes that Spielberg was employing a strategy used by Alfred Hitchcock throughout his career. ... Spielb...

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7. Schindlers List

Spielberg left a lasting impression on the viewer's minds while at the same time educated them on the holocaust. ... Spielberg's most important focus on the film was aimed around Hope, greed and innocence. ... Steven Spielberg's sole purpose for the film was to put forward his ideas of what really happened in the holocaust. ... Even though Spielberg is a Jew himself, I think the movie is very much two ways. ... Steven Spielberg's motivation for writing the film was mainly a big misunderstanding of the holocaust. ...

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8. Amistad: Hollywood versus History

The film Amistad, by Steven Spielberg is a prime example of a historically accurate movie that has a glossy Hollywood coating to appeal to the public. ... Spielberg starts the film with the scene where the slaves take over the ship by force. ... Not only does Spielberg start the story in the middle, he also ends it before it is actually over. ... Spielberg makes the audience actually get to know the characters so the viewers become emotionally attached to the story. ... Overall, the historical truths seem to outweigh the fiction in Steven Spielberg's Amistad. ...

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9. Schindlers List

The film Schindler's List is set during the period of World War II, and the director Steven Spielberg focuses on the devesting holocaust of the Jews. ... It is shown mainly in black and white, with the exception of the opening and closing scenes, and on a few occasions when Spielberg bleeds colour in to show that even the innocence of a young child, could not escape the sheer horror of the holocaust. ... Through the movie we see Spielberg explore his character and his motivation. ... This use of black and white allows Spielberg to strongly show the theme of light versus shadows. ... In c...

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