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I was really influenced by all that stuff
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Spielberg

I was really influencedby all that stuff, and so my firstcouple of movies were...

I was really influenced
by all that stuff, and so my first
couple of movies were stories
about World War II

Full Transcript

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I was really influenced by all that stuff,
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and so my first couple of movies
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were stories about World War II.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:45
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Pentimento Productions,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.
There was an airport with a bunch of World War II airplanes - Spielberg 00:06
There was an airport with a bunch of World War II airplanes
( explosion ) - Spielberg 00:10
( explosion )
And made a movie that looked like - Spielberg 00:07
And made a movie that looked like
( music playing ) - Spielberg 00:10
( music playing )
His use of primitive special effects was spectacular. - Spielberg 00:05
His use of primitive special effects was spectacular.
You know, he'd have big bullet hits, - Spielberg 00:12
You know, he'd have big bullet hits,
There was something in the DNA of it that, - Spielberg 00:08
There was something in the DNA of it that,
But I didn't know anything about whether - Spielberg 00:06
But I didn't know anything about whether
I just knew that it filled up the time and it gave me - Spielberg 00:05
I just knew that it filled up the time and it gave me
And the second I finished a movie, I wanted to start a new one - Spielberg 00:08
And the second I finished a movie, I wanted to start a new o...
But when I had too much time to think, - Spielberg 00:08
But when I had too much time to think,
It was not fun to be me in between ideas or projects - Spielberg 00:11
It was not fun to be me in between ideas or projects
Sid Sheinberg: The lore has it that as a young man, - Spielberg 00:10
Sid Sheinberg: The lore has it that as a young man,
He would literally get on the lot - Spielberg 00:07
He would literally get on the lot
Spielberg: I got on the studio tour bus, - Spielberg 00:05
Spielberg: I got on the studio tour bus,
And then at one point they give you a bathroom break, - Spielberg 00:06
And then at one point they give you a bathroom break,
I waited till I could hear a pin drop, and then came out. - Spielberg 00:05
I waited till I could hear a pin drop, and then came out.
James Brolin: Word was that he went upstairs - Spielberg 00:09
James Brolin: Word was that he went upstairs
Dreyfuss: The story was he requisitioned an office, - Spielberg 00:07
Dreyfuss: The story was he requisitioned an office,
Eh, I don't believe it, but you know what they said - Spielberg 00:08
Eh, I don't believe it, but you know what they said