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Mom?"Empire of the Sun" was about this young boygrowing up in Shanghai who gets...

Mom?
- Frank Marshall:
"Empire of the Sun" was about this young boy
growing up in Shanghai who gets separated
from his parents during
the Japanese invasion

Full Transcript

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- Mom? - Frank Marshall: "Empire of the Sun"
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was about this young boy growing up in Shanghai
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who gets separated from his parents
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during the Japanese invasion.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:01
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.
And he goes through a tremendous transformation - Spielberg 00:08
And he goes through a tremendous transformation
Spielberg: It was playing on what I knew were my strengths, - Spielberg 00:13
Spielberg: It was playing on what I knew were my strengths,
Spielberg It was playing on what I knew were my strengths - Spielberg 00:54
Spielberg It was playing on what I knew were my strengths
Spielberg: It was based on the experiences - Spielberg 00:07
Spielberg: It was based on the experiences
Jim was a lost boy trying to figure out - Spielberg 00:06
Jim was a lost boy trying to figure out
It's a movie about growing up too quickly - Spielberg 00:08
It's a movie about growing up too quickly
When you have nothing to keep yourself safe, - Spielberg 00:08
When you have nothing to keep yourself safe,
Christian Bale: It's an extraordinary story - Spielberg 00:14
Christian Bale: It's an extraordinary story
Scorsese: It's in the great tradition of epic filmmaking. - Spielberg 00:05
Scorsese: It's in the great tradition of epic filmmakin...
Scorsese It's in the great tradition of epic filmmaking - Spielberg 01:05
Scorsese It's in the great tradition of epic filmmaking
Scorsese: And then, something even more disturbingly beautiful, - Spielberg 00:09
Scorsese: And then, something even more disturbingly beautif...
It's like a soul transcending into another life. - Spielberg 00:04
It's like a soul transcending into another life.
- ( man speaks Japanese ) - ( boy singing in Welsh ) - Spielberg 00:04
- ( man speaks Japanese ) - ( boy singing in Welsh )
Stoppard: This was war - Spielberg 00:07
Stoppard: This was war
Stoppard This was war - Spielberg 00:30
Stoppard This was war
And it was like an end of innocence - Spielberg 00:06
And it was like an end of innocence
I don't know where it comes from, - Spielberg 00:06
I don't know where it comes from,
Scott: At the time, he was not dismissed, exactly, - Spielberg 00:06
Scott: At the time, he was not dismissed, exactly,
Oh, now he wants it"-- which, I mean-- - Spielberg 00:09
Oh, now he wants it"-- which, I mean--
I don't think anybody as an artist - Spielberg 00:09
I don't think anybody as an artist