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Spielberg

You can just lookat those movies, and you see the abilityto tell a story without words

( music playing ) Abrams:
You can just look
at those movies, and you see the ability
to tell a story without words

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Abrams: You can just look at those movies,
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and you see the ability to tell a story without words.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:14
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.
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
Roger Ernest: One time he sneaked onto Alfred Hitchcock's set - Spielberg 00:10
Roger Ernest: One time he sneaked onto Alfred Hitchcock'...
Steve was constantly learning, - Spielberg 00:12
Steve was constantly learning,
It was like Spielberg 101 in overdrive. - Spielberg 00:06
It was like Spielberg 101 in overdrive.
Spielberg: I tried very hard to get into USC Film School, - Spielberg 00:06
Spielberg: I tried very hard to get into USC Film School,