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Spielberg: I got in trouble with several critics
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Spielberg

I got in troublewith several critics who didn't likethat I shied away from the love...

Spielberg:
I got in trouble
with several critics who didn't like
that I shied away from the love story
between Shug and Celie

Full Transcript

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Spielberg: I got in trouble with several critics
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who didn't like that I shied away
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from the love story between Shug and Celie.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:40
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.
I just didn't go for the full monty the way the book did. - Spielberg 00:05
I just didn't go for the full monty the way the book di...
I might've done that had I made the movie 10 years later. - Spielberg 00:05
I might've done that had I made the movie 10 years late...
Kennedy: Steven was telling the story that Alice wrote, - Spielberg 00:11
Kennedy: Steven was telling the story that Alice wrote,
He could never go where Alice went with that book. - Spielberg 00:05
He could never go where Alice went with that book.
Maslin: That book was appreciated for its grit and its realism, - Spielberg 00:09
Maslin: That book was appreciated for its grit and its reali...
He was just asking for it by even going anywhere near that. - Spielberg 00:05
He was just asking for it by even going anywhere near that.
Edelstein: Nobody really wanted Steven Spielberg - Spielberg 00:05
Edelstein: Nobody really wanted Steven Spielberg
But with "The Color Purple," colors are exact, - Spielberg 00:09
But with "The Color Purple," colors are exact,
There's something so false and so Disney storyboard-like - Spielberg 00:09
There's something so false and so Disney storyboard-lik...
Geffen You know he wanted to make a prettier picture - Spielberg 00:11
Geffen You know he wanted to make a prettier picture
Geffen: You know, he wanted to make a prettier picture - Spielberg 00:05
Geffen: You know, he wanted to make a prettier picture
I have a baby on the way, - Spielberg 00:05
I have a baby on the way,
- It already has, in a way. - Shalit: Are you nervous about it or what? - Spielberg 00:04
- It already has, in a way. - Shalit: Are you nervous about ...
I just think it's the best thing - Spielberg 00:06
I just think it's the best thing
Spielberg: I think the destiny of Amy and I - Spielberg 00:09
Spielberg: I think the destiny of Amy and I
Before that, I'm not sure I knew what a personal life was. - Spielberg 00:05
Before that, I'm not sure I knew what a personal life w...
I thought life began - Spielberg 00:18
I thought life began
( music playing ) - Spielberg 00:10
( music playing )
And it's especially painful for me - Spielberg 00:09
And it's especially painful for me
And so, you know, I felt terrible for Max, - Spielberg 00:07
And so, you know, I felt terrible for Max,