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Steven Spielberg: I knew this couldn't be just another movie and it couldn't be anything like anything I'd ever directed before. I had to approach the material and I had to approach the location with a great deal of reverence. And I had to make this a very quiet, quiet production. We were shooting on hallowed, sacred ground. Everywhere we shot in Krakow felt like we were shooting in a cemetery. And it changed my entire approach to cinema. That film looks different than anything I'd ever done before. I tried to do it with no fancy tricks, no fancy lens, no big Hollywood sweeping cranes. I tried to take all the tools with which I made so many of my films and just chuck them out the window. I never handheld anything; but, I wanted to handhold as much in "Schindler's List" as I possibly could. I just wanted to create - for all of us - the feeling that we were absolutely there at the time
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Spielberg I knew this couldn't be just another movie
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and it couldn't be anything like anything I had ever directed before
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I had to approach the material
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and I had to approach the location
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with a great deal of reverence
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and I had to make this a very quiet quiet production
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We were shooting on hallowed sacred ground
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Everywhere we shot in Krak w
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felt like we were shooting in a cemetery
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And it changed my entire approach to cinema
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I that film looks different
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than anything I had ever done before that
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I tried to do it with no fancy tricks no fancy lenses
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no big Hollywood sweeping cranes
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I tried to take all the tools
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with which I made so many of my films
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and just chuck them out the window
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I never handheld anything but I wanted to handhold
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as much of Schindler's List as I possibly could
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I just wanted to create for all of us
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the feeling that we were absolutely there at the time
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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.
