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Tony Kushner: When you're watching Steven's movies
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Spielberg

When you're watchingSteven's movies, you feel likeyou're in the presenceof something...

Tony Kushner:
When you're watching
Steven's movies, you feel like
you're in the presence
of something mysterious and inexpressible
and poetic

Full Transcript

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Tony Kushner: When you're watching Steven's movies,
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you feel like you're in the presence of something mysterious
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and inexpressible and poetic.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:17
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.
Enjoying very simple pleasures-- - Spielberg 00:06
Enjoying very simple pleasures--
I had been very influenced - Spielberg 00:22
I had been very influenced
Spielberg: I had been very influenced - Spielberg 00:12
Spielberg: I had been very influenced
I really wanted the audience to look at the screen and say, - Spielberg 00:08
I really wanted the audience to look at the screen and say,
The effects for "Close Encounters" - Spielberg 00:05
The effects for "Close Encounters"
Zsigmond: He shot the people with a motion control camera, - Spielberg 00:08
Zsigmond: He shot the people with a motion control camera,
And then that's recorded, actually, on a tape, - Spielberg 00:13
And then that's recorded, actually, on a tape,
Balaban: So, when you married the two images, they were perfect, - Spielberg 00:09
Balaban: So, when you married the two images, they were perf...
Always before, you had to kind of sit there quietly, - Spielberg 00:05
Always before, you had to kind of sit there quietly,
They could not be doing those effect movies - Spielberg 00:08
They could not be doing those effect movies
Phillips: The stakes were so high for Steven on "Close Encounters." - Spielberg 00:11
Phillips: The stakes were so high for Steven on "Close ...
He had bankers and Hollywood breathing down his neck - Spielberg 00:07
He had bankers and Hollywood breathing down his neck
So, Steven had a giant responsibility on his shoulders, - Spielberg 00:11
So, Steven had a giant responsibility on his shoulders,
Win or lose, he made the movie that he had dreamed of making. - Spielberg 00:04
Win or lose, he made the movie that he had dreamed of making...
Spielberg: When I was a kid, my dad took me to watch - Spielberg 00:08
Spielberg: When I was a kid, my dad took me to watch
And because it was such a beautiful experience for me, - Spielberg 00:17
And because it was such a beautiful experience for me,
Between an extraterrestrial civilization and our own - Spielberg 00:31
Between an extraterrestrial civilization and our own
I had first thought mathematics would be - Spielberg 00:13
I had first thought mathematics would be
( music playing ) - Spielberg 00:11
( music playing )
There's a spiritual part of myself that happens - Spielberg 00:16
There's a spiritual part of myself that happens