Excellent HBO documentary on Steven Spielberg. Turns out he values not knowing prior how a scene would look like. Panic is his cherished MO. Only then he comes up with good ideas. Interesting, that his process is emotional and visceral - not over thought. Although clearly an overall strategy has to be applied, his approach to a scene is instinctual.
In Jews - what you don’t see is generally scarier than what you do see (there is very little of the shark in the film.)
His camera movements (which to him is the directing) are always more than giving the viewer a sense of space. They always reveal something additional.
I remember from an older interview with Spielberg his amazement that “they” keep hiring him. Then his guess that “they do, because he knows where to put the camera”. That’s what it takes - the ability to select the best camera spot!
Also: there is a page with quotes from famous people. Below there are a few among those by Spielberg that impressed me the most:
- “You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can’t even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.”
- “Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship, and understanding through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.”
- “All of us every single year, we’re a different person. I don’t think we’re the same person all our lives.
- “Sometimes a dream almost whispers… it never shouts. Very hard to hear. So you have to, every day of your lives, be ready to hear what whispers in your ear. ”
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