Film International, March 1st, 2008
Keywords: Steven Spielberg, interiority, sexuality, eating, Empire of the Sun, Munich
'Perhaps table-manners are not a bad test of sincerity.'
- George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier (1937)
'Superficial' Steven
It is certainly hopeless (and illogical) to leap from the fact that he is the most financially successful filmmaker of all time to the conclusion that there is little or nothing of artistic, philosophical, and social value in the work of Steven Spielberg. Popularity and intelligence are hardly mutually exclusive, and so even he may seem fruitful if we look with enough care. Exactly ...
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