Spielberg NOTES Flashcards
(25 cards)
Spielberg College
film program @ California Stat U, rejected by USC (later would receive honarary degree)
Spielberg intern
At Universal Studio, later granted contract as TV DIRECTOR (23, youngest ever)
First movie
Sugarland Express (starring Goldie Hann)
Sugarland Express @ BO
did poorly
JAWS was a _____ film
Breakthrough ($400 mil)
Jaws began career long collab w/
John Williams (composer)
1942 success
Slim success w/ critics (about WW2)
Spielberg has made over _____ in BO receipts
8.5 bil
Schindler’s List $
Profits used to create Shoah Foundation created video archive of holocaust survivors
Highest grossing BO records of all time
Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park
1986 Award
Irving Thalberg Award (Academy Highest Honor)
Jaws was first
SUMMER Blockbuster
Hollywood and Summer
Hollywood used to “dump” movies in Summer (i.e. bmovies)
Jaws $$$
Grossed well, over budget production
Jaws Shark
notorious for NOT working
Jaws & A-list
Jaws brough high concept action movies into A-list
Jaws themes & Audience
Youthful themes awakened youthful audiences
Jaws Scor was
ICONIC
Jaws affected
BEACH attendence
Spielbergian Themes
Childhood Wonderment, Mysterious Forces, Citizen vs. State, & Religious
Childhood wonderment (4) Spielberg as _____
Spielberg as PETER PAN,
tech (aliens, monsters, fantasy),
Absentee fathers/broken homes
+adults exploring inner child
Mysterious Forces Spielberg as _______
God, Evil, Magic Hope, Faith. Spielberg as the MYSTIC
Citizen vs. State
Spielberg as political
Religiousness
Revealed himself as religious rather than conservative (home & family man, naturalistic)
