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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Friedman, Lester D. Citizen Spielberg. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2006 (OCoLC)622121767 |
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| Named Person: | Steven Spielberg; Steven Spielberg |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lester D Friedman |
| ISBN: | 0252031148 9780252031144 0252073584 9780252073588 |
| OCLC Number: | 62430875 |
| Description: | 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction : The elephant in the center of the room -- 1. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the world" : Spielberg's science-fiction and fantasy films -- 2. "They don't know what they've got there" : Spielberg's action/adventure melodramas -- 3. "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" : Spielberg's monster movies -- 4. "The world has taken a turn for the surreal" : Spielberg's World War II combat films -- 5. "Whoever tells the best story wins" : Spielberg's social problem/ethnic minority films -- 6. "Control is power" : imagining the Holocaust -- Filmography -- Works cited -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Lester D. Friedman. |
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Abstract:
Provides a systematic analysis of the various genres in which Steven Spielberg has worked, including science fiction, adventure, race films, and war films. This work concludes that Spielberg's films present a sustained artistic vision combined with a technical flair matched by few other filmmakers.
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