Spielberg has already directed one film in 3D (Tintin) and he’s got a postconversion set for release next year (Jurassic Park), and in my latest piece for the Huffington Post, I write about why it’s time to stop the cynicism and just embrace stereoscopic technology.
Jaws will be re-issued in the United Kingdom next month, so I thought I’d put together a little piece for the Huffington Post asking why the film was so successful back in the 70s and why it still endures to this day.
Cameron Crowe makes a very brief cameo in Spielberg’s Minority Report, and in a recent issue of Empire magazine, he revealed a quick anecdote about the shooting of the scene he features in.
“I’m a terrible actor, as you already know from my cameo in Singles, but I went for it. Instantly Steven Spielberg realized how bad I was and put me in the background with a newspaper to read. At one point during the rehearsal, I looked up and (Tom) Cruise was giving me this venomous look. I was like, “What are you looking at me like that for? Come on man, it’s just a rehearsal…” Then I heard from Steven, “Okay, cut, we’ve got it!” I was like, “You fucker! You pulled the bad actor trick on me!””
The feature from which this quote was pulled can be seen on Crowe’s official website, The Uncool…
It’s been expected for a little while, but now Universal have confirmed that E.T. will be released on Blu-Ray later this year. The studio have put together this nice little trailer to celebrate.
Meanwhile, Time Entertainment have put together a nice little article highlighting 10 Things You Didn’t Know About E.T.
(Thanks to the SpielbergFilms Facebook page for bringing these to my attention.)
Anonymous asked: You think the fourth indie is better than the third? why? explain!
Hi - sorry, there may have been some misunderstanding here. I think the third film is the best of the four. My order is:
1 - Last Crusade
2 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
3 - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
4 - Temple of Doom
I prefer Kingdom to Temple because I think Spielberg explores more interesting themes (the nature of national antagonism and how it gets in the way of progress). Temple of Doom is great fun, but I don’t think it’s anything more than that. Though it’s still really good.
![Following on from Temple of Doom’s birthday earlier in the week, today (May 24th) is the 23rd birthday of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - my favourite of the Indy series. (Raiders is second, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull third, Temple of Doom fourth).
Fun fact about Last Crusade: You know the gunpowder fight between Sir Francis Haddock and Red Rackham in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn? That sequence was originally featured in an initial draft of Last Crusade.
From Wikipedia: “[Jeffrey] Boam’s February 1988 rewrite… [features a scene in which] Vogel is beheaded by the traps guarding the Grail, while Kemal tries to blow up the temple during a comic fight in which gunpowder is repeatedly lit and extinguished.”
Picture source: Indiana Jones, F*** Yeah](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j162K6O21r5cyr0o1_500.jpg)
Following on from Temple of Doom’s birthday earlier in the week, today (May 24th) is the 23rd birthday of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - my favourite of the Indy series. (Raiders is second, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull third, Temple of Doom fourth).
Fun fact about Last Crusade: You know the gunpowder fight between Sir Francis Haddock and Red Rackham in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn? That sequence was originally featured in an initial draft of Last Crusade.
From Wikipedia: “[Jeffrey] Boam’s February 1988 rewrite… [features a scene in which] Vogel is beheaded by the traps guarding the Grail, while Kemal tries to blow up the temple during a comic fight in which gunpowder is repeatedly lit and extinguished.”
Picture source: Indiana Jones, F*** Yeah
