October 2011
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Lex was a nice role model and a welcome break from the usual child role, do you think that’s why she has remained a popular character?
Steven really gave my character a great deal. When you compare it to the book by Michael Crichton my character is the younger sister and quite a brat with not very much to offer but having the roles reversed and the fact that I was given the computer know-how ...
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The Terminal is one of my favourite Spielberg films of the last decade, indeed perhaps the defining film of what I consider Spielberg’s strongest period. Ostensibly a light and fluffy rom-com, it’s actually an astute satire on post-9/11 America that has a powerful message about immigration and the American dream. Spielberg’s Noughties were defined with such tricksy films.
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I don’t normally bother much with negative reviews, and generally negative reviews of Spielberg films will be posted here objectively - that is to say, without editorial comment. However, I couldn’t let this article from noted Tintinologist Tom McCarthy pass without making a point.
McCarthy’s article is the second from a Tintinologist the Guardian has printed this...
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“Without the initial premise of Mahatma Gandhi, the film would be nothing. Therefore it’s a narrative film but it’s a piece of narration rather than a piece of cinema, as such. ET depended absolutely on the concept of cinema and I think that Steven Spielberg, who I’m very fond of, is a genius. I think ET is a quite extraordinary piece of cinema.” Lord Attenborough on ET, Gandhi and the...
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