Schindler’s List was in the works for a long time before finally hitting the screens in 1993, so long in fact that the press were talking it up as the follow up to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom back in the mid-80s.
Source: Mike Ryan
“I was thrilled that Steven’s visit was on the same day as I doing my big action scene. He was like, ‘Oh my God, Benedict, I had no idea you can do this action stuff, this is terrific.’ I said, ‘Now you know, I’ll put it on my [résumé] next time, I promise.’”
Spielberg fanboys over his War Horse star Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in Star Trek Into Darkness.
Interview with Steven Spielberg (6mn, eng)
Nostalgia Critic’s review of Jurassic Park
(Thanks to iam-artist for submitting this.)
“I think that we’re always judging and we’re always reserving private judgment of movies.I’ve always just accepted that there’s always great competition for audiences’ attention. There are certain films that compete for a selective kind of audience. That doesn’t really allow me to compare these apples to these oranges. I don’t see films as competition, I see them as ways to brag and boast about other countries’ work. I see this as two weeks of celebrating film, not two weeks of putting films against one another.”
Sadly, the Cannes video site doesn’t offer embedding functionality, but you can watch Spielberg’s introduction at the Opening Ceremony of the festival at this link.
It features a wonderful montage, an incredible standing ovation and Audrey Tatou using a fantastic word to describe Spielberg: universal.
