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A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era. * Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielberg's directorial output, from early works including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent films * Explores Spielberg's contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his films * Topics include in-depth analyses of Spielberg's themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural…mehr
A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era. * Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielberg's directorial output, from early works including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent films * Explores Spielberg's contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his films * Topics include in-depth analyses of Spielberg's themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural significance of the Spielberg 'brand' and his parallel career as a producer; and collaborative projects with artists and composers * Brings together an international team of renowned scholars and emergent voices, balancing multiple perspectives and critical approaches * Creates a timely and illuminating resource which acknowledges the ambiguity and complexity of Spielberg's work, and reflects its increasing importance to film scholarship
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Autorenporträt
Nigel Morris is Principal Lecturer in Media, School of Film and Media, University of Lincoln, UK, specializing in film, television, and media, cultural and educational studies. He is the author of The Cinema of Steven Spielberg (2007).
Inhaltsangabe
Notes on Contributors x
Acknowledgements xvii
Film and Television Programs: Steven Spielberg (chronological) xviii
1 Introduction 1 Nigel Morris
Part One Industry and Agency 25
2 Spielberg as Director, Producer, and Movie Mogul 27 Thomas Schatz
3 Producing the Spielberg "Brand" 45 James Russell
Part Two Narration and Style 59
4 Magisterial Juvenilia: Amblin' and Spielberg's Early Television Work 61 Nigel Morris
5 Finding His Voice: Experimentation and Innovation in Duel, The Sugarland Express, and 1941 103 James Kendrick
6 Creating a Cliff hanger: Narration in The Lost World: Jurassic Park 122 Warren Buckland
7 Steven Spielberg and the Rhetoric of an Ending 137 Michael Walker
8 The Spielberg Gesture: Performance and Intensified Continuity 159 Steven Rybin
Part Three Collaborations and Intertexts 173
9 Spielberg-Williams: Symphonic Cinema 175 Jack Sullivan
10 Spielberg and Kubrick 195 Peter Krämer
11 Spielberg and Adaptation 212 I.Q. Hunter
12 "A very cruel death of innocence": Notes Toward an Appreciation of Spielberg's Film of Empire of the Sun 227 Neil Sinyard
Part Four Themes and Variations 241
13 "Who am I, David?": Motherhood in Spielberg's Dramas of Family Dysfunction 243 Linda Ruth Williams
14 Close Encounters of the Paternal Kind: Spielberg's Fatherhoods 258 Murray Pomerance
15 Spielberg and Rockwell: Realism and the Liberal Imagination 276 Frederick Wasser
16 Too Brave for Foolish Pride: Violence in the Films of Steven Spielberg 291 Stephen Prince
Part Five Spielberg, History, and Identity 305
17 Morality Tales? Visions of the Past in Spielberg's History Plays 307 Sarah Barrow
18 "Britain's Secret Schindler": The Impact of Schindler's List on British Media Perceptions of Civilian Heroes 320 Erin Bell
19 The (M)orality of Murder: Jews, Food, and Steven Spielberg's Munich 336 Nathan Abrams and Gerwyn Owen
20 You Must Remember This: History as Film/Film as History 353 Lester D. Friedman
21 Violence and Memory in Spielberg's Lincoln 374 Robert Burgoyne and John Trafton
Part Six Spielberg in the Digital Age 387
22 The Spielberg Effects 389 Dan North
23 Spielberg and Video Games (1982 to 2010) 410 Grethe Mitchell
Part Seven Reception 433
24 Sharks, Aliens, and Nazis: The Crisis of Film Criticism and the Rise of Steven Spielberg 435 Raymond J. Haberski, Jr.
25 Spielberg, Fandom, and the Popular Appeal of His Blockbuster Movies 452 Lincoln Geraghty
26 Steven Spielberg and the Rise of the Celebrity Film Director 466 Kirsty Fairclough and Andy Willis
