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I think that many of us would be disappointed in Spielberg's comments on his films on a scene specific commentary. I think he is good when reflecting on his films in interview mode, but I can't see him adding much more in an audio commentary. Commentaries are merely a luxury, to me, not a necessity. I think that commentaries and documentaries do often reveal too much. There are books out there that tell you all about Spielberg and his films if you feel you must know about this or that.
To me, films - the great films are magical and mysterious and disecting the minutiae of them can shatter that mystery which makes them great. I don't think that it is something that has to be done. Sometimes, I think that people demand too much from the artists who have already provided so much for us to go on.
Art is fundamentally for entertainment, inspiration and enlightenment, not for technical analysis, although that too can be worthwhile, but is not the purpose of art at all.
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