Perhaps that's the point on this documentary to concentrate on this person that became a great director! I'm DVRing it today so I'll make some time in the near future to watch the entire documentary. If it concentrates on his personal life more than his films then I'm fine with that because I want to know more about the man himself.
I would say it's 60/40 weighted toward his films, but the stuff about his personal life, if you don't already know it, is wonderful.
I watched the documentary this morning and thought it was excellent! Perhaps, the Spielberg experts don't have a high opinion of it, but most people aren't Spielberg experts and this documentary gives those people a look into the man and how his films were influenced by his childhood and family. Going forward, I'm going to have a different appreciation of his films.
I think it was Jeffrey Katzenberg actually but yeah, it was one of the Dreamworks guys. I think it's a great story and I think Spielberg actually snuck on to the Universal lot as a young man but I think the "he set up his own office" part of the story is made up. Just like how he lied about his age for years.
Really, you're going to be that judgmental.
So are you telling me you never lied about yourself? Spielberg is a director which means he's a story teller. He told a lie and embellished a story. I think that mistake is greatly overshadow by the pure joy he brought millions of people with his films over the last 45 or so years.
Oddly enough, he publicly lied about his age for years to make himself a year (or maybe two?) younger. Presumably so he could be even more amazing at having achieved the level of director at an even younger age.
