Steven Spielberg, Joseph McBride
Steven Spielberg, Joseph McBride
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Steven Spielberg
A Biography

Author: Joseph McBride

Narrator: Edward Lewis

Unabridged: 20 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2012

Synopsis

The most successful director in movie history, Steven Spielberg has been responsible for such box-office blockbusters as Jurassic Park, Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and the Indiana Jones trilogy. And yet throughout much of his career, Spielberg's work has been undervalued by critics who have questioned his emotional maturity and intellectual seriousness. It was not until he made Schindler's List in 1993 that he was widely recognized as a serious filmmaker. Until now, much about Steven Spielberg's personality and the forces that shaped it has remained enigmatic, in large part because of his tendency to obscure and mythologize his own past.In this full-scale, in-depth biography of Steven Spielberg, Joseph McBride reveals hidden dimensions of the filmmaker's personality and shows how deeply personal even his most commercial work has been. With the same breadth of research and clarity of insight that characterized his acclaimed biography of Frank Capra, McBride has gone in search of the true Steven Spielberg, interviewing more than three hundred of the director's friends and associates, many of whom had never spoken about him before.

About Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride’s many books include John Ford, Orson Welles, Hawks on Hawks, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success, and The Book of Movie Lists. His film scripts include the cult classic Rock ’n’ Roll High School and five American Film Institute Life Achievement Award television specials. He lives in Los Angeles.

About Edward Lewis

Edward Lewis (a.k.a. David Hilder) is a stage, film, and television actor. He has narrated unabridged audiobooks for over eighteen years and has recorded more than two hundred titles, spanning works of fiction and nonfiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on November 05, 2014

So much more than a mere biography, this monstrous book is an encyclopedia Spielberg, a gossip column, an intelligent academic study, and so much more. Full disclosure: I am a lifelong fan of the director and have four of his films in my all-time top 20; “Empire of the Sun”, “A.I.”, “E.T.” and “Close......more

Goodreads review by J.r. on April 13, 2022

What I want a from a directors biography. Interviews from friends, co workers and family, reviews of the time, and reflection of the work through modern lenses Anyways a great read and made me appreciate Spielberg more......more

Goodreads review by StephenKubrick13 on August 12, 2018

Steven Spielberg: A Biography is the perfect source for learning about Steven Spielberg, acclaimed director of classics such as Jaws, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. It doesn’t go on for too long and ends perfectly. You can tell that Joseph McBride really did a lo......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 03, 2018

Published in 1997, this is a thorough (and hefty, at 528 pages in total, including various notes etc) and well written biography that follows Spielberg closely from precocious child genius to huge entertainment phenomenon. Focussing heavily on his youth (and striving to make a connection with his ou......more

Goodreads review by Dave on December 11, 2021

Exhaustively researched, and exhaustive to read WHoooo Boy, does this book go on and on. I wanted to give up and quit so many times. You could have cut this book in half and it would have been a shade over just right. I love all the stuff about the movies and what went into them, especially the creat......more

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