false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179437201m/917232.jpg 917232 1 Steven Spielberg is the director or producer of over one third of the thirty highest grossing films of all time, yet most film scholars dismiss him as little more than a modern P. T. Barnum - a technically gifted and intellectually shallow showman who substitutes spectacle for substance. To date, no book has attempted to analyze the components of his worldview, the issues which animate his most significant works, the roots of his immense acceptance, and the influence his vast spectrum of imaginative products exerts on the public consciousness. In "Citizen Spielberg", Lester D. Friedman fills that void with a systematic analysis of the various genres in which the director has worked, including science fiction ("E.T."), adventure ("Raiders" trilogy), race films ("The Color Purple", "Amistad"), and war films ("Saving Private Ryan", "Schindler's List"). Friedman concludes that Spielberg's films present a sustained artistic vision combined with a technical flair matched by few other filmmakers, and makes a compelling case for Spielberg to be considered as a major film artist. 902307 30 6 2006 Citizen Spielberg total:2|4:1|3:1| 2 7 3 1 3 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 11:21:58 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 13:59:02 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Feb 29 16:27:25 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 16:27:32 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 12:39:43 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 15:46:45 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=917232