Steven Spielberg was a fearful kid who found solace in storytelling | Fresh Air

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Spielberg's latest project, "The Fabelmans", is semi-autobiographical — focused on his childhood and teen years and his parents' divorce. He jokingly refers to the film as "$40 million of therapy." He speaks with Terry Gross about the first movie he saw in theaters, filming the iconic D-Day sequence in "Saving Private Ryan", and growing up around Holocaust survivors.

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All Comments (15)
  • Shaving Ryan’s Privates question at minute 42. The meaning of life.
  • Steven Spielberg is my hero. What a positive influence this man has been in my life. Thank you for this interview, I am going to see his movie tonight.
  • What a fantastic interview! Thank you for such in depth questions. Can’t wait to see the movie!
  • @Userhandle7384
    I wish I could see these childhood films by Spielberg…
  • @dave210yt
    wondering if 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was rereleased - the Kirk Douglas version originally came out in 1954.
  • @kthx1138
    The opening Normandy beach landing in Private Ryan is so brilliant because the camera IS largely the point of view of the soldiers. This projects a subjective reality into us the audience. We are there.
  • Living with his imagination would we frightening for a child.
  • @benrosn8154
    this is absolutely amazing, Steven Spielberg is an absolute visionary, one of the greatest of all time that totally use the form and craft a film to its fullest extent, they should have 1 million views but still amazing