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Spielberg NOTES Flashcards

1
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Spielberg College

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film program @ California Stat U, rejected by USC (later would receive honarary degree)

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Spielberg intern

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At Universal Studio, later granted contract as TV DIRECTOR (23, youngest ever)

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3
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First movie

A

Sugarland Express (starring Goldie Hann)

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4
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Sugarland Express @ BO

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did poorly

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5
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JAWS was a _____ film

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Breakthrough ($400 mil)

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6
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Jaws began career long collab w/

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John Williams (composer)

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7
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1942 success

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Slim success w/ critics (about WW2)

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8
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Spielberg has made over _____ in BO receipts

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8.5 bil

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9
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Schindler’s List $

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Profits used to create Shoah Foundation created video archive of holocaust survivors

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10
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Highest grossing BO records of all time

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Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park

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11
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1986 Award

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Irving Thalberg Award (Academy Highest Honor)

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12
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Jaws was first

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SUMMER Blockbuster

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13
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Hollywood and Summer

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Hollywood used to “dump” movies in Summer (i.e. bmovies)

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14
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Jaws $$$

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Grossed well, over budget production

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15
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Jaws Shark

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notorious for NOT working

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16
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Jaws & A-list

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Jaws brough high concept action movies into A-list

17
Q

Jaws themes & Audience

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Youthful themes awakened youthful audiences

18
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Jaws Scor was

A

ICONIC

19
Q

Jaws affected

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BEACH attendence

20
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Spielbergian Themes

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Childhood Wonderment, Mysterious Forces, Citizen vs. State, & Religious

21
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Childhood wonderment (4) Spielberg as _____

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Spielberg as PETER PAN,
tech (aliens, monsters, fantasy),
Absentee fathers/broken homes
+adults exploring inner child

22
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Mysterious Forces Spielberg as _______

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God, Evil, Magic Hope, Faith. Spielberg as the MYSTIC

23
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Citizen vs. State

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Spielberg as political

24
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Religiousness

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Revealed himself as religious rather than conservative (home & family man, naturalistic)

25
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Spielberg never gray about

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Right & Wrong

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