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What are the traits of classic/early Spielberg movies?

  • 13-03-2011 2:11pm
    #1
    Richard Dower
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    Small town America?, capturing and seeing events through childrens eyes? etc?


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  • #2
    krudler
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    broken/parentless families is a big one, nearly all of his movies have it.

    shooting stars in the night sky, its a trademark.

    Overbearing adults, I love how in ET you dont see a single adults faces bar Elliot's mother for the first half of the movie. Peter Coyote's character is only identified by his keys on his belt and all the other FBI agents are always in shadows or seen from the waist down to give us a kids view of adults.


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    johnny_ultimate
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    They tend to be good as well, that's an important one.


  • #4
    krudler
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    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    They tend to be good as well, that's an important one.

    Definitely, he and directors like George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis and Joe Dante shaped my childhood movie watching years. Smalltown America movies are something I've always enjoyed watching and they all do them perfectly.


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    mike65
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    Editing.


  • #6
    Richard Dower
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    The Goonies was a great Speilberg-esque movie....it really capture this small costal town in Autumn, usually a small gang of friends, Speirlberg movies tend to have 10-12 year old kids vs. older teens, an older brother who sorta bullies his younger brother etc.

    Working mom always somewhere else, clueless to what's going on. bikes!....yeah they all had bikes. Fat kid?


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  • #7
    Miguel_Sanchez
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    Richard Dower wrote: »
    capturing and seeing events through childrens eyes? etc?

    That may apply to classic Spielberg but not to early Spielberg.


  • #8
    krudler
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    Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »
    That may apply to classic Spielberg but not to early Spielberg.

    Its a big part of Close Encounters though, especially the scene in the house with the toys coming to life.


  • #9
    Miguel_Sanchez
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    krudler wrote: »
    Its a big part of Close Encounters though, especially the scene in the house with the toys coming to life.

    True but it's probably the only one from his early (pre-ET) films that you could apply it to I'd say.


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    ricero
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    i think childhood innocence is another key trait in his movies


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