To mark his 60th birthday, we celebrate the genius of Steven Spielberg by counting down (in no particular order) the greatest moments, amazing stories and monumental impact of the world's greatest film director...
WORDS: Ian Freer and Ross Bennett
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That He Can Work In Different Styles
With the cast on the set of Munich.
Few filmmakers have a more recognisable directorial persona than Spielberg. We all think we know what a Spielberg movie is; aliens (check), kids (check), suburbia (check) etc. Which makes his output since Schindler's List all the more remarkable, consistently escaping what we would routinely think of as a Spielberg movie. From the hard-hitting thrills and political complexity of Munich to the slow, tableaux history lesson of Munich, from the film noir-ish sci-fi of Minority Report to the cerebral sci-fi of A.I., Spielberg has taken on a chameleon like persona, proving himself adept in completely different arenas. Even the blockbusters - The Lost World, War Of The Worlds - are miles away from the summer blockbusters he made in his thirties. As a filmmaker, Spielberg is growing and evolving and we love him for it.
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