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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His Love Of Animation
Raised on a childhood diet of Disney and Chuck Jones, animation runs in Steven Spielberg's blood. This passion for animation manifests itself in direct quotation - The Sugarland Express' doomed lovers watching Road Runner or Roy Neary waking up to Duck Dodgers In The 24 1/2 Century in Close Encounters - but also in subtler ways; the truck chase in Duel is Road Runner vs Wile E. Coyote writ live action wheareas Devil's Tower set-piece in Close Encounters is a special effects replay of Close Encounters. But more pertinently is Spielberg's sponsorship of "proper animation" from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? to the genius of Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures, a real descendant of the genius of Looney Toons.
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