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Has anyone else here heard that Spielberg had some input on the Obi-wan Anakin fight in REVENGE OF THE SITH? Pretty cool!
Yes, I think they show a little of that in one of the DVD featurettes.
I heard Tom "Empire of the Sun" Stoppard helped with some of the script on III. Which begs the question, silly though it may be at this point, oh . . . it's just spilled milk, so I won't.
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Aug 30, 2013 - 1:28 AM
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This would be a great place to list those other "topical issues," Thor, or you could create a new thread for this topic. (Hey Henry, you must be enjoying all of this.)
I think we may have been discussing them in one of the previous Spielberg threads, but I can't remember anymore.
Anyways, these are some recurrent 'auteur' aspects that most of you are probably already aware of. Most of them refer back to various experiences in his own childhood and formative years:
* Flight (Spielberg was constantly inspired by his father's stories from his years as a pilot in the war, and uses that aspect in many of his films)
* Escape from mundane reality
* The rise of the everyday hero in non-everyday situations
* Positive outlook in negative surroundings
* The world as seen through the eyes of children (aka the Wordsworth concept "Child is the Father of Man", the untainted world view of innocence)
* "Believing is seeing" (when a person believes in something, it finally appears -- whether it's Elliot's mother in E.T., Dorinda seeing Pete in ALWAYS or Indiana Jones as he crosses the invisible bridge in LAST CRUSADE, the "red girl" in SCHINDLER'S LIST etc.)
* Deceptive father figure, strong mother figure, at times also dysfunctional families in general
* The fear is stronger for what you do NOT see, basically a trait he picked up from Hitchcock, one of his big inspirations
* Tricking the audience (relates to the above a bit, but it has to do with presenting something that might be construed as unreal, only to reveal its very real origins)
* Light can be used to OBSCURE, not just reveal (the 'streaming lights' in the video above is an aspect of this). It's a celebration of film as a medium based on light.
* Non-verbal communication or LACK of communication altogether
* "The Spielberg Face" (camera drives towards an awestruck face, gazing at something beyond)
These are just some of the thematic and stylistic traits I can remember now. There are a few more, but it's too early in the morning for me. 
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I think he bought the rights to the Thomas Keneally book in the early 80's or something, if memory serves, just after it was published.
Do you remember anything about two films being set up at Universal, that Scorsese was going to do "Schindler," and Spielberg was going to remake "Cape Fear," and last minute they traded projects? Do I have some other anecdote mixed in here?
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Is Pirate Latitudes still in development?
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