Steven Spielberg opens up about ‘The Fabelmans’ making, says it was ‘cathartic’

Director Steven Spielberg said that he has always left behind some parts of himself in his 35 movies. He has become the highest-grossing film director of all time, with movies such as ‘Jaws’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, ‘Schindler's List’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’. His latest project, ‘The Fabelmans’ is deemed semi-autobiographical by him.

Steven Spielberg recalled that her mother was pushy to make ‘The Fabelmans’ and share the story of their family. In the film, his father, played by Paul Dano, is a computer engineer and his mom, played by Michelle Williams, is a free-spirited lady.

‘The Fabelmans’ is a coming-of-age movie comprising the story of Steven Spielberg's journey of making movies, starting with the first film he ever saw at age six, "The Greatest Show on Earth."


He further explained he did not have any idea what a movie it was. And his parents took him to a ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, which is about a circus. Steven Spielberg remembered being engrossed in the story but was heavily frightened by the train crash in the movie.



To overcome that fear, he used to recreate the train crash from ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ with his model trains and filmed it with his fathers 8mm camera. And that is how the filmmaker in Steven Spielberg was born.

Tony Kushner, the writer of ‘The Fabelmans’, called the movie therapeutic for Steven Spielberg. However, Steven Spielberg remarked that it was certainly “cathartic” for him and joked that he had spent $40 million for therapy in making the movie. His mother is the story's heart, as she was in real life.

FAQs:

1. How many movies has Steven Spielberg directed?
   Steven Spielberg has directed 35 movies to date.
2. What is Steven Spielberg's first movie?
   “The Sugarland Express” is his first movie.