{"product_id":"steven-spielberg-a-retrospective-updated-edition-9781786751546","title":"Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective (Updated Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpdated edition published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Spielberg's first feature film and featuring a foreword from the master filmmaker himself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the irresistible fantasy of \u003ci\u003eE.T.\u003c\/i\u003e to the gritty realism of \u003ci\u003eSaving Private Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e, the films of Steven Spielberg have captured the imagination of the world. Renowned critic Richard Schickel now gives us the definitive illustrated monograph on this Oscar-winning Hollywood icon, whose long and glittering career few directors have equaled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpielberg is one of the most influential and inspirational minds in cinema, and Schickel provides perceptive analysis of 60 years' worth of work, with illuminating film-by-film commentary on such masterpieces as the underwater thriller, \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e; the high-speed adventures of \u003ci\u003eIndiana Jones\u003c\/i\u003e; the harrowing \u003ci\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/i\u003e; sci-fi classic \u003ci\u003eClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u003c\/i\u003e; to his most recent releases, the Oscar-winning \u003ci\u003eBridge of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Schickel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than thirty books. He is the creator of an equal number of documentary films, including portraits of Charlie Chaplin, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen. Over the past three decades he has made eighteen such directorial portraits, which, taken together, constitute a unique record of the history of filmmaking since the beginning of sound film production. Since 1965, he has been a movie reviewer for Life, Time and Time.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gemini Adult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50893711671570,"sku":"9781786751546","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e5d9bf4-598c-47ec-80c9-19383fa27452.jpg?v=1738234251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/steven-spielberg-a-retrospective-updated-edition-9781786751546","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}