Steven Spielberg: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)

My son loves this book! He is only 15 and showing interest in film, so I thought this bio would inspire. This is not a kids' book so it includes a good history of his works. He enjoys the information he gets from the candid interviews of our well loved S. Spielberg!!

Steven Spielberg: Interviews is a great book on many levels. It's probably one of the only books about Spielberg that shows his more personal side and manner of speaking. The interviews give us a different different perspective of the man and show that he is not what everyone (or me at least) envisioned him to be.Interesting, information, and with its own of sense of humor, this is definitely a must-read for Spielberg fans, filmmakers, and people period.

This is a fun read, and great info whether you're just a fan or happen to work in the industry.

This is a good interview book w/ the man! It's not the same type of lessons presented, but still worth a read!

I've been waiting a long time for a book like this. Populist filmmakers like Steven Spielberg are too often ignored by publishers who would rather print in-depth literature on the likes of Coppola or Scorsese, so it's nice to see a meaty tome such as this on the bookshelves. Spielberg lets rip on all the stuff you often wondered about whilst watching his films, and proves himself to be rather adept at delivering hilarious anecdotes. Unlike the George Lucas Interviews book, Spielberg isn't shy when it comes to discussing his private life. All in all, an enlightening read. Jolly good.

This book has become one of my favorite books to read and I loved learning so much about Spielberg is just these collection of articles. All his stories are fascinating and so insightful. The authors' perceptions about his and how they've analyzed him make me imagine what it would be like to be Spielberg. Knowing his failures, his back story, his thoughts by reading them in this book makes me admire the man so much more.This is a great book to read and I definitely recommend reading it if one wants to learn more about Steven and how he's such a genius.

Steven Spielberg is undoubtedly the greatest movie director of our times. ALL his movies have been box-office hits. He is brilliant and dedicated to his craft! And people adore him! He's way cool ...That's why it's so exciting to read a book by him, describing the last 25 years of his life. Awesome material!Can't wait to see more of his movies! Many reviewers are saying that my TOONIES book would make a great movie ... a la Spielberg. I should be so lucky, but was lucky enough to meet and pose with Clint Eastwood many moons ago, so perhaps I'll get lucky again. Hint! Hint!With all his fame and fortune and he still remains a very "nice, dear, down-to-earth" man. More of the actors should emulate his example.Go, Steven!

There's a lot of really good stuff in here.First, the interviews span some 25 years, so you get a sense how he's matured and yet how he's stayed the same.Second, Spielberg is very candid, so interviews with him tend to reveal more than many others.Third, there's just a lot of good stuff in here, some of which you may have heard and some not. For instance, I had never heard the story of how, as an awkward 12 year old, he and a mentally retarded boy were dead last in a school race and their peers cheered the retarded boy to beat young Spielberg. Spielberg describes how he knew he had to let the boy with without him realizing it and did just that. And then he describes how after the race, after the others carried the retarded boy on their shoulders, Spielberg was both devastatingly happy and sad.Or there's the anecdote about his encounter with Stanley Kubrick -- how the master was not as stand-offish as one might think, and yet how he sized up Spielberg with "his probing, questioning eyes, always looking at you to see if you're true or falso. To see what you're made of, to see what you have upstairs. His chess player's eyes. Real surgeon's eyes."There's lots of other examples I can bring but if you have any interest in Spielberg or movies just go out and get the book. It's a great read about a fascinating man whose own character arc and maturity as a movie-maker is the stuff great stories are made of.

For any film buffs / Spielberg fans this book is a fascinating read. Most enjoyable are the earlier interviews from the 70's and 80's and it's a real insight into the thinking of an astonishingly fast, well read, thoughtful and creative mind.

It took a long time to arrive, but worth the wait as very good book in good condition.