Thanks, Dave.
Well said and very informative.
Jeff
On Mar 10, 2011, at 1:47 PM, David Kusumoto wrote:
And here I thought I was the world's foremost amateur authority on
Spielberg's life and career. I'm obviously dropping scores of
brain cells every day. While his work on "Amblin," "Night Gallery"
and "Duel" (the latter a USA TV-movie released theatrically abroad)
put him on the map within the industry; his official "theatrical
debut" with "Sugarland" made him a critic's darling in 1974, with
Pauline Kael being his most notable booster back east. Still,
Spielberg did not have the respect in Hollywood while making
"Jaws," which had disaster written all over it, which included
Richard Dreyfuss sh_____g on it in public before the picture was in
post-production (long since recanted). "Jaws" is to Spielberg what
"The 39 Steps" was to Hitchcock, etc. But yeah, sorry I botched
his age. I've always looked at him as a "wunderkind" even though
he's nearly a senior citizen now, a guy who still makes kinetically-
styled films and seems forever determined not to embarrass his
parents, hence his repeated penchant for gooey scenes and happy
endings. Even now, I still feel like I always have to defend his
body of work, perhaps too loudly even though his name being
plastered as "executive producer" on so much crap is an obvious
marketing tactic that has diluted the patina associated with his
name. At any rate, thanks for the correction...
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:35:05 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: New Jaws Book
To: [email protected]
he was not unknown David
we all knew him from the highway terror film, Duel as well as the
serious and funny Sugarland Express
although clearly Jaws made him a household name
and he was 29 when Jaws came out
At 01:27 PM 3/10/2011, David Kusumoto wrote:
Rudy -
Thanks for posting this. Since the rash of books about Jaws that
came out during the 1970s, there really hasn't been anything good
that has come out lately about this break-out film. This book by
Beller looks like a winner. Many people, esp. Spielberg haters,
have rightly argued that among Spielberg's popcorn films, "Jaws"
remains his best; it certainly has fewer flaws than his more feted
dramas, e.g., Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's. Geez, hard to
believe the guy was just 26 years old and a virtual unknown at the
time of Jaws release. - d.
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:31:24 -0800
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: New Jaws Book
> To: [email protected]
>
> Some of you might know Jim Beller as the ultimate Jaws collector.
He's
> co-authored a new book on that great horror film and it's sure to be
> as compulsively complete as his collection. Regards, rudy
>
>
> http://www.facebook.com/l/e0b43d0YDqW5X7nW5TIEmbkqysw/
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