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    After viewing the cinematic film, “Minority Report” by Stephen Spielberg, the task to make an interview about the movie was handed to me. My job was to interview two people about the futuristic technologies in the movie. For the analysis of their answers I will not use their names to keep their anonymity and privacy, since they did not want to share those information, hence I will call them ‘Interviewee #1’ and ‘Interviewee #2’. However they agreed onto to tell their age, since I needed to interview

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    Minority Report by Stephen Spielberg is a science fiction thriller that focuses on surveillance and the concept of clairvoyance or predicting the future. The concept of “pre-crime” is interesting because the “Pre Cogs” can see a crime in the future that will likely happen but they are not 100% accurate because we see the Anderton not murder Crowe after Agatha’s warnings; “you have a choice, walk away.” There is also a focus on eyes in this film, perhaps a symbol that represents deception, seeing

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    Steven Allan Spielberg is known worldwide as a screenwriter, producer and one of America's most successful filmmakers. His 20 highest-grossing films grossed 8.45 billion. He is a three-time winner of the Oscar Award, twice as the best director of the year. Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati (Ohio, USA), the son of a Jewish family engineer Arnold Spielberg and professional pianist Leah Adler (nee Posner).The mother had to give up the idea of her career for education of four children

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    “Believe you can and you’re half way there” (Theodore Roosevelt). Alan Paton and Steven Spielberg use similar and different techniques in ‘Cry, The Beloved Country’ (CTBC) and ‘The Colour Purple’ to present the impact of beliefs. Alan Paton’s Cry, The Beloved Country follows the story of Stephen Kumalo, an African Reverent in Ndosheni who receives a letter about his son in Johannesburg, however the letter leads Kumalo to discover a harsh family past. The storyline takes the audience through the life

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    Saving Private Ryan is a theatrical masterpiece that incorporates many universal themes that almost all people can relate to. The movie follows a squad of U.S. soldiers as they battle through the trenches of World War II. Directed by the great Stephen Spielberg, the movie is claimed by many to be the most accurate presentation of war in any movie to date. The movie includes several themes that helps captivate the audience and truly help people understand just how horrible war is. The idea of losing

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    Alonso Diez Mrs. Miller English 12 March 24, 2016 Steven Spielberg and his influence in the film industry According to statistics, the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jaws was one of the most watched movies in the 1970’s with a little production budget of $12 million and an incredible worldwide box office of almost $500 million. This, however, is not the only blockbuster movie from this American director and producer. In 1993, Universal published Schindler’s List based on a novel from the author Thomas

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    The Thrill of Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg writes and directs modern films which have majorly impacted the film industry. Spielberg made many contributions to the film industry. He directed many infamous movies by using his impeccable ideas such as, the different genres of movies that he produces. He has made two huge successes known as ET and Jaws. Spielberg is one of the greatest revolutionaries of all time because of his outstanding special effects as well as his ability to expand on

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    envision different scenes easily. Spielberg’s version cuts out many of the bigger scenes that take up most of the book that are action packed. Stephen Spielberg’s movie leaves out lots of important plots described in Michael Crichton’s book in many places throughout his movie. In the beginning of the book a little girl is attacked which added

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    a close encounter?” quote from David Laughlin from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Well everyone who has ever seen the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind has had their own close encounter of some kind. Written and directed by Steven Spielberg and Produced by Colombia Pictures in association with EMI Films. Colombia Pictures the same year is credited with the production of four other films which include Bobby Deerfield staring Al Pacino, The Deadly Triangle staring Dale Robinette, Fun

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    Human made structures in this film are curved and spherical. However, before our main characters are presented with the monolith for the first time the rooms and spaces they inhabit are square and sharp in nature. The meeting room on the Clavius, HAL’s core on the Discovery. This impending doom is a subtly hint by Kubrick, an indication that the monolith is about to appear, the sharp lines and dark interiors replace smooth curves and white walls. All this gives a sense of dread and powerlessness

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