Culture news One of Steven Spielberg's most underrated films is coming to Netflix! If you want to know everything about him, you have to see this feature film…
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Although Steven Spielberg is an acclaimed director today, he had to overcome many challenges to become a filmmaker. He tells this unexpected story of his life, in this film now available on Netflix.
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Steven Spielberg has quickly become one of the most cult directors in today's cinema! From Jaws, through the adventures of Indiana Jones, to Ready Player One and West Side Story (2021), the filmmaker has tried his hand at all genres, with the success that we know him Today. Moreover, the man is not yet stopping his career, because he is already talking about his next film. According to Variety, he would like to direct a film on UFOs alongside David Koepp on the screenplay (Jurassic Park). For the moment, we don't know much about this project which is still in its idea stage, but it seems that ET and space are lacking for Spielberg. However, among all his films with crazy ambitions, he also tried his hand at a much more intimate feature film, endowed with a simplicity which is his greatest strength. Don’t wait to discover it on Netflix!
A fable by Spielberg
It is since May 22 on the SVOD Netflix platform that you will be able to discover The Fabelmans. A film by Steven Spielberg, about Steven Spielberg. And yes, if the film does not describe itself as an autobiography, it is his childhood that the director evokes, through the eyes of the young Sammy Fabelman. Like him, he lives in a very classic American family and has always been passionate about cinema. Over the years, as this obsession becomes his reason for living, he begins to direct the lens towards his family. We discover a father with a scientific spirit, who wants his son to find “a real profession”; we also observe a mother whose artistic inclinations are undermined by the bitterness she feels regarding her role as mother and her place within the family. Thus, it is a real mise en abyme that the director offers: Sammy unwittingly becomes the documentarian of his own life.
For Steven Spielberg, releasing The Fabelmans in the cinema was a real source of pride. You should know that he had been talking about this personal project for almost twenty years without ever launching it. The film also underwent numerous title changes: After School, then Growing Up and I'll be home. Note also that this semi-autobiography marked the filmmaker's return as a screenwriter, which had not been done since AI, in 2001. To discover this intimate fable and this ode to cinema, we invite you to watch Netflix.