📚 2 Books mentioned in "Steven Spielberg | SmartLess" of SmartLess
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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Growing up, I was amazed by moving cameras, especially in Lewis Milestone's work, like in All Quiet on the Western Front or Pork Chop Hill. Those amazing shots with the camera moving to climb a hill with Gregory Peck, Woody Strode, and Robert Blake stuck with me!
Spielberg references 'All Quiet on the Western Front', highlighting its impressive camera movement which inspired him as a director. This mention acknowledges the film's origins as a novel.
Gone with the Wind
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But Indiana Jones—that was around the block too for The Greatest Show on Earth by Cecil B. DeMille and also Gone with the Wind. Yes, everybody thinks Jaws was the first blockbuster, but it wasn't!
The podcast participants engage in a conversation about the history of the term 'blockbuster.' They reference 'Gone with the Wind' as an earlier film that achieved significant success before the release of 'Jaws,' suggesting that it could be seen as a blockbuster. This film is actually based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell.