Episode · SmartLess · 2023-01-16
Steven Spielberg on SmartLess: every book mentioned
Let’s all go to the movies… with Steven Spielberg. We fall in love with Doctor Zhivago, indulge in some tainted lamb, and build a lucky sand castle.
Steven Spielberg discussed All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, and Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard. Will Arnett discussed Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Discussed“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!”
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Gone with the Wind
Discussed“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!”
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Doctor Zhivago
Discussed“what is the movie you will always stop and watch even with commercials Dr Zhivago because it's kind of the film we sort of fell in love with together”
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Empire of the Sun
Discussed“that was in the script that was Tom stopper's contribution who wrote the script based on the J.G. Ballard book”
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