(H/B) A COMPANION TO STEVEN SPIELBERG

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A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era.
- Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielberg's directorial output, from early works including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent films
- Explores Spielberg's contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his films
- Topics include in-depth analyses of Spielberg's themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural significance of the Spielberg 'brand' and his parallel career as a producer; and collaborative projects with artists and composers
- Brings together an international team of renowned scholars and emergent voices, balancing multiple perspectives and critical approaches
- Creates a timely and illuminating resource which acknowledges the ambiguity and complexity of Spielberg's work, and reflects its increasing importance to film scholarship. (From the publisher)

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1 Introduction - Nigel Morris
PART ONE INDUSTRY AND AGENCY
2 Spielberg as Director, Producer, and Movie Mogul
Thomas Schatz
3 Producing the Spielberg "Brand"
James Russell
PART TWO NARRATION AND STYLE
4 Magisterial Juvenilia: Amblin' and Spielberg's Early Television Work
Nigel Morris
5 Finding His Voice: Experimentation and Innovation in Duel, The Sugarland Express, and 1941
James Kendrick
6 Creating a Cliff hanger: Narration in The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Warren Buckland
7 Steven Spielberg and the Rhetoric of an Ending
Michael Walker
8 The Spielberg Gesture: Performance and Intensified Continuity
Steven Rybin
PART THREE COLLABORATIONS AND INTERTEXTS
9 Spielberg - Williams: Symphonic Cinema
Jack Sullivan
10 Spielberg and Kubrick
Peter Kramer
11 Spielberg and Adaptation
I.Q. Hunter
12 "A very cruel death of innocence": Notes Toward an Appreciation of Spielberg's Film of Empire of the Sun
Neil Sinyard
PART FOUR THEMES AND VARIATIONS
13 "Who am I, David?": Motherhood in Spielberg's Dramas of Family Dysfunction
Linda Ruth Williams
14 Close Encounters of the Paternal Kind: Spielberg's Fatherhoods
Murray Pomerance
15 Spielberg and Rockwell: Realism and the Liberal Imagination
Frederick Wasser
16 Too Brave for Foolish Pride: Violence in the Films of Steven Spielberg
Stephen Prince
PART FIVE SPIELBERG, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY
17 Morality Tales? Visions of the Past in Spielberg's History Plays
Sarah Barrow
18 "Britain's Secret Schindler": The Impact of Schindler's List on British Media Perceptions of Civilian Heroes
Erin Bell
19 The (M)orality of Murder: Jews, Food, and Steven Spielberg's Munich
Nathan Abrams and Gerwyn Owen
20 You Must Remember This: History as Film/Film as History
Lester D. Friedman
21 Violence and Memory in Spielberg's Lincoln
Robert Burgoyne and John Trafton
PART SIX SPIELBERG IN THE DIGITAL AGE
22 The Spielberg Effects
Dan North
23 Spielberg and Video Games (1982 to 2010)
Grethe Mitchell
PART SEVEN RECEPTION
24 Sharks, Aliens, and Nazis: The Crisis of Film Criticism and the Rise of Steven Spielberg
Raymond J. Haberski, Jr.
25 Spielberg, Fandom, and the Popular Appeal of His Blockbuster Movies
Lincoln Geraghty
26 Steven Spielberg and the Rise of the Celebrity Film Director
Kirsty Fairclough and Andy Willis
Index of Film and Television Programs