Steven Spielberg Research Papers Samples For Students

- STEVEN SPIELBERG
Steven Spielberg is a brilliant writer and filmmaker aside from being among the richest businessman in the U.S. with earnings of $110 million in 2007. He is best known of writing, producing and directing movies which were mostly blockbuster hits and became classic through time. He is best known for his film “Jaw” (1975) which became a hit and gave birth to the tradition of summer blockbuster. He was also known for his film, “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial”, which aside from being another blockbuster hit, had also awaken the awareness of viewers on the possibility of other ...

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012) focused almost completely on how Abraham Lincoln moved the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery forever in the United States through the House of Representatives. Such amendments are very difficult to pass under any conditions, since they require a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress and then ratification of three-quarters of the states. It had already passed the Senate in April 1864 but in the House there were still enough Democrats opposed to the abolition of slavery to block it. As the film showed, Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward and House Republican leader Thaddeus ...

The evolution of war films is heavily influenced by the advances made in real life. With new technology comes new wars, and in turn this brings new war films. Human beings are predisposed to quarrel and so war films directly connect us to a feeling of patriotism and our innate interest in a fight (and the drama it includes). War films are an intrinsically masculine genre which, for many, allows them to remember wars and the pride they felt in fighting for their country. In the course of this essay, I will discuss various war films, beginning with D. W. Griffiths’ ...