‘Totally unacceptable’: Spielberg cussed like a child on the set of ET

An unforgettable memory for an entire generation and an unearthly smell of childhood sweetness and nostalgia. A few musical notes, an iconic replica and an old bicycle are probably enough to wet the eyes of older people. Enough, no doubt, to appease Steven Spielberg a little more, who believes that this film is probably “the most perfect” of all his works.

In an interview given in 2017 The Hollywood ReporterThe director recalled an anecdote from the shooting of his film and The producer is Kathleen Kennedy, who began working with the director on his film in 1941 as an assistant director.

By his own admission, he had the arrogance and even arrogance of youth, but he also spoke harshly to the camera crew, like a bit of a domestic tyrant.

“I was a bit hot-headed, impatient, could be tough with my technical team but loving with the cast. 15 days after shooting ET, he took me aside in his office, told me to sit in a chair. And gave me the screaming match of my life. Because he didn’t like talking to the team .He didn’t care about my impatience or my sharp side.

He told me, “This is completely unacceptable.” I didn’t hear it from school and from my mother. It was the most rewarding reframing of my life. Since then, I have become concerned and alert because someone I trust and respect has called me to order.”

Kathleen Kennedy had even more courage and credit in revising Spielberg because the filmmaker was an established man in Hollywood after the huge success of his Jaws. and was his first film.