CinemaSteven Spielberg’s opinion on the “best filmmaker of his generation”Director claims to have great appreciation for two colleagues and, ironically, likes them for very different reasonstoday at 08:00

Steven Spielberg became a reference for countless filmmakers over time. He himself was also part of an important generation of directors, which includes names such as Francis Ford Coppola, Brianfrom Palma and Martin Scorsesefor example.

On several occasions, Spielberg He made a point of showering these colleagues with praise. Still, there are two names, in particular, that are the best in your opinion.

In a 1982 interview with Rolling Stone USAthe filmmaker first mentioned Martin Scorsese. To Spielbergthe way your professional partner approaches his work makes him unique.

Francis (Ford Coppola), Marty and some European filmmakers bring a lot of their urban development into their films and produce them very seriously. They internalize who they are and express this in their work. I think if we put them all together and evaluated them, Marty would have to be the best filmmaker of our generation.”

Next, Steven Spielberg also praised George Lucasthe creator of the saga Star Wars. Ironically, he said he appreciated his colleague for completely different reasons than Martin Scorsese.

George Lucas is the best filmmaker. You know, George and I have fun with our movies. We don’t take it that seriously. And I believe that our features are about things that we consider to please other people, not just us. We think about ourselves first, but in the next breath, we’re talking to the public about what works and what doesn’t.”

Martin Scorsese’s best film for Steven Spielberg

Recent work by Martin Scorsese, Flower Moon Assassins (2023) brings the filmmaker back together with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. To Steven Spielbergthis is the best title of his partner’s career, ahead of classics such as Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull(1980), The Good Companions (1990) and The Departed (2006).

The director made the revelation during the duo’s participation in an event at the end of 2023, (via The Hollywood Reporter). To Spielberg, Flower Moon Assassins provided him with an experience never seen before in any other Martin Scorsese.

For me, it was an exceptional experience to have watched this film. You know how I feel about your films, but this one, in particular, is on a path that is so impactful. It’s an epic journey, but it’s not a Hollywood epic for me. It’s a humanitarian epic.”

Flower Moon Assassins

Based on the book Flower Moon Killers: Oil, Death and the Origin of the FBIfrom David Grannthe film is set in Oklahoma, in the United States, in the 1920s, and portrays the serial murders of members of the Osage Indian tribe amid the search for oil in the region they lived in.

During this period, which became known as the Reign of Terror, we met Ernest Burkhartlived by Leonardo DiCapriowhich moves to the Osage County to live and work with his uncle, William Halebetter known as Bill or King, played by Robert De Niro.

He gets a job as a taxi driver and soon falls in love with Mollie Kyle — lived by Lily Gladstone —, member of one of the richest families in the Osage tribe, but which quickly begins to be dismantled by the terrible murders, which haunt her more and more every day with the possibility of being the next victim.

Ernestthen, finds himself torn between the love he feels for Molliewith whom he ends up marrying and forming a family, and loyalty to his uncle, an apparently good man who is allied with the Osage and their struggle, but who doesn’t care who he needs to overthrow in order to become increasingly rich and powerful.

Collaborated: Augusto Ikeda.