In an interview, Steven Spielberg also criticized the treatment that Donald Trump, former US president, gave to the Covid-19 pandemic
One of the greatest film directors in the history of hollywood, Steven Spielberg revealed how he feared the coronavirus pandemic Covid-19 was “an extinction-level event” for humanity. Filmmaker has released acclaimed films such as Shark (1975), ET The Extraterrestrial (1982) and Jurassic Park – Dinosaur Park (1993).
During an interview with the newspaper The Daily Star (via NME), Spielberg talked about the health crisis and explained how he created the latest film, The Fabelmans, in response to his concerns. “I was terrified that [pandemia] was an end-times, epic-level event, I mean, an extinction-level event, happening to the world,” he said.
If I had the chance to make one more movie down the road, it would be this story.
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“At the time when I had serious discussions about writing [Os Fabelmans]we lost 250,000 Americans to Covid-19,” recalled the director. “All the specialists who were leaving and the denial of White House that it wasn’t so bad, it was like a passing flu epidemic.”
“I really thought we weren’t going in a good direction and this wasn’t going to end well for a lot of us. And that just got me thinking about telling a story that was on my mind. All my life I’ve thought about it,” he concluded. Steven Spielberg.
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Source: Rollingstone
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