Steven Spielberg says the COVID\u002D19 pandemic pushed him to make his new film as he thought it could be an \u0022extinction\u002Dlevel event.\u0022
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The director, 76, said he was so petrified the outbreak could wipe out humanity he felt he needed to make a movie he felt he had to get out of his system.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
“And that just got me thinking about telling a story that has been on my mind. All my life I’ve thought about this.”, for which Spielberg has been awarded a Best Director Golden Globe, is the semi-autobiographical story of a marriage break-up between Mitzi and Burt Fabelman seen through the eyes of their film-mad son Sammy .
It opens with Sammy being taken by his parents to the cinema, a moment in Steven’s life that sparked his obsession with film.Share this article in your social network
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