Steven Spielberg on "The Fabelmans": A happy beginning

One of the most successful directors of epic features began as a child besotted with filming toy train wrecks with an 8mm camera. But Steven Spielberg's latest movie, "The Fabelmans," is a semi-autobiographical drama about his parents, and touches on a family secret he had buried for years. He talks with "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl about the film's recreations of the happy origins of his career, and the unhappy ending of his parents' marriage.
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[@yvonneplant9434]

Spielberg's earlier cameras are in the Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. The museum is at 5th and Markets Sts.

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

this movie reminds me of my beginning of learning my passion...photography. I did not enroll in "yearbook" in high school...but began in community college and learned photography and super 8 film production. From there, a good friend from college, hooked me up with his publisher and 1 roll of Tri-x and going to a drag race in the community racepark.....30+ yrs and still going!

[@shttc900]

What's your favorite Spielberg film? I adore Minority Report and Munich.

[@Elwaves2925]

I go back to his earlier movies as Close Encounters is my favourite. It had my top spot of all movies until LOTR released. After that it's Jaws, Raiders and Saving Private Ryan.

[@manuelorozco7760]

ET

[@DMalltheway]

Close Encounters and Schindler’s List

[@heatherh.755]

Bravo to Steven Spielberg, who is supremely talented and accomplished yet still so down-to-earth and accessible. And while it's difficult to tell what's been edited out, for such a seasoned reporter Lesley Stahl stoops to a surprising low with some of those questions.

[@1_viewer]

Cool he found his niche early on.

[@kevinw712]

I don't think it's a stretch to say it could be argued that if Spielberg didn't initially view the divorce as he did (what exactly his father's role was), then CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND doesn't happen. Or at least, not nearly in the way the movie ultimately exists. It's all right there in the strife if Richard Dreyfus' family

[@Themoomabides]

Leslie keeps baiting him to be bitter and he refuses. Such a class act.

[@lewstone5430]

Yeah I noticed that. I was thinking “c’mon Leslie, it’s not like you’re grilling a politician here!”

[@marla591]

She's the worst. She and Barbara Walters both do that. Its unethical.

[@mmw5656]

It’s a technique that doesn’t use “gushing” over a celebrity to draw them out trying to sell it. It’s actually very clever and refreshing. You got to see Steven Spielberg’s humility, as well as his owning his special talent. Honest conversation.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

@@marla591 Don't understand how you think she was trying to turn him into a better person I think she was only trying to get his feelings out about the whole situation?

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Bitter? How's that? I believe she was only trying to get his feelings out over the affair and the duplicity of his father's friend. Leslie is not mean; & a very seasoned reporter ! ☝️

[@billg3356]

That was very powerful watching Steven watch that interview of his parents.

[@Reelunique]

Breaks my heart. I understand now why he said in an earlier interview that he wanted to do everything to make his marriage work with Kate Capshaw and children that’s so touching. Why does love have to be so beautiful and yet so painful though? Thank you Steven Spielberg for sharing your life with us both in dreams and reality. Peace and happiness for you and your family.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Love is painful & beautiful, 💔 just like life is painful & beautiful ! What part don't you understand??

[@lupearenas5994]

Leslie should not interject her opinions or assumptions of his feelings or thoughts. It his life and his perspective and opinions not hers that should be allowed to unfold without opinionated prompting.

[@quatz1981]

I don't think we will ever get another film director like him again.

[@JimAllder11]

Because of Leah. Movie lovers owe her a special thanks for encouraging and nurturing Steven.

[@tigerlilly9038]

We won't.....❤

[@K0m30ng]

We won't, he and Martin Scorsese are the two of the last filmmakers from the New Hollywood era, old school geniuses. There's never gonna be a replacement of these two legends

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’ve seen the Terminal, West Side Story, ET, Indiana Jones series, The Color Purple, Hook, Jurassic Park 1&2, War of the Worlds and Jaws

[@cstumpy51]

In my opinion Favreau is the closest. Childhood wonder, great story telling, and an attraction to adventure.

[@BFRIZZLE909]

He really does love his work he lights up like a child talking about making movies, so adorable and admirable.

[@Numismatists_Matter]

Steven Spielberg is Amazing! I am so excited to see this! So much love for all of them 💯

[@micahcaraballo5917]

Spielberg is my all-time favorite movie director ❤️ He’s the reason why I love movies, and I can whole-heartedly say I really can’t wait to see The Fabelman’s with my parents!

[@jacoblee21]

I've been a fan of Spielberg's work ever since E.T. He made me the movie-loving nut I am today. Thank you for being my favorite filmmaker. Hope to meet him one day.

[@micahcaraballo5917]

@@jacoblee21 I hope to meet him too someday! I’ve been close to his house in Naples, FL lol

[@A711-m1d]

Secrets should never stay secret because of the damage they do.

[@christopherallen9580]

thanks 12 stepper

[@Numismatists_Matter]

Soon ! VOTE 💙 FLORIDA!

[@DonoVideoProductions]

@@christopherallen9580 Your secrets are damaging you. Your post makes that evident. I wish you peace and perspective.

[@Numismatists_Matter]

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[@DonoVideoProductions]

@@Numismatists_Matter Why are you attacking me?

[@rr7firefly]

Ah, life is never simple. At a certain point in our lives we finally realize that the people around us, even the people we love, have dimensions to them that we never imagined. If we are among the lucky ones we not only survive but we grow stronger in the process of understanding the whys of those discoveries.

[@lewstone5430]

Eeeeee Teeeeeee

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Pets have only one dimension ! For perpetual happiness, only choose pets, never fickle humans !

[@faaaduma]

The last classic Hollywood film maker still standing today.

[@j.b.9260]

Martin Scorsese? Francis Ford Coppola? Brian De Palma?

[@hexahexametermeter]

Yeah whatever.

[@saskiapanter]

Thank you for this interview. Very honest and open and sharp. I didn't know all this. Poor Steven as a kid to have to carry this secret. He was/is and will always be my most favorite director. More than once did movies of him rescued me from very hard times in my life. I know this isn't him I'm speaking to, but still, I want to thank him for that. Because of this, he has been in my heart for at least 40 years now. I'm looking forward to this movie, from what I've seen sofar, it can only be good, it looks beautiful. But we have to wait here in the Netherlands for almost 3 months longer. Nit used to that anymore....

[@jlg395]

This is without a doubt the most self-indulgent film ever made. So cringe.

[@MegaAtomium]

He is amazing and one of my all-time favorites. He will always be on the list with the greats!

[@brucelee4996]

*Thank You Steven for making some of the best movies of my generation.*

[@manuelorozco7760]

My favorite movies of his are ET and Indiana Jones

[@melissagarza2376]

My fave ET , Jaws & Schindler’s List 🤩⭐️🫶🏼

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@melissagarza2376 Good choices

[@ghostland8646]

his best Was ready player one and the bfg

[@henryivan6858]

I'm excited! I read some of his life story from interviews. Ironically, after my parents divorced, I remember Jurassic Park was a movie that I loved and I got a JP T-rex for Christmas from them. We were in Mexico, so $14.99 for the T-rex was expensive for us. Even when divorced, they got the T-rex 🦖 for me. I really played with that toy and placed it back in it's box when done. Thanks Steven Spielberg

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

One of (if not THE) my all-time favorite directors! (I also love Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott and maybe one or two more). Can't wait to see this film. Thank you, Steven, for telling your stories so well! ❤

[@donhendricks3190]

Mr. Spielberg - Thank you for all the wonderful films you have made to date - and now, The Fabelmans. You have always inspired me. You have always made me feel alive whenever I watch any of your films which are, in my humble opinion. the standard of excellence in filmmaking. My deepest respect and admiration. With love from Atlanta.

[@monasJourneys]

Thank you Steven for sharing your story.

[@brettcannon74]

His first made for TV movie is still my favorite. Duel. It's perfection

[@dictionplacement5467]

Never had a movie that had me breaking in tears almost every scene.. you have to watch this it's a tear jerker all the way through

[@susansuewwilliams]

Absolutely love the interview. I absolutely love Spielberg. But I am totally impressed that Leslie Stahl has not had a face lift and she looks her age and isn't ashamed to show it Bravo! At 74 I want to look like I'm 64 because I work as an accountant; if I look 74 employers would think I was a doding imbecile incapable of the job. Thank God NOT my current employer! My current employer recognizes that experience goes with age. I'm not sure how old Leslie is but she looks fantastic. Bravo you go Girl!

[@Numismatists_Matter]

You are AMAZING PEOPLE!

[@rebeccar4312]

Sue...LOL, why are you assuming that Leslie hasn't had a facelift. Is it because you are used to seeing bad plastic surgery that looks obvious? She is 80 years old, has definitely had a neck lift and most likely much more that was done gradually and well, so it does not appear obvious.

[@JessG71814]

crying during this interview i wonder how i’ll be when i watch the movie

[@RaymondHng]

You'll be crying. His films have that ability to do that.

[@patsylvest]

'The Greatest Show On Earth' scared me spitless. The elephant scene was horrifying. Lyle Bettger scared me more than the awful thing in 'House of Wax'. What can I say? I'm old.

[@ngonzale3]

I cannot wait for this rare event. One of the greatest living filmmakers of all time sharing an autobiographically based film.

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Same!

[@thequintonflynn]

Stevens mother played Steven, her husband, the rest of their kids and respective families like a piano. She too zero responsibility or accountability whatsoever in her affair or affairs, and in telling her husband she wanted a divorce “because she was miserable.” - Then tell it like it is! That’s the real story! You soft peddled the reveal and applied no error, no wrongdoing and ‘no guilt’??? That was the centerpiece of advice from mother to young Steven!!! It makes her pronouncement to young Steven to “have no guilt” or “take no guilt” more than curious. Oh so curious indeed! What was her history? What were her morals? What else did she get up too besides the affair/affairs that she took NO responsibility for?! How did that shape Steven? And what influence and input did Steven’s step-father have? Tragic … So Steven finds out about his mother having an affair when he was 16 years old and keeps it a secret from his father. 3 years later, Steven’s mother reveals to her husband (Steven’s father) that she’s having an affair with and is in love with her husband’s best friend! She, in her own words, “was miserable” and told her husband “she wanted a divorce”. So, he granted her the divorce. Even though he didn’t want to, was deeply in love with her and never stopped loving her. When it was time to make the announcement, Steven’s parents told him and his siblings they were separating and the father took full responsibility saying that he wanted to leave. He protected his wife in the process because of his unbounded love for her and “fell on the sword.” She allowed her husband to lie and take the fall, while she retained custody of the children. The mother never came clean with Steven’s father or Steven. Steven, aged 19, believing his father, blamed his father for the divorce and wouldn’t speak to him for over 15 years. Steven never knew the truth about his father’s cover up until much, much later in life. And Steven kept his mother’s affair he knew at age 16 to himself, never to be shared with his father. What does one do?… The only thing that can be done in this event and any like it is to forgive. To understand may take some doing. Communication, consideration and compassion are key. Only Steven’s father seemed to have a handle on those in large, and he may have suffered the most. How mother Spielberg could go on living the lie and holding court as queen in her own restaurant carrying on guilt free and shameless, must have been something to see. Again, tragic. Truly tragic. As it’s often been said, we’re only as sick as our secrets. So no doubt Mrs. S suffered too. Everyone is effected in those dynamics as illustrated. And everybody hurts. So we can surrender, accept, apologize, forgive and make restitution if possible. God only knows. 🙏😢❤☘️✨Peace and love and tolerance to all.

[@casebarreoltt5990]

Khazarian tradition.

[@ku9833]

❤he is probably one of the best of all time I truly look forward to this masterpiece

[@carterjohnson5513]

So, he blamed his father for divorcing his mother, even though he knew she cheated on him? Is it just me, or did it seem like The Fabelmans tried to excuse and rationalize his mothers behavior? “Guilt is a wasted emotion”. Or perhaps it’s an emotion that tells you that you’ve done something wrong. Cheating is wrong and there’s almost never an excuse for it. Cheating on a man, especially one that damn near worshipped you and provided a good life for you, is horrible. Not trying to be hostile here. Simply trying to open a civil discussion because that’s something that really bothered me about the film. The fact that it (to me) felt like Spielberg was trying to excuse and rationalize his mother’s horrible behavior.

[@johnmazzoni487]

I’m so grateful that Mr. Spielberg invited me onto stage with him at Comic con. He’s so nice!

[@Bringos76]

What was written on your T-shirt that he took a photo of? I could not read it in the video

[@jackreed7287]

Steven knew his mum was in love with his dad's best friend at 16, but blamed his dad for the divorce 3 years later and did not speak to him for 15 years, a very complex situation.

[@anandaadidevi2339]

Because his dad explicitly took the blame. And yes, complex.

[@jessicaspears3713]

Sometimes we have to become parents ourselves, in order to understand and forgive OUR parents. For their PERCEIVED slights or "failures". In many cases, they did the best they could with what they had! It's so true, what he says: "Sometimes you have to grow up in order to look back and see the past"....for what it really was!

[@heatherb3668]

Family shame is so toxic. He’s breaking the cycle of toxicity by shedding a light on the secret. Very brave.

[@Purplenpinkk]

I had tears in my eyes when his father said what he did about the mother. That is real love - so simple...he wanted her to be happy.

[@MAC-vd3wz]

Me too... Wow, what a moment!!

[@terrikesler1823]

Leslie Stahl…what a gorgeous BEAUTY. 👏🏻

[@vernelledouglas1801]

It may be short but the clip showing him guiding the young actor shows Mr. Spielberg's special way of dealing with children. Not everyone can speak with youngsters.

[@delorism]

I love his movies! He is so talented!

[@fadethechannel]

I like Steven Spielberg, and he’s told some great stories on film, but it sounds like this film will forgo depth in favor or a more childlike interpretation of his story.

[@jorgefiguerola1693]

Sure will see this one and will inspire future generations. Spielberg has instilled my passion for films, storytelling, and taking others to another world. Have yet to meet you, Steven, but thank you so much for all you've done. Peace Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Minority Report are my favorites.

[@shihanuke3683]

So thats what has been in his agst all this time. His yearning to repeat the refuge of childhood threading his films paralleling the seething underbelly of his anger ( his first wife also had an affair and had the gall to show up in divorce court pregnant with the affair's baby as she sued him for 103 million) that made the rawness of the shark, the private ryans, and the concentration camps surface. Oh, he was bitter alright...but on his terms.

[@gpapa31]

Spielberg and Kubrick my absolute filmmaking heroes. Thank you for shaping my childhood and channel the passion to study films and the art of filmmaking.

[@johannesbauer4490]

"Hitler was right about almost everything." - Stanley Kubrick The opposite of Spielberg the propagandist.

[@ludonymous526]

@@johannesbauer4490 Are you out of your mind? Hitler did a lot of wrong, and Spielberg and his family were persecuted by the Nazis.

[@johannesbauer4490]

@@ludonymous526 No. H*tler is the most lied about person in modern history. The primary liars are those of Spielberg's ethno-religious group. This group led and funded the murderous takeover of Russia prior to H*tler's rise to power, but of course we don't learn about any of that, thanks to J..ish control of our sources of information. Kubrick became aware of this at some point in his life, thus the quote from him. It's not pleasant stuff to dig into, but necessary to understand our current world.

[@ludonymous526]

@@johannesbauer4490 So, you're telling me that the Holocaust was justifiable and all the crap that happened as a result had to be done? Man. Your reasoning is wrong on so many levels. Little did you know that the Nazis, aside from all the people they brutally massacred, also wanted to take over the world and Jews suffered a lot as a result of this unspeakable madness. Sure, Jews are no saints, but this is ridiculous. If you think your argument is valid, then think again. I have every reason to disagree with you.

[@johannesbauer4490]

@@ludonymous526 Bud, you have yet to get past the programming we are all subjected to re. these topics. Much of what we are taught is not based on evidence at all, but lies told to try to justify the cost of our involvement in that war, then perpetuated since then by the activism and influence of certain people with a whole lot of money and power who absolutely must see themselves as history's greatest victims, even when the opposite is the case. I can't really go on about it on YT. Anyone who diligently scours the internet will in time realize how much of the accepted narrative is easily disproved if open discussion and debate were allowed. It is not, thanks to one group of people. It's a ridiculous situation that cannot last forever. Good luck.

[@lewstone5430]

Guilt, like all emotions, is there for a reason. To purge oneself of guilt is to become less human.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Same sad story... adultery with friend of spouse. 💔

[@annsmith7207]

And good on Stephen that he wanted to clean up his side of the family street and did so through producing this film. It takes courage to be willing to do that! Bravo! ✨🌞✨

[@cswatson4823]

How could you blame your Dad for your parents breakup when you knew your mom was cheating on your Dad. Weird. Odd. Steven is no doubt the best of the best, but, how could he be upset when he knew the real story? That makes no sense.

[@eweiner14]

My thought too

[@bludrugo29]

Something was wrong in that story. How could a kid blame a father when he knew it was his mother's fault?

[@marlalepp9037]

He is incredible 😍 What an ode to his family

[@gabriellechilton5902]

We are all human……..wow! Spielberg and family

[@lesleyheller2271]

Too bad he didn’t pick an actress who looked more like his mother. He Hollywood-ized her.

[@jwelch5742]

Steven Spielberg claimed that although he and Tony Kushner had discussed the idea of the movie for years, it was during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 that he decided to write the screenplay with Kushner from scratch while his schedule was clear. The two of them wrote the script from their homes during lockdown and finished it in 2 months. Steven Spielberg's first screenplay credit since A.I. Artificial Intelligence. The film's development goes back to 1999, when Steven Spielberg considered directing a film about his childhood for some time, with its initial incarnation being titled "I'll Be Home." It would have been directed from a screenplay written by his sister Anne Spielberg (who inspired the character of Reggie Fabelman in this film). In March 2022, cinematographer Janusz Kaminski provided more information on the film's plot. He revealed that the film will chronicle Spielberg's life from age seven to eighteen and deal with "his family, with his parents, conundrums with his sisters, but primarily deals with his passion for movie-making," while adding that it will touch on the themes of "young love, parental divorce, and early formative relationships ... It's a very beautiful, beautiful personal movie. It's very revealing about Steven's life and who he is as a filmmaker." This is the fourth collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, and the first screenplay they've written together. Tony Kushner had previously written Munich, Lincoln, and West Side Story, which were all directed by Steven Spielberg. It was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film's title is presumed to be the family's surname that the story is based around. First film from Steven Spielberg to be distributed by Universal Pictures since Munich. The work on the screenplay for The Fabelmans began in October 2020 during the lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tony Kushner reflected on the experience, saying, "We wrote three days a week, four hours a day, and we finished the script in two months: by leagues the fastest I've finished anything. It was a blast. I loved it." Spielberg, at that time, felt that the climate caused by the pandemic convinced him that the time was now right to make the film, saying, "I started seriously thinking, if I had to make one movie I haven't made yet, something that I really want to do on a very personally atomic level, what would that be? And there was only one story I really wanted to tell ... My life with my mom and dad taught me a lesson, which I hope this film in a small way imparts ... Which is, when does a young person in a family start to see his parents as human beings? In my case, because of what happened between the ages of 7 and 18, I started to appreciate my mom and dad not as parents but as real people." He gave drafts of the script to his sisters, Sue and Nancy, to ensure that their memories be included in the story and that the details in the film were portrayed as accurately as possible. On the meaning behind the family name "Fabelman", Kushner (who came up with that name) said, "Spielberg means play-mountain; 'spieler' is an actor in Yiddish, and a 'spiel' can be speech or can be a play ... I wanted to have some of that meaning, and I’ve always liked the German word 'fabel,' which means fable. And because the movie is autobiographical for Steven but it isn’t an autobiography, it’s not a documentary, so there’s a fictional element as well. So I thought that ‘Fabelman’ was a nod to that." It was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’m 29 and I’m lucky to have had a mom and dad under the same roof to this day. West Side Story last year proved Steven can still make a good movie at his age. I remember reading a book about him in middle school. I’m hyped to see the Fabelmans

[@michaeldougherty8344]

Awesomeness, thank you

[@zapatasghost]

Film could be such a powerful medium especially when you're as powerful as Spielberg. Being that he could basically do anything he wants, why does he continue to tell tired stories that fail to get anybody to do anything but think too critically. True art really should "disturb the peace" as James Baldwin said, and Spielberg fails miserably every time with very few exceptions. Maybe, just maybe, Schindler's List was ONE exception - but even that one could not resist comforting American sensibilities by repeating myths of American heroism in the Holocaust. One tired trope after another - ENOUGH! BUT, he manages to make himself and hollywood lots of money! I'm sure, like every other American, I'll end up seeing yet another bloated Spielberg production and quickly send it into the area of my brain where all comforting fun entertainment goes - the trash. I guess there's a very small chance that "The Fabelmans" will be different, but I'm guessing not. Thanks for sharing your family story - but I'm guessing it's more or less a story that's already been told - more "1st world problems" melodrama and you're able to do it with an unlimited budget and all the attention in the world.Time to retire already Steven - there are much better filmmakers around now willing to push audiences to actually think.

[@ursulareeg1171]

Sweet. Just sweet.

[@maibritton2882]

I understand the love that his family has for each other. We carry things that was think others cant bare. I never told my mother that I was molested many times. As she was a single parent I did not want to make her aware of that. Maybe she did know ? And that is ok. I am at peace with many things and proud of who I am and my mother. Just like I am sure he is.

[@shakeemwinn3647]

I wonder what John Williams theme for Spielberg will sound like?

[@neriashleycabajar1985]

Spielberg has also directed two Jurassic Park movies which are full of action packed adventures!

[@_A4A]

I grew up on Stephen's movies, long before the internet, long before most homes even had a microwave!.... so blessed to have been a child of the 70's and experience life that would be considered boring to most of today's youth, but they have no idea just how fun to was back then for us!... 💯💯💯

[@TraditonalUSA]

Lesely Stahl, when are you going to apologize to The American People and to Donald Trump?

[@angelthman1659]

Excellent piece.

[@delphinelopez7941]

Masterpiece movie

[@DMalltheway]

Now there needs to be a story about Martin Scorsese directed by Martin Scorsese.

[@jackelrikuroso3945]

Spielberg is not only the creator of his movies, his mind make more than that being the writer and (mostly) producer of classics like Poltergeist, Young Sherlock Holmes, Gremlins, The Goonies, Super 8, Memoirs of a Geisha, etc. He not only is an amazing director, he put money to another filmakers projects that now are classics or very memorable movies. He is a men who loves Filmaking, and you can see that in all the projects he has he's name in. And let be honest, a lot of the movies we love, have Spielberg like Writer or Producer (or both). I'm a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes and the "Young" movie was one of my favorites, imagine my face years later when i see the "Steven Spielberg" name in the credits, then i undestrand why the style of the movie where so familiar, has the Spielberg soul all over the place! Sorry for my english, i'm from Argentina so is not perfect.

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[@mygicshow]

she's always such a cold interviewer to me... Love Spielberg... one of our greatest...

[@eweiner14]

I went on a trip to LA when I was 21, over forty years ago. We ate at the Milky Way and were very impressed and grateful that it was a Kosher restaurant, considering that Mrs. Spielberg wasn't observant. Although admittedly I know nothing about her second husband.

[@GooglyBear]

Jewish guilt is built in even if Steven Spielberg wants to deny like it doesn't exist

[@thediner8929]

He finally gets to tell his own story.

[@dallasjones8185]

I would have zero interest in watching this movie.

[@sgraham4533]

At first glance I thought Leslie was interviewing Tom Hanks. Steven looks just like Tom during this interview.

[@fredlada1634]

Just finished watching the fabelmans and it’s another masterpiece. I don’t really love Spielbergs movies but I do recognise them as masterpieces either way. He always manages to tell his stories for the broadest audience without ever stepping into something weird or off, it’s always just right. I think the current days we live in suit him even better than before it’s crazy, and at 75… God’s will all along

[@lozfalcon]

So this is Spielberg's Roma. I've been waiting for this for so long.

[@romero4801]

Thank you Mr. Spielberg for making such memorable movies that brought us so much joy growing up in the 80's :) and educating us with Schindler's List.

[@lezleyd55]

It’s a good thing he wasn’t attracted to the circus🤔😂

[@theplourde]

0:41 and again, how was Ready Player One a “personal” film for him? It’s the most CGI filled of his work, perhaps to me, the least rewatchable. Then again, I didn’t care for the book much

[@DMalltheway]

Adventures of Tintin is full of CGI

[@billmyer2990]

how many lies and fables can we take

[@Wolferal]

The opening scene from Close Encounters is the best opening scene of all time.

[@DMalltheway]

Raiders of the Lost Ark beats it

[@vvy4egh]

Very much interested in seeing this, but I feel so bad for him regarding his mother. So many red flags about her have been said in only 9 mins.

[@Transterra55]

Just goes to show that success and money can't help diminish emotional pain--I am pretty sure this pain supplemented his artistry.

[@funshine817]

I am beyond blessed to have grown up with the greatest director, ever, SS! 😍

[@65g4]

I cant wait to see this film his most personal to date

[@melindadouglas1673]

I’m not sure how a family keeps that type of secret without it damaging everyone involved. Such a shame there wasn’t more honesty among family members.

[@jkidder65]

GREASY IS AS GREASY DOES

[@zoecunningham3019]

Growth of self, neverending if one is honest and open.

[@nancypugni5959]

He's my Favorite!

[@kathym9322]

Can’t wait to see this. Just saw the trailer at the theater last weekend.

[@cinemaarchivesnirvana2847]

Unbelievable. This woman must be drinking . I love Spielberg.and I feel sorry for him with this woman and her death remark and Jewish guilt comment . Shocking.

[@7789rc]

Just saw it and was great. Also john Williams with the music 🎶 a big thumbs up

[@mxyzptlk...]

This seems self-indulgent, but I'm still gonna watch.

[@bg9217]

I always used tell sorority sisters that! They'd say I feel guilty cheating on my boyfriend. Id say guilt is useless emotion! Your not married go for it. They were like 😜🤯

[@JVanProduction]

It was such a beautiful movie. I don't know how else to describe it. I felt transported back in time and almost trespassing into someone's personal life and space. An onlooker. I came back to re-watch this interview with his parents. It still pulls my heart when his dad said that he was still in love with her and she just replied that she was so unhappy. The look on his face after she said that. Sometimes you can love someone so much and only receive breadcrumbs in return but it's not your job to make another person happy.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Isn't it great that Steve is still here among us and not been wiped out by the coronavirus 😝

[@sebastianalegria3401]

Fortunately, we still have Spielberg to continue watching his movies and regarding The Fabelmans, I really liked it because he wanted to seek portraying his self-biography through this movie. It reminded me of what Scorsese did it when he made The Irishman, wanting to make a personal movie.

[@RebecaLawrence-w6e]

Steven Spielberg is a genius. A great director of movies. The Fable means is a good movie. I see a little of me in the movie. My true fan is my mom. Like Steven Spielberg. Please keep making movies. 🎥😊

[@ludonymous526]

So, "The Fabelmans" is basically a spiritual successor of sorts to "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial".