The Fabelmans ending vs. Steven Spielberg telling the John Ford Story

The final scene of The Fabelmans, in which David Lynch plays the legendary filmmaker John Ford, compared to Steven Spielberg telling the story to a group of filmmakers in 2011.
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[@alexfryerpro1993]

Seeing that ending really made the film for me. As a self confessed spielberg nerd, the second 'Sam' was told about meeting "the greatest filmmaker" I knew instantly where this was going and i was just grinning through my teeth. And casting Lynch as Ford was a stroke of genius.

[@st.dominic4169]

Credits to Laura Dern for calling him many times to convince him to portray John Ford.

[@davidholaday2817]

You can thank Tony Kushner‘s husband for that.

[@mkphotofilm]

especially because not all Spielberg endings (most, in fact) are that great. But this film nailed it!

[@CinematicMaj]

Everyone’s a Spielberg fan u don’t have to say “self confessed fan” like it’s some oddity

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

This story sounds more impressive here rather than in the movie

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

David Lynch playing John Ford in a movie about Steven Spielberg is the coolest thing ever

[@JCL1970]

And all Lynch asked for in return was Cheetos 😂

[@samsamsam4790]

When the camera moved in the ending i had the biggest smile ever. so good

[@emotionalideas]

Yep that was the wink at the end.

[@JakeGottfriedStudios]

I loved The Fabelmans so much. For what John Ford told Speilberg to be who he is today, this movie gave me that same confidence I can be a picture maker to

[@TheJan]

You got it budd

[@fabiennezerhat517]

that last shot! Him reframing the shot quickly to have the horizon placed as it should be! all the maestria, genius, humor and poetry of Spielberg in a nutshell! Fabulous film!

[@jjstarrprod]

I laughed so hard at that quick reframing ! I was the only one laughing...i felt very alone. Oh, maybe it's because I was the only person at the screening (the movie has been out for a couple of months, now).

[@KDC256]

​@@jjstarrprodThe audience at the Toronto International Film Festival, where "The Fablemans" premiered last year, immediately got the joke and laughed heartily!!

[@kennethpurscell]

Ah, I'll go one better. Sam comes down to street level and starts walking away. And suddenly I'm laughing and saying, "The horizon's in the middle! It's boring as sh--"! And THEN mid-explitive the camera shakily reframes. Yes! Wonderful ending.😂😂

[@legoreddead]

That’s so awesome that he met John Ford and payed tribute to him in this movie. I’m a huge fan of Ford and John Wayne, so this had me freaking out!

[@ohaimark9449]

My friends and I, very spontaneously, went to watch this film today. I had never even heard about this film at all, we just saw the closest movie to our time and went for it It was genuinely so surprising. Didn't even know it was from Spielberg until I bought my ticket. And knowing about his early life, seeing him retell it like this was really something. Absolutely loved it and so glad I watched it blind, Spielberg has done it again. This hit really close to my own life too. The child actors were also surprisingly so good and everything felt like I was actually watching an 80s film set in the 60s. Incredibly immersive and symbolic 8.8/10

[@rakbhogal3293]

Lynch killed it in the scene.

[@a_badali]

Best performance of the movie. I'm not knocking the other's, he's that impactful

[@athulsabarish828]

Especially considering how eccentric he actually is, he was perfect

[@a_badali]

The best scene in the movie and Spielberg's wink to the audience in the following scene is a cherry on top

[@KrazyKittyTailz]

Amazing that David Lynch was recruited by Steven to portray the late John Ford...probably had to perform a miniscule amount of makeup on him!

[@zachmorley158]

I love that from the kid’s perspective he is starstruck coming face to face with his hero, who he sees as larger than life. But his hero does not see himself as a hero, but as just another mortal.

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

War of the Worlds was on yesterday and I caught about 20 minutes of it. Yes, he followed John Ford's advice.

[@lorddevilfish5868]

David Lynch still remains one of the funniest people to ever live.

[@Account-user]

One thing I have always noticed that Spielberg is such an excellent storyteller that even closing your eyes and listening to his narration you can picturise the whole scene.

[@obsidian7644]

That's the most legendary story from Hollywood. Little did he know that was Steven Spielberg in his office. And he told him to get the fk out... Everything about that last scene is perfect.

[@pirobot668beta]

Lots of psychology surrounds the distance ones point of view is above the ground. A greedy man is filmed from above; his world is tiny and getting smaller. The Hero is shot from below; larger than life, more Monument than Man. We look down to let bad feelings out, we look up to let good feelings in. The best story-telling uses things that all of us do, every day.

[@kthx1138]

We need a first meeting with Sid Scheinberg and a first meeting with David Lean in a Fabelmans II.

[@jgoodman75]

We need more David Lynch cameos. LMAO

[@TheRodolfoAG]

Why this does not have 10.4 million views?

[@MultiplexShow]

Because not everyone has as good taste as you!

[@slamdunk2270]

Because stupid people go to cinema to watch fucking Ant Man. And most of humanity is made of stupid people. But hey it wouldn’t feel this great not being stupid if WE were the majority.

[@jamesanthony5681]

How many people have heard of John Ford and what he's done?

[@amjh4lah809]

Absolutely LOVED that ending. Damn good film. 👍🏻

[@JustinCase99999]

I wish I could find a video about the visual easter eggs in The Fabelmans, I mean the shots in the movie that are very similar to shots in other Spielberg movies. I have spotted a few and I wonder if I'll spot more when I watch the movie again (I have the 4K Bluray now). For example, the skeleton jumpscare like the one in Raiders of the lost ark, or the group of friends on bicycles at the top of the road, or the close-up of an armadillo by the side of the road with the car coming from the left and past it to the right, that shot is exactly like a shot in Close encounters of the third kind. I'm sure there must be others.

[@shaunpoland5656]

I’m pursuing film and hope to be a director. I myself had a chance encounter with George Lucas at UCLA, about 1 month ago. George Lucas is literally my hero, and I was lucky enough to speak to him very briefly. Hope I meet him again someday, and hopefully after I have broken into the industry. This scene kind of reminds me of that, I hope I can one day be in a similar position as Spielberg and look back at that priceless memory.

[@gsamalot]

As john once said “Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it’s not an art.” an he not wrong if you ever seen any of films they are an art peace in motion. He had way of telling a story not just from the characters, but from scene and how the frame is set to the lighting. Right there when ask young Spielberg where the horizon that was him givin him the best advice he could ever get as a director. Movies an art are one of the same only an art peace image is still but it tells a story with a movie that peace is in motion and tells a larger story not just from one scene.

[@KDC256]

When I saw "The Fablemans" finale scene at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last year, I thought that Spielberg was doing a revisionist history twist where Sammy would be meeting Alfred Hitchcock. Spielberg had very badly wanted to meet the famed director, but Hitchcock wouldn't give Spielberg the time of day. Hitchcock even had Spielberg escorted off the Universal grounds after he snuck onto the studio. I thought that David Lynch would be nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar because his one scene was just brilliant. I thought he'd easily break Beatrice Straight's record for the shortest amount of screen time for an Oscar-winning acting performance (1976's "Network). And the last scene sight gag brought the TIFF house down with laughter. You don't typically see sight gags in Spielberg movies.

[@timothykuring3016]

One of the few good movies left. I laughed out loud all through the Christian seduction scene. I've known evangelists to evangelize like that, but fortunately I've never known a Christian girl who acted like that, or I would have been laughing in her face like I was last night. The timing was perfect at the very end when you see the boy walking away into one of those cowboy endings. Just as I realized it was ending, I was saying: "Stupid, the horizon is in the middle", and as if the cameraman heard my statement, the horizon was moved to the bottom. That's better. It was perfectly timed for viewers who were asking that question at that moment with John Ford's voice still ringing in their minds. "Boring as Sht!" Not the movie.

[@timothykuring3016]

It was also a great metaphor for the theme of the movie: The long view vs. the short view, people mired in the world, surrounded by it, but also embracing and enjoying daily life and family vs. people looking to the furthest horizon and launching projects that will take them years to accomplish. Artists and inventors as opposed to family people. He's walking into the big view of the horizon. If the horizon had moved to the top of the screen at the end, it would have conveyed a different impression of the artist entering a labyrinth. "Just another story in the big old city."

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

A super nice touch after this scene - which literally is the very very last shot in the movie - is young Sammy walking off with the camera on his back and then, suddenly remembering John Ford's advice, the camera pitches almost clumsily upward to position the horizon at the bottom of the frame _to make it interesting,_ as if the to wink at us in the audience and say, "See? I remembered his advice!" Another meta-moment was when Sammy (Steven) says to the bully who just told him never to tell anyone that he was emotional, "I wont. Unless I make a movie about it someday" ...another wink to us the audience since this _IS_ that movie!

[@BeautufulLife]

I love this scene.😅🤗👋

[@aajiv1748]

The scene in the film feels (slightly) more correct than Spielberg's story, just feels that way.

[@TheStanishStudios]

Though Ford probably wasn’t nice enough to say “good luck”

[@SwirlyJoe]

That's because you actually see it unfold🤪

[@clifford7594]

I wonder why Steven took his tie off when Ford's secretary went into Ford's office.

[@nomnomnomJon]

Watch the movie ;)

[@clifford7594]

@@nomnomnomJon Yeah, just caught that, thanks.

[@anthonyt219]

The secretary said that it would go more smoothly if he didn't have the tie on. My guess johm ford didn't like people who try too hard or don't look casual.

[@joaopaulodasilva4899]

This is great! I don't know much about composition. Could someone explain me why is it important the horizon at the bottom or at the top of a frame?

[@Theomite]

Too bad Ford didn't live long enough to see the "horizon kid" make the biggest movie of all time (then) about a man-eating shark where the horizon was damn near everywhere BUT the middle.

[@danpena10565]

A sequel should be made telling the story how he filmed Jurassic Park and Schindler’s list back to back in one year.

[@jacekkubiak3551]

It is a real film, no Disney crap, real excellent story and excellent actors and real life... Geeez how I need real movies,

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

"Good luck and get the fuck out of my office!"

[@osrspac420]

Lynch is amazing

[@zoso73]

Brilliant 👏

[@jekw23]

I prefer hearing Spielberg telling the story. No offence to Lynch, who I love seeing in any role. I just liked the way Spielberg told the story.

[@KRG30001]

Awesome

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

“How’d you like to meet the best film director ever?” “Oh shit, Orson Welles is here???” “Uh…. no.” “Alfred Hitchcock?! I LOVE Psycho!!” “No….” “Akira Kurosawa….” “It’s John Ford, kid!!!!”

[@jjstarrprod]

Hahahaha

[@mariomouse8265]

Both Orson Welles and Akira Kurosawa considered John Ford to be the greatest filmmaker of all time

[@Mallen151]

@@mariomouse8265I remember reading the interview that Peter Bogdanovich did with Welles where Bogdanovich asked Welles who his influences were. I’m paraphrasing but Welles essentially answered that he loved the greats such as John Ford, John Ford and John Ford. I also know that many of Kurosawa’s samurai films were homages to John Ford. I’ve heard that Kurosawa loved westerns and wanted to make some himself. After realizing that American westerns probably wouldn’t mean much to the average Japanese movie fan, Kurosawa decided that Samurai movies were probably the closest thing that Japan had!

[@Mallen151]

That is funny. I know that you’re kidding. With that said, I think that it is cool how many of the greats looked up to Ford

[@KDC256]

No Billy Wilder?!!

[@Chino-bk9fd]

best ending

[@mrs.columbo5242]

I guess Steven Fabelmann's blast Off! Let's sell some Cadillac's

[@richmotroni]

Sound like old man Ford to me.

[@ManaBDew]

Indian Crazy Horse 🖼️ 🎞️ 🎥 Battle of little big horn and, Custer horses 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🌎💫 The Monument South Dakota The 8’th wonder of the world 🌎 😎👍 Under my breath I’ve always wondered What if this was A Stephen Spielberg Film A blockbuster Why 1 May ask It is because of Ancient Indians of the American Plains we now know wrote in Hebrew. I also respect & understand the possibilities in our life struggles globally would be slim if any . However though I shall look to the best in the horizon. Godspeed sincerely ( Buddy) Larry Wayne Whittington Usher of United Artist AmarilloTx When Saving Private Ryan hit the silver screen. An even had a demand for a repeat of the film it was that in a great way appreciated . Good job Sr.

[@NickKiwiFreak]

Lynch wasn't even acting in this scene

[@blackcharles1996]

Why does he tell that story as a good memory... John Ford sounds like a jerk and was very rude

[@jsparakov]

Some of the most delicious things have an outer crustiness to it 😉

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

Oh no, they changed "Indians" to "guys"!