There is definitely a trend of late for film directors to take a look in thinly disguised cinematic memoirs of their early influences that shaped the artist and person they have become. Kenneth Bra…
The Greatest Show On Earth . Getting a train set for Chaunakah, a new car each day, Sammy takes his father’s movie camera and, without dad knowing, basically restages the scene from the DeMille picture. It is the beginning of a beautiful relationship between Sammy and the camera. When Dad gets a promotion from General Electric the family must relocate to Phoenix, Arizona .
In a remarkable scene we see Sammy editing the footage together and making that discovery. It is all done with no dialogue but it tells so much about the pain he feels uncovering something the rest of the family does not know yet. That storyline intensifies and becomes a main driver for Sammy as his mother continues to have emotional problems, especially when they make a move necessitated by Burt’s job to Northern California.
There is so much to take in with Spielberg’s memory play, a look back at the boy who would become a legend himself but who assured the opening night audience at TIFF that this is not his farewell. At 75 in fact with such assured films being released within a year of each other – his first musicalit looks to me like Spielberg is just getting started.
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