A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg
David LaRocca, Paul Johnson, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Antonio Sanna, Adam Barkman, Jennifer L. McMahon author of The Philosophy of Tim Burton, Adam Daniel, Sue Matheson, Eduardo Veteri, Naaman Wood, Christian Jimenez, Christopher H. Ketcham, Carl Sobocinski, Joshua Sikora, Elsa Colombani, Orsolya Karácsony, Elizabeth Lowry, Sean O’Reilly, Sabine Planka, David J. Strickler, Carl Sweeney, Michael Versteeg, Mariana Soledad Zárate
A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg offers a comprehensive, detailed study of the works of Steven Spielberg. Spielbergʼs early productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema, and his involvement with film spans all cinematic genres. Today, Spielberg enjoys an immense and enduring popularity around the globe, and his productions have attracted (and continue to attract) both public and critical attention. This book investigates several distinct areas of Spielbergʼs works and addresses the different approaches and the range of topics invited by the multidimensionality of his oeuvre. The eighteen chapters in this book use different methodologies, offering a variegated and compelling picture of Spielbergʼs films, from his earliest works such as Duel (1971) and The Sugarland Express (1974) to his most recent productions, such as The BFG (2016), The Post (2017), and Ready Player One (2018).
