What I learned from reading Steven Spielberg: A Biography by Joseph McBride.
I just relistened to this entire episode.
And it's remarkable not only, like, the filmmaking genius that Spielberg is, but the.
Way that he built a business and.
The way he thought about building the business around his life's work.
And the reason I went back and.
Re listened to this and the reason I originally did this episode almost three years ago, the reason I'm republishing it now, in case you missed it the first time, or even if you listen to the first time, I'd highly encourage you to re listen to it.
You'd be surprised how much you're gonna forget.
But because I was working on the Tarantino episode last week, and he kept talking about multiple times in Tarantino's book.
He's talking about the fact that he thought that Spielberg's a natural born filmmaker genius, that he's made some of the greatest movies in film history.
Tarantino would talk about Spielberg's gift of.
Taking an idea they had in his.
Mind and then making it real.
And the other reason that I wanted to go back and study Spielberg is because in this episode, I talk about one of my favorite biographies of all time, which I covered, you know, seven years ago on episode 35, and it was George Lucas a Life by Brian Jane Jones.
I have spent the whole week.
I'm still in the process of this, of rereading and really diving deep into George Lucas's life and work again.
And so while I'm working on that.
I think Spielberg is the perfect bridge from Tarantino to Lucas.
Because if you study Spielberg, Lucas is.
Going to play a role in his life.
And if you study Lucas, Spielberg plays a role in his life.