{"product_id":"steven-spielberg-a-biography-paperback","title":"Steven Spielberg: A Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph McBride\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the first edition of \u003ci\u003eSteven Spielberg: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1997, much about Spielberg's personality and the forces that shaped it had remained enigmatic, in large part because of his tendency to obscure and mythologize his own past. But in this first full-scale, in-depth biography of Spielberg, Joseph McBride reveals hidden dimensions of the filmmaker's personality and shows how deeply personal even his most commercial work has been. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition adds four chapters to Spielberg's life story, chronicling his extraordinarily active and creative period from 1997 to the present, a period in which he has balanced his executive duties as one of the partners in the film studio DreamWorks SKG with a remarkable string of films as a director. Spielberg's ambitious recent work--including \u003ci\u003eAmistad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaving Private Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA. I. Artifucial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Terminal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMunich\u003c\/i\u003e--has continually expanded his range both stylistically and in terms of adventurous, often controversial, subject matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Spielberg: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e brought about a reevaluation of the great filmmaker's life and work by those who viewed him as merely a facile entertainer. This new edition guides readers through the mature artistry of Spielberg's later period in which he manages, against considerable odds, to run a successful studio while maintaining and enlarging his high artistic standards as one of America's most thoughtful, sophisticated, and popular filmmakers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph McBride\u003c\/b\u003e is a film historian and associate professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at San Francisco State University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eHawks on Hawks\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhat Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSearching for John Ford\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFrank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47425893793970,"sku":"9781604738360","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0a072cc430449d55099c00ad5123f696.webp?v=1778504676","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/steven-spielberg-a-biography-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}