Spielberg is a master

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 1999)

I saw Empire of the sun yesterday and I have to say that even though I have seen it before, this was the first time it really dawned on me that it is in fact a masterpiece. Spielbergs control over the medium is fabulous. The way he tell his story trough images, sounds and music is perfect. Example: The sequence when Jim enters his mothers room and its empty, except for the powder on the floor. And trough the prints in the powder Spielberg tell us what Jim think has happened to his mother and when Jim can`t handle this he opens the window and all the prints in the powder is erased. Pure genius. The entire picture is filled with these moments of Pure Film and that is what makes it such a good movie.