Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster /
Buckland, Warren.
New York ; London : Continuum,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
Origins of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster -- Poetics of film directing -- Pre-blockbuster work: from Amblin' (1968) to Duel (1971) -- 'Duel with a shark': Jaws (1975) -- The UFO experience: Close encounters of the third kind (1977 theatrical release) -- Serials, chase scenes, and off-screen presences: Raiders of the lost ark (1981) -- Dramas of suburbia and authorship: Poltergeist (1982) and E.T (1982), or, who really directed Poltergeist? -- 'Close encounters of the prehistoric kind': narrative, narration and spectacle in Jurassic Park (1993) -- Precogs dream of future murders (not electric sheep): Minority report (2002) -- News from Mars: War of the worlds (2005).
Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Blockbusters (Motion pictures)