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31. Will There Ever Be Another Spielberg?
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31. Will There Ever Be Another Spielberg?

Ian Nathan, author of 'Steven Spielberg: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work,' chimes in
The best Steven Spielberg movies ever | Polygon
Steven Spielberg on the set of Raiders of the Lost Ark

For decades now, outlets and scholars have been predicting who the next Spielberg might be, including names like J. J. Abrams or M. Night Shyamalan. But what does it mean to be the next Spielberg? To answer that, we'd have to know what it means to be Spielberg in general. So, to get to the bottom of this, Ian Nathan, author of Steven Spielberg: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work, chimes in.

What accounts for the wild popularity of the filmmaker behind Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws, and Raiders of the Lost Ark in a career that spans many genres and decades? Why is it that his inward turn in 2022’s autobiographic The Fabelmans failed to resonate with audiences like his bigger works? We’re digging into it all, along with which Spielberg films may deserve a second look.

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