Directors and Arrogance

Here, in part, is why Steven Spielberg wins the Pompous Ass of the Week Award. What follows is a partial transcript taken from the Directors Roundtable I wrote about the other day.

It's nice to get a capsule like this, it's sort of like 1/2 the words of regular Spielberg, but all the idiocy. And again, until reviewers start taking into account a film makers political agendas, they aren't giving full or truthful reviews. Here's why:


Steven Spielberg believes politically charged movies have become Increasingly popular during George W. Bush's presidency, because film-makers are keen to distance themselves from his policies. The director is currently courting controversy with his Oscar-nominated film Munich - which focuses on the aftermath of terrorist action at the 1972 Olympic Games - and feels the Republican administration is not representing his interests. He says, "Maybe I shouldn't get into this. I just feel that filmmakers are much more proactive since the second Bush administration. I think that everybody is trying to declare their independence and state their case for the things that we believe in. No one is really representing us, so we're now representing our own feelings, and we're trying to strike back.