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A new feature that chronicles the entire body of work of individual filmmakers.


 

Series 1: The 7 Ages of Steven Spielberg:

-The 1st Age: 1971-1979, “The 70s Wunderkind”
-The 2nd Age: 1981-1987, “The Rise to the Throne”
-The 3rd Age: 1989-1993, “Peter Pan Grows Up”
-The 4th Age: 1997-2001, “The Birth of Dreamworks”
-The 5th Age: 2002-2005, “The Death of Dreamworks”
-The 6th Age: 2008-2012, “The Struggle for Artistic Identity” (AKA “Who Am I?”)
-The 7th Age: 2015-2018, “Playing with House Money”
-Wrapping and Ranking the Films of STEVEN SPIELBERG - 1971-2018


 

Series 2: The 3 Ages of John McTiernan:

-The 1st Age: 1986-1990, “0 to 60”
-The 2nd Age: 1992-1999, “Jungle to the Upper East Side”
-The 3rd Age: 1999-2003, “Spiral into Self-Inflicted Exile”


 

Series 3: The 3 Preoccupations of Christopher Nolan:

-A Keynote Introduction to Our Nolan Series
-1st Preoccupation: “The Soul of a City” - BATMAN BEGINS, THE DARK KNIGHT, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
-2nd Preoccupation: “Confidence and Misdirection” - FOLLOWING, MEMENTO, INSOMNIA, THE PRESTIGE
-3rd Preoccupation: “The Fear of the Clock” - INCEPTION, INTERSTELLAR, DUNKIRK
-Final Rankings and TENET-talk-down
-A Bonus episode about OPPENHEIMER