Abstract
It is illogical to conclude from his being the most financially successful filmmaker of all time that there is little or nothing of philosophical and social value in the work of Steven Spielberg. Yet, exactly because he has had such intensive popular appeal and perhaps also because when, infrequently, he has spoken of his career he has been so articulate (if not glib), Spielberg has proved anathema to widespread serious interest, achieving at best the status of a man who can be written about because he has made a number of provocative or beguiling films but never quite managed to become the sort of auteur, with the recognisable style and coherent obsessions, who merits inclusion in a directorial canon.
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Pomerance, M. (2016). A Taste of Steven Spielberg. In: Bradley, P. (eds) Food, Media and Contemporary Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137463234_11
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