Steven Spielberg Reveals How His Childhood Affected His Filmography
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"I'm sure had my parents not gotten a divorce, I would not have chosen Empire of the Sun as a film to direct," he said
Three-time Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg on Tuesday said childhood trauma had shaped almost all of his work as he prepared to accept a lifetime achievement award at the Berlinale film festival. Steven Spielberg, 76, said he was "obviously... very traumatised" by the experience of conflict in his family home and his parents divorce.
That was why "I'd be attracted to subjects like Empire of the Sun," in which a young boy is torn away from his family in China and sent to a Japanese war camp, he said.
"I'm sure had my parents not gotten a divorce, I would not have chosen Empire of the Sun as a film to direct," he said.
The Hollywood A-lister also spoke of still feeling the same inspiration he did "as a little kid" when he makes films today.
