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This paper discusses the cinematic style and content of films directed by David Lean and Steven Spielberg, and compares and contrasts the two men's works. The paper attempts to demonstrate how Mr. Lean's cinematic style, as reflected in his movies, Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia influenced Mr. Spielberg's later works including Schindler's List. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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David Lean, who dominated the world of film from the 1940s through the 1980s with well-remembered films such as Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of
Arabia. As Lean began to taper off during the mid-to-late 1970s, Spielberg entered, coming to fame with the Indiana Jones action/adventure series; while tapping into the "what-if" of our consciousness
through E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and who chronicling an important - albeit, little-known - even in history through his production of Schlinders List.
On the surface, very little links these two directors together, other than the fact they both used cutting edge techniques of their time both to
entertain and to get their stories across. The two also did their best when filming panoramic epics that relied on lots of pageantry and artistry, from the way the background
was constructed and filmed, to the smallest detail on an actors costume. In truth, there is very little to indicate that Spielberg got his inspiration from Lean movies or his
techniques - there are no articles expounding on the connection, no interviews in which Spielberg has molded Lean into a mentor. However, given the film-making technique of these men, its
easy to see how Leans grasp of cinematography and his ability to create and drive plots throughout the directing and filming process has crept into Spielbergs own movie-making style.
To many, Lean was the epitome of the quintessential film-maker, both through his adaptations of famous works, such Charles Dickens Great Expectations (1946)
and through his sweeping, biographical epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia, which was released in 1962 (Ehrenstein, 2002). Lean was known for
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