Review of The Fabelmans (2022) by Olivierpiel — 29 Dec 2022
Spielberg's linear, clichéd/trope-ridden, simplistic and ultimately self-congratulory self-biopic is not only flat but, worse, very manipulative. His voyeurism, at the expense of his friends and family, is disgusting and pretentious. I wonder what his parents would say.
Compare this with Tarkovsky's Mirror! it's 60 years old, but as poignant or poetic as it is still in advance of its times for the way memories are evoked on film. The way young Andrei's mom is included in the film is also simply beautiful. Unline Spielberg, he is not pretentious in reducing his mom to the clichéd persona of the neurotic failed artist, he transmits his love in a far more inquisitive way. On the other hand, what to expect of someone who turned the horror of the Holocaust into a dumb and simplistic spectacle in Schindler's list to sell to an uncultivated audience?
In a hundred years, dumb 'Meuricans will have forgotten Spielberg like those 1930 and 1950 makers of escapist movies, for but one film, Jaws. Tarkovsky and Antonioni will remain.
This review of The Fabelmans (2022) was written by Olivierpiel on 29 Dec 2022.
The Fabelmans has generally received very positive reviews.
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