Friend and filmmaker Collin Souter returns to the show to talk about the legendary (and possibly our most famous director to date) Steven Spielberg. We start off by focusing on his earlier films, including the sci-fi classic CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and then we take a look at the under-appreciated coming-of-age WWII film, EMPIRE OF THE SUN. We later expand upon some more of his other films as well including JAWS and ET. In addition, Collin reviews FANDANGO, Patrick talks about THE FURIES and just in time for Valentine's Day, Jim revisits LA STORY.

0:00 - 14:35 - Intro
14:36 - 15:12 - What We Watched Song 
15:13 - 52:07 - What We Watched This Week 
52:08 - 52:59 - Director Song 
53:00 - 2:21:10 - Freeflowing Spielberg discussion 
2:21:11 - 2:28:43 - Denouement

Part 2 arrives the first week of March, as we look at the latter part of Spielberg's career with returning guest Erik Childress. Please be sure to leave us a voicemail to play on the show as well at 224-366-9528. If you're a movie blogger/podcaster and would like a guest spot on the show to talk about a filmmaker whose work you admire. Thanks again for listening and be sure to check out our updated upcoming schedule in the sidebar to see which directors we'll be talking about soon! Questions are always welcome via email: [email protected]

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