What movie ! You would think that at 76, Steven Spielberg would have said everything and shown everything. The Fabelmans proves that he still has some under the hood and not just a little. This fiction is, in fact, a moving and funny autobiography, cry of love in the cinema because the Fabelmans and Sammy, the young hero played by Gabriel LaBelleare depictions of the director’s family and his relationship to them.
Steven Spielberg no longer has to prove that he is a great filmmaker, but he still manages to surprise with the intensity of the emotions he evokes. He shares his childhood and adolescence, which were not easy, between the anti-Semitism he suffered and the complicated relationship between his parents (played by Paul Dano and Michelle Williams) and their best friend played by Seth Rogen. “It was during this period, between the ages of 7 and 18, that I learned to love my father and my mother, not only as parents but also as human beings. »
Loves and joys
The spectator appropriates the emotions, the joys and the anger of the future filmmaker with whom he takes a painful path towards adulthood. Whether in front of his loved ones or behind his Super 8 camera, Steven Spielberg’s alter ego lets his creative sensitivity flourish. The director does not angelize his family from which he hides neither the flaws nor the faults. It is perhaps even when he evokes the latter, shown with tender accuracy, that his love for his family resonates most deeply.
Ode to his loved ones as to the 7th art which helped him to build himself, The Fabelmans made clear how Steven became Spielberg. We often have tears in our eyes while keeping a smile on our lips. The hero’s meeting with a big name in Hollywood cinema, mischievously played by David Lynch as a guest star, is like the whole film: strong in feelings, in humor and in respect.
Is it because Steven Spielberg’s films have been so anchored in our lives for so many years that they are an integral part of our collective unconscious? The Fabelmans gives the impression of being part of his family and provokes the desire to dive back into his filmography.