The Fablemans: Trailer for Steven Spielberg's cinematic memoir
(Picture: Handout)With a career spanning more than half a century, Steven Spielberg has done it all. He’s transported us to the harrowing chaos on the beaches of Normandy in Saving Private Ryan, helped coin the term “blockbuster” thanks to the runaway success of Jaws and even brought dinosaurs back to life with Jurassic Park. Now the legend of the silver screen has turned 75 years old, and his latest project, The Fabelmans, is a semi-autobiographical self-portrait that chronicles his journey of becoming one of cinema’s most beloved storytellers.
Opening to rapturous applause at the Toronto International Film Festival (the first time Spielberg has ever debuted a film here), The Fabelmans is a charming coming-of-age tale which gives audiences a glimpse inside Spielberg’s youthful memory bank. True, it’s a somewhat romanticised and sanitised retelling of his past, adding a thick layer of his usual Hollywood schmaltz to the recollections of his formative years - but oh! What a joy it is to take a stroll down memory lane with him.
