Has any filmmaker pursued a single theme as obsessively over so many varied films as Steven Spielberg?
Almost every movie, no matter the genre, explores the same issue with a similar resolution: the repairing of the fractured family.
Spielberg's parents divorced in 1966, and that event had a huge impact on his life. He always wanted his parents to get back together.
I can relate to that -- my parents divorced when I was four years old, and I tried many times to get them back together. It's unfortunate that marriage, which is God's creation, so often ends in divorce. Divorce is way too common in our country -- could that be why Spielberg's movies are so popular? Are we a nation longing for strong families?
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