Word: spielbergisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with his close associates and alter egos Kennedy and Marshall. She is bright, quick and Irish, he relaxed and softspoken. The director trusts them totally. Between the two of them, they gently but firmly supply organization to the organization. That is not easy in an office atmosphere resembling, as Spielberg says proudly, the raunchy cantina in Star Wars. When he makes movies, Spielberg explains, "it's like a Middle Eastern bazaar. The more chaotic it is, the more I find my priorities. If it is calm, it is el snoro." Says Marshall: "He has an idea every 13 seconds...
...this life of dazzle and glitter ends, typically, with Spielberg, wearing a body shirt, hopping into bed at 8:15 with a carton of take-out tacos, to read scripts and watch TV. He falls asleep watching Nightline. Says he: "TV is video Valium...
...extraterrestrial beings are "bug-eyed monsters," or BEMs, to science-fiction buffs. And, sure enough, the eyes of the alien creature in Steven Spielberg's E. T. are very large and prominent. At first startled glance-and he takes some getting used to-you could call...
...fact is that E.T. gazes benignly at his young friend Elliott with eyes constructed in Hollywood by a craftsman who makes glass eyes for the blind. Innocence was the quality that Spielberg had in mind, but it is hard to blame Little Sister Gertie when she takes her first look at E.T. and squawks in revulsion. "I wanted a creature that only a mother could love," says Spielberg. "I didn't want him to be sublime or beatific, or there would be no place to go in the relationship...
...appears on the screen is a highly evolved creature. One special-effects crew tried to make the spaceman and failed, spending a reported $700,000 in the process. Then Spielberg turned to Carlo Rambaldi, an Italian painter and sculptor. Rambaldi first came to the U.S. in 1975 as a consultant on King Kong, then in 1978 set up a small shop in Los Angeles. He explained the construction of E.T. to TIME'S Joseph Pilcher, beginning with sketches and a series of clay models for screen testing for Spielberg before building the creature. Finally, Rambaldi made an aluminum...