I’m still a little sour with Steven Spielberg after he tried shilling the abysmal Cowboys & Aliens with a bunch of smarty-pants soundbites, but I’ll let him slide in case War Horse turns out to be fabulous. In this new, highly edited Q&A from MSN, Spielberg talks about the new movie, purposely casting an unknown as a lead, and the miraculous work of John Williams. All sounds good so far. But will we be left wanting? Or whinnying?
On whether the book or play inspired him to make the film:
“The book made me see the spine of the narrative, and the play made me see the emotional potential for a film adaptation — so it was really a combination of both.”
On altering a script during filming:
“You can’t start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished. because if you thin the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.”
On working with John Williams for 40 years:
“We have a shorthand. He always sees the movie early and then he just goes away. And I don’t see him. And then I get a phone call and he says, ‘You want to come over to my office? I want to play you some themes.’ I go over to the office, and he sits down behind his Steinway, and he starts playing me themes. It’s been that way for almost 40 years. I love everything he’s ever written, but some scores that he sketches on the piano have a few profound effect on me. He plays three themes from this movie, and I was a goner. I was three handkerchiefs, right…
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