The most devastating ‘Saving Private Ryan’ scene wasn’t even in the script: “I made that up on the spot”

When Stephen J Dubner asked Spielberg in a 1999 interview how he devised the most heart-wrenching death in Saving Private Ryan, his answer was as simple as it was surprising. “I made that up on the ...
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‘Saving Private Ryan’: How Steven Spielberg’s Handheld Techniques, Low Angles and Blood Splatters Changed Hollywood Action Sequences

For 23 minutes, Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” drops audiences into the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach. Handheld cameras and low angles follow Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squadron ...
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War Is Better Than Saving Private Ryan

Critics often hail Steven Spielberg's war epic, Saving Private Ryan, as one of the greatest war movies of all time. The film depicted war on a scale and with an unflinching brutality that few films ...
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‘Saving Private Ryan’: How Steven Spielberg’s Handheld Techniques, Low Angles and Blood Splatters Changed Hollywood Action Sequences

For 23 minutes, Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” drops audiences into the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach. Handheld cameras and low angles follow Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squadron ...