Spielberg films: restoration of paternal authority

As told 3

“the true story is the restoration of paternal authority. And you cannot take this away.”
38:05 Toronto International Film Festival2016-05-24 · 1:45:45

“Almost all his films are variations on the motif of father rediscovering, returning to his paternity. Bad father rediscovering himself as a good father.”
~0:00 Ideology in the Post-Ideological World: The Case of Hollywood2010-01-04 · 57:00

“E.T. is for me just a kind of a vanishing mediator... the father abandoned the family... E.T. goes home... family is re-established.”
4:27 Politics Between Fear and Terror2006-11-15 · 2:01:13

What it carries

one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)

contents · one story, 3 jobsuses

libidinal level ×1 authentic paternal authority ×1 ideological dream ×1

Its cast and sources

populated by

Ariel Sharon1 Raymond Carver1 Robert Epstein1 Garry Wills1 Jamil Khader1 Paul Greengrass1 Rudyard Kipling1 Shulamit Aloni1

alongside works

Jurassic Park3 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial3 War of the Worlds3 From Here to Eternity2 Für Elise1 The Clash of Civilizations1 Kim1 Pacific Rim1

Told together with

33% Armageddon as Oedipal 2 shared talks 29% Deep Impact as Incest 2 shared talks 22% Yugoslav dirty jokes as solidarity / moment of loss was civil war 2 shared talks 18% Apologizing to Judith Butler 2 shared talks

Every retelling 3

38:05 Toronto International Film Festival2016-05-24 · 1:45:45

Across E.T., Schindler's List, War of the Worlds, and Jurassic Park, the true narrative is the transformation of a bad father into a good father, the official Holocaust or alien plots are vehicles for this libidinal story., illustrating libidinal undercurrent,paternal authority,ideology of film

~0:00 Ideology in the Post-Ideological World: The Case of Hollywood2010-01-04 · 57:00

Across E.T., Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Empire of the Sun, Spielberg's films repeat one story: a bad or absent father undergoes a crisis that allows him to rediscover and be accepted as a good father. The real drama is paternal, regardless of the surface genre (dinosaurs, aliens, Holocaust)., illustrating Hollywood ideology,father motif,ideological fantasy

4:27 Politics Between Fear and Terror2006-11-15 · 2:01:13

Žižek claims that across Jurassic Park, E.T., War of the Worlds, and Schindler's List, Spielberg's underlying motive is the restoration of proper paternal authority to a failed father figure., illustrating ideology,the big Other