The Fabelmans: Fact VS Fiction

Everyone, everywhere, sitting reading these words under this video have the potential to do magically magnificent things. No other director can give us this feeling like the stupendous Steven Spielberg. His rose tinted lens allows anyone to run with Indiana, fly with Peter Pan, or behold Dinosaurs. However cinematic his creations are, we rarely get to flip the camera on the artists we admire. So his newest movie The Fabelmans is a welcomed treat to us all. But what some may not know going into it is how truly accurate it is to the filmmakers own experiences. In order to help your very own plunge into the waters of history we’re gathering just a few of the facts and fictions sprinkled into this classic real life coming of age tale. So sit back, relax, and enjoy Fabelmans: Fact Vs Fiction.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Names are different
1:11 - The Monkey
1:55 - Jewish Heritage
2:45 - Directorial Quitting
3:35 - Pianist Mother
4:27 - John Ford
5:16 - Infidelity
6:04 - Engineering Father
7:04 - Spielberg's first camera
7:53 - The Greatest Show on earth
8:44 - Train Crash Inspiration
9:28 - Three sisters
10:14 - Bullied
11:01 - Bully portrayal
11:43 - Professional Home Movie
12:24 - Fashion
13:09 - East to West
13:41 - Phoenix
14:16 - Uncle Boris
14:33 - Highschool Movie

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Written by: Iyan Socolove
Narrated by: Patrice Scott
Edited by: Patrice Scott

[JohnWesleyDowney]

I spent two hours with Spielberg's Mom during a trip to L.A. in the 80s. I made a video about it a couple of years ago. and put it on my youtube channel. It was an extraordinary experience. She was just the way Michelle Williams portrays her in the film, I mean exactly!. One of the favorite memories of my life.

[phillipmosness]

Not to be pedantic, but it's funny to hear the narrator say "We've since left the physical world behind and now use digital" while we see the 35mm film camera being used to shoot The Fabelmans.

[CaptChrispy]

I like the part where he figures out how to make the gun shots! I think I heard him say that before but to see it in action, before and after, was spectacular!

[sandrastone]

I cannot believe anyone would describe “Lawrence of Arabia” as a little known film. I saw it in a theatre in 1964, one of the biggest blockbuster films ever made.

[mikechoe]

I laughed out loud when you said Anne Spielberg was almost as recognizable as Steven himself at 9:52. That statement is absolutely ridiculous.

[jackel]

This is such an enjoyable movie. Not only it is entertaining, but pretty relatable to many people as well.

[fernandoDcampos]

In some interviews, Spielberg said the monkey was in Raiders because he had one in his youth.
When I saw the Fabelman, I already knew the monkey story or the Ford last scene.

So, its confirmed.

[cgh]

I felt sorry for the dad. His wife & "best friend" played him for a fool.

[JustinCase]

I wish I could find a video about the visual easter eggs in The Fabelmans, I mean the shots in the movie that are very similar to shots in other Spielberg movies. I have spotted a few and I wonder if I'll spot more when I watch the movie again (I have the 4K Bluray now). For example, the skeleton jumpscare like the one in Raiders of the lost ark, or the group of friends on bicycles at the top of the road, or the close-up of an armadillo by the side of the road with the car coming from the left and past it to the right, that shot is exactly like a shot in Close encounters of the third kind. I'm sure there must be others.

[nemomarc]

The Fabelmans Spielberg recounts the family on camera, the family in front of the camera 🎥 The best scene Uncle Boris who gives him a speech on Art and the meeting of Spielberg with John Ford a giant of the Cinema he gives him a lesson on the "interesting" horizon line and the final plan. A good touching Spielberg

[abnr]

Now I want to see biopics of my favourite directors & Tarantino, Martin Scorsese & Tom Cruise

[thechad]

What’s heart breaking is that my wife and I really wanted to see this movie. But despite having 130+ theaters within two hours of where I live, the closest theater playing this film is nearly 3 1/2 hours away. With California gas prices, I simply cannot go that far to see it.

[bobbyjosson]

Does it show him buying Rosebud from 'Citizen Kane' in the early '80s and saying that it would keep him honest and so as to not make sequels and remakes, and then foisting upon the world those most essential sequels; Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, Crystal Skull, Lost Word, and the the remakes of West Side Story, A Guy Named Joe (Always), not to mention those vital and inspiring Transformers films from his studio that have graced our screens, the ones based on the art on which he was raised, toys and kids tv cartoons.

[Mikemoe_]

I wonder if all the kids belong to Spielberg dad 🤔

[swishpronoob]

I liked the movie a lot, most of the scenes I can say were engaging to me, 8/10.

[bsharp]

Nice essay! I think you enjoyed this movie as much as I did 😊

I see your thoughts on the Ford's horizon statement differently, however. Let me explain.

John Ford very carefully selected the word "interesting" because he meant that point of view has storytelling value, that just changing the camera POV tells a story in itself. The camera is a storyteller with its own language.

[hotlov]

Was a great movie. Stephen's dad was a good dude, hope he got married again

[Rondogz]

spielbergs first movie escape to nowhere (spielbergs ww2 home movie) is on youtube lol

[LeonBosset]

Dude, this video made me feel so old.

I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds like the film stops before he gets onto the Universal lot. That's disappointing, because that to me is such an interesting story.

[reallyfurious]

Stephen who...? Oh you must mean the brother of renowned screenwriter Anne Spielberg, author of such classics as Big and others... Yah