The True Story of ‘The Fabelmans’: What Happened in Steven Spielberg’s Youth

With masterpieces such as ‘Jaws’ and ‘Jurassic Park’, Steven Spielberg has become one of the most important directors in the history of cinema. And for his most recent film, ‘The Fabelmans’, he decided to revisit a little bit of his youth, and relive some of his childhood memories, as well as his relationship with his parents, and how they introduced him to the world. art of cinema.

For the first time, Steven Spielberg has started writing his own film, with the help of screenwriter Tony Kushner, where they tell a little about the director’s childhood and youth. However, the true story of ‘The Fabelmans’ takes some liberties with what happened. The plot follows Sammy, a boy who discovers a family secret and finds the best way to express himself in audiovisual art.

Which It happened in Steven Spielberg’s youth. It’s a big part of the relationship with his parents, starting with the fact that, in ‘The Fabelmans,’ Sammy’s parents are like in real life too. That is, Leah Adler was a pianist, while Arnolds Spielberg was an electrical engineer, both Jewish, as in real life.

It is also what happens in ‘The Fabelmans’ that Steven Spielberg’s childhood This is how it is represented in the history of cinema, from when the director grew up in New Jersey, until he moved with his parents to Arizona. Later he moved back to California, but this time the director did it alone with his father, since he had finalized his mother’s divorce.

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Steven Spielberg and his love for cinema

So what Steven Spielberg wanted to tell about him in ‘The Fabelmans’ was his love for cinema, as reflected in the story of Sammy, a boy who goes everywhere with his 8mm camera, and spends his time filming home movies housewives, in which he records all of his family’s travels and in the adaptation you can see Paul Dano and Michelle Williams bringing those memories to life.

However, ‘The Fabelmans’ is not a story based on true events, but remember, from then on, the rest of the plot is fiction, created by Steven Spielberg himself to demonstrate through Sammy how he saw the world, the love of his parents, and how they brought him closer to being the filmmaker he is now, one of the most important filmmakers of an entire generation.

Susan Lacy’s documentary on the life of Steven Spielberg was one of the main references for the director to compare his information with what he was about to capture in his new film. In which also, as she recalled in several interviews, she blames her father for her mother’s divorce, even when she discovered that she had been having an affair with another man.