Steven Spielberg reflects on the jaws at the Academy Museum exhibition: “He cost me a pound of meat, but he gave me a lot of career”

The Museum of Motion Pictures Academy in Los Angeles has officially opened its doors to Jaws: The ExhibitionThe largest showcase ever dedicated to Steven SpielbergInnovative thriller of 1975.

Wednesday evening, Spielberg showed up to present the exhibition, sharing candid stories, memories and a lot of gratitude for the film that changed his life.

The evening began with the president of the museum Amy Homma By welcoming the guests, followed by a live performance of the legendary theme of John Williams from the Hollywood signal orchestra. Spielberg then took the podium and admitted that he became unprepared as when he made his jaws.

“Because I did not come prepared in 1974 to make” jaws “-o not prepared enough-I decided to risk again and I have not prepared myself with today’s observations to talk to you, so I am empty-handed if not with a collection of memories stimulated only in the last hour and a half, along the exhibition so ingeniously gathered”.

The new exhibition presents over 200 artifacts of the film, many never seen before by the public. Spielberg was particularly amused by the fact that even apparently small stage objects survived.

“I mean, why someone, when we shot the opening scene of Chrissy Watkins, was taken by the shark and we had a buoy that floated in the water, knew to take it home and sit for 50 years and then take it to the Academy? How did they know?

“I didn’t know. I thought my career was practically more in half of the production on” jews “because everyone said to me:” You will never be hired again. “

Spielberg, only 26 years old when shooting on Martha’s vineyard began, recalled the challenges of work at sea. “I thought he would go to swollen sails, and I really had no idea that the moment you tended to tend to mother nature and the fate of fate, everything begins to conspire against you.”

The production raised 100 days compared to the program with constant rewrites from Carl GottliebSeasick Crew Members and the notorious mechanical shark, nicknamed Bruce, who worked barely in salted water. But Spielberg recalled how determination made everyone go on. “The film was 100 days compared to the program. We shot 158 ​​days, but nobody wanted to stop.”

Despite chaos, Jaw He continued to become a phenomenon, winning three Academy Awards, scoring a nomination for the best film and launching the modern was successful. Spielberg reflects:

“The cameraism that happens when you are just trying to survive something, all approached us. I have never been closer to a crew or a cast until many years later, but this was the maximum example than when you work as a team, you can actually bring the ball closer through the finish line. I am very proud of the film. The film certainly cost me a kilo of meat, but it gave me a career tons.”

Hosted in the Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg gallery of the museum, Jaws: The Exhibition Visitor brings through six sections inspired by the three -act structure of the film.

Over 200 articles are exhibited, including the iconic Fin Shark, The Severded Head prop and the “Amity Island Wels You” sign. Fans can explore interactive elements as a camera configuration to recreate the famous Dolly Zoom, a Bruce’s animatronic version and a music station in which you can play the two disturbing notes of Williams.

The senior curator of the Museum of the Jenny Academy explained: “The six sections take you from the act one to the final act of the film. It is really interesting to take a film that has been so known and give our visitors to the museum a new way of experimenting it. Instead of telling you the stories behind the” jaws “, we are inviting you to experience it in a format of the exhibition.”

The exhibition also includes a recreation of the orca ship and ties in the inheritance of the largest jaws that continue to influence cinema today. Of course, one of the last surviving Bruce models has already hung permanently to the museum ceiling, making this exhibition look like a natural extension.

50 years later, Jaw It remains a cultural force. His release of the 50th anniversary has just brought $ 8.1 million to the box office last weekend, showing that the bite of the film is stronger than ever.

Spielberg’s reflections at the Academy Museum remind us how the film that almost sunk his career ended up redefining Hollywood forever. Jaws: The Exhibition It officially opens to the public this Sunday and will take place until 26 July.

Source: Variety