Spielberg has a tip if you don’t want to… become a director.

It’s hard not to know Steven Spielberg. We owe the filmmaker cult films for several generations of spectators. Jurassic Park, We have to save the soldier Ryan, Jaws, War of the Worlds… There are many examples. And at the height of his 74 years, the filmmaker has not said his last word. It’s simple: the man has been making films in recent years. The next one, a new adaptation of West Side Story, is expected by many moviegoers. After a more complicated shooting than others of his works, Steven Spielberg ensures the promotion of his new project. And take the opportunity to distill valuable advice … but not to aspiring filmmakers!

Steven Spielberg advised to learn too much about behind the scenes of the cinema.

The director thinks viewers should keep all the magic and know as little as possible.

Keeping the magic of cinema intact

Steven Spielberg represents a certain idea of ​​the Seventh Art. That of escape, magic and the suspended moment. So the filmmaker has his position (which we do not necessarily share) about those who do not wish to become filmmakers. A reflection shared during an interview for Collider.

I hope they never learn anything about making a movie. I hope they never know. I hope they will never see what is behind the curtain. I think that if they don’t want to become filmmakers, that they don’t want to enter the profession but just to have fun, to travel, it is better not to know too much. Because we don’t want to tear down the fourth wall. You want to stay away and secure from any knowledge that the story presents to you.

– Steven Spielberg

This position of Steven Spielberg is not surprising. Among the active filmmakers, man advocates this reverie distilled by the industry of yesteryear. As proof, this new adaptation while the 1961 film remains a masterpiece for many spectators. Man is not afraid of a proofreading!

West Side Story hits theaters December 8.