“Ready Player One” What is the secret behind the intersection of the “creative worlds” created by geniuses? *Note! Contains spoilers.

When did Spielberg and Kubrick meet?

To begin with, Spielberg and Kubrick's encounter dates back to the early days of the former's career. In 1977, when Spielberg began work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind Kind, which depicts Contact with intelligent life, he had been struck by the genre's predecessor , 2001: A Space Odyssey (68). We will try to contact the person who worked on the film's visual effects.

However, at the time, he had no contact with Kubrick, who directed this film and was in charge of the visual effects, so he negotiated directly with Douglas Trumbull, who was also on the visual effects staff, and invited him to work on the visual effects for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It was.

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” by Steven Spielberg

However, his close encounter with Kubrick became a reality with the completion of ``Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'' In 1978, ``Close Encounters of the Third Kind of the Third Kind'' was selected to be screened at the Royal Film Performance, an event in which the British royal family participates to provide financial support for filmmakers, and Spielberg went to England, where he even had an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. , and met and talked with Kubrick.

At that time, Kubrick told him, ``Steven, my careers may intersect with you someday.'' Kubrick told me about their future relationship with ``AI,'' and I was truly awed by his discerning eye for geniuses. It depends.

Spielberg was hindered from making a movie by ``The Shining''