In a 2022 interview with Terry Gross, Steven Spielberg reflects on how childhood fears, family trauma, and historical horrors like the Holocaust shaped his filmmaking, culminating in his semi-autobiographical film The Fablemans. The conversation reveals how personal pain, moral responsi
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