Spielberg, Coppola and Lucas: The Remaking of Modern Cinema, With Paul Fischer

Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm senior producer Mia Sorrenti. By the early 1980s, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas were the richest best known filmmakers in the world with an empire of their own. So what can the friendship, rivalry, and ambition of these three Hollywood icons tell us about one of cinema's most influential eras? On today's episode, Paul Fisher, author, screenwriter, and filmmaker, joins Anna Bobotskia. To discuss the extraordinary rise of these three directors, whose films reshaped the industry for generations. Let's join our host Anna Bogotskaya now with more.

Hello and welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm Arabskaya, I'm a film critic, film programmer, and the author of Feeding the Monster, and our guest today is Paul Fisher. author, screenwriter, filmmaker, whose new fascinating book The Last Kings of Hollywood takes us back to the glory days of New Hollywood, with three filmmakers at its center. Francis Fort Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. And tracks how their work during that period changed the world of popular American cinema. Welcome, Paul, and thank you so much for your time.

Hi, Anna. Thanks for having me and making the time to talk. I'm excited. So I on a personal level Have been fascinated with the new Hollywood era. ever since I be fell in love with movies. And I wanted to ask you, because there's quite a lot of writing and documentaries and analysis already done in that period.

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