
filmmaker stated that he holds Spielberg partly responsible for the lack of artistic merit in mainstream cinema and accused Spielberg of using his film to make a profit off tragedy while Schindler's wife, lived in poverty in Argentina. Critics of mainstream film such as and American artist and actor (who starred in the Spielberg-produced and who sued Spielberg for using his likeness in ) claim that Spielberg's films lack depth and do not take risks. In his book: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, summarized the views of Spielberg's detractors, accusing the director of 'infantilizing the audience, reconstituting the spectator as child, then overwhelming him and her with sound and spectacle, obliterating irony, aesthetic self-consciousness, and critical reflection.'. Spielberg's critics complain that his films are overly sentimental and tritely moralistic. After watching the unconventional, off-center camera techniques of, praised 'young Spielberg,' for thinking outside of the visual dynamics of the theater, saying 'He's the first one of us who doesn't see the arch'. In 1997, a said, 'There are only two brand names in the business: and Spielberg'. In 2005, Steven Spielberg was rated the greatest film director of all time. DreamWorks Pictures 2002 / DreamWorks Pictures 2002 DreamWorks Pictures 2004 DreamWorks Pictures 2005 Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures 2005 Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures 2008 Paramount Pictures 2011 Paramount Pictures / 2011 2012 Walt Disney Studios / 20th Century Fox 2015 Walt Disney Studios / 20th Century Fox 2016 Walt Disney Studios 2017 20th Century Fox 2018 Warner Bros. 1989 Universal Pictures 1989 Paramount Pictures 1991 1993 Universal Pictures 1993 Universal Pictures 1997 Universal Pictures 1997 1998 DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures 2001 Warner Bros.
