The Godfather: Spielberg’s Pick for Greatest American Film and Its Scathing Critique of US History
Steven Spielberg is one of American cinema’s defining directors, yet the film he calls the greatest in his country’s history is actually a brutal takedown of its past. As a trailblazing filmmaker who changed the course of Hollywood history as he helped birth the summer blockbuster with Jaws, Spielberg hasn’t been shy about praising his contemporaries.
