We’ve already listed our writers’ all-timers, now Guardian readers get their say on the seminal director’s best blockbusters
ET is my favourite Spielberg film. It was the first I ever saw at the cinema, when I was eight years old, at Bolton Odeon in 1982. It was also the first film that made me cry – not just cry, but sob all the way home on the bus. I remember feeling completely confused by the fact that I was so happy and yet so sad at the same time. I watched the film with my mum and some of her friends from the Gingerbread Club, a single parents’ organisation that arranged social events and outings, mainly for single mothers. At a time when there was still a stigma attached to being a single parent, it provided a sense of community and support.
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We’ve already listed our writers’ all-timers, now Guardian readers get their say on the seminal director’s best blockbustersET is my favourite Spielberg film. It was the first I ever saw at the cinema, when I was eigh...
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