Empire of the Sun (1987)
QFS No. 177 - This year marks the 50th anniversary of Jaws (1975), the film that made Steven Spielberg a household name. So revisiting a Spielberg film feels like an appropriate thing to do as we approach the summer. You can make the case, as many have, that Spielberg invented the “summer movie” with Jaws. Empire of the Sun, however, is not a summer movie. I remember when it was released when I was a kid and the reaction to the film was lukewarm. “Lukewarm” or course, is a relative thing, given the stratospheric heights and expectations of a Spielberg film of the time.