As the school year winds down everyone seems to be anticipating the game-changing event in their lives that will finally make life great again. For most high school students, it is an upcoming date or a promise of acceptance to their dream college. For Sam Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle), the last month of his senior year is largely uneventful and has just given him a feeling of hopelessness. As the time draws closer to the high school graduation ceremony, he realises that the only thing that might make life worth living is if he had some sort of revelation during his graduation speech and finally set him on a different path for next year.
What is the story all about?
The Perception of Steven Spielberg is a coming-of-age story about the power of films to help a young man escape from his seemingly indifferent reality. The story raises questions about the relationship between films and reality and why one person might perceive a film as something that should be taken seriously while another might consider it to be purely entertainment. It also brings up issues of what happens when someone decides that they don’t like their life and tries to find a way out by looking at films as a potential source of inspiration.
Who is in the cast?
- Gabriel LaBelle as Samuel
- Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord as young Sammy Fabelman
- Michelle Williams as Mitzi Schildkraut
- Paul Dano as Burt Fabelman
- Seth Rogen as Bennie Loewy,
- Judd Hirsch as Boris Schildkraut,
- Julia Butters as Reggie Fabelman
- Birdie Borria as young Reggie Fabelman
- Keeley Karsten as Natalie Fabelman,.
- Alina Brace as young Natalie Fabelman
- Sophia Kopera as Lisa Fabelman
- Jeannie Berlin as Haddash Fabelman
- Robin Bartlett as Tina Schildkraut
- Sam Rechner as Logan Hall
- Oakes Fegley as Chad Thomas
- Chloe East as Monica Sherwood
- Isabelle Kusman as Claudia Denning
- Chandler Lovelle as Renee
- Gustavo Escobar as Sal
- Nicolas Cantu as Hark
- Lane Factor as Dean
- James Urbaniak as GrandView High School Principal
- Connor Trinneer as Phil Newhart
- Greg Grunberg as Bernie Fein
- David Lynch as John Ford
- Jan Hoag as Nona
- Crystal as Bennie the Monkey
What is the plot of the movie?
The film is divided into seven two-minute-long acts encompassing a period of about 17 years. The first act details Sammy’s life from age 7 to about age 18. It portrays Sammy as an ordinary young boy who loves science fiction and fantasy movies, reads comic books, and loves to play with his science kit. Although he has no plans for the future, he is happy because his mom is always on the lookout for opportunities.
What makes the movie interesting?
“What would it be like if we were looking at a film and someone else was looking at it and had a completely different point of view?” The film answers this question by allowing the audience to compare how two people see the same scene in a movie. For example, when Sammy first meets Bull, he sees him as an adversary and is instantly mistrustful of him. At the same time, Bull sees Sammy as an innocent victim who might one day become important to him.
