TONY KUSHNER

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TORONTO — (AP) — Steven Spielberg premiered his much-anticipated “The Fabelmans" to thunderous applause at the Toronto International Film Festival, debuting his most autobiographical film and one the 75-year-old filmmaker said he's been building toward his whole life. The film opens with a timid young boy outside a cinema going to see his first movie ("The Greatest Show on Earth"). “It's something obviously I've been thinking about for a long time,” Spielberg said on stage after the screening late Saturday. Spielberg said he first talked about what would become “The Fabelmans” with Kushner during the making of “Lincoln.” The playwright, Spielberg said, played the role of therapist as Spielberg unloaded his memories. Cinema in Spielberg's film is both a transformative power and something dangerous; a way to express genuine emotion and to hide from it.

Steven Spielberg premiered his much-anticipated “The Fabelmans” to thunderous applause at the Toronto International Film Festival, debuting his most autobiographical film and one the 75-year-old filmmaker said he’s been building toward his whole life

Steven Spielberg premiered his much-anticipated “The Fabelmans” to thunderous applause at the Toronto International Film Festival, debuting his most autobiographical film and one the 75-year-old filmmaker said he’s been building toward his whole life.

Toronto Film Festival Steven Spielberg FILE - Director Steven Spielberg poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "The Post" in London, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. Spielberg is bringing his highly personal film ‘The Fabelmans’ to the Toronto International Film Festival this fall, organizers said Friday, July 22, 2022. (Joel C Ryan)Steven Spielberg is bringing his highly personal film “The Fabelmans” to the Toronto International Film Festival this fall, organizers said Friday. It will be the world premiere for the film, which Spielberg has said is based on his early years, and will also mark the legendary filmmaker’s first time at the festival. The Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 8-18, has previously said that it will also host the world premieres of Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the Harry Styles-led drama “My Policeman” and Gina-Prince Bythewood’s historical epic “The Woman King,” with Viola Davis.

Steven Spielberg is bringing his highly personal film “The Fabelmans” to the Toronto International Film Festival this fall.

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