ArtJaws, a Monstrous Success

In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide with an oversized shark bite, a plastic shark fin and an unmistakable two-note main theme composed by John Williams. With the horror from the deep, a man-eating, gigantic great white shark, the film of the same name became a similarly traumatic reference as Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho": it triggered lasting primal fears across generations. On the beaches of the world, there was clearly a "before" and an "after". Steven Spielberg, who was only 28 at the time, not only set new standards for the thriller genre, but also hid his biting criticism of US capitalism in the 1970s behind it.

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Joe Alves (born 21 May 1936, San Leandro, California) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on three of the Jaws films. He directed Jaws 3-D. Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie Jaws (1975) with mechanical effects man Bob Mattey supervising their physical…

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Jaws, a Monstrous Success

Jaws, a Monstrous Success

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Sharksploitation

Sharksploitation

The Making of 'Jaws'

The Making of 'Jaws'

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The Shark Is Still Working

The Shark Is Still Working

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

Not Your Average Joe

Not Your Average Joe

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