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Film/TV

Jaws

1975

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  • Richard Dreyfuss plays shark expert Hooper in Steven Spielberg’s classic 1975 film, “Jaws.”
    Film Review

    The Stories Hollywood Tells About America

    How three movies set on the Fourth of July reproduce popular myth, but reveal even more through what they leave unsaid.
    by Emily Tamkin via New Lines on July 4, 2024
  • Scenes of Stephen Speilburg on set from the filming of Jaws
    Book Excerpt

    ‘Jaws Became a Living Nightmare’: Steven Spielberg's Ultimate Tell-All Interview

    “It was made under the worst of conditions,” the filmmaker reveals in a new book. “People versus the eternal sea. The sea won the battle.”
    by Steven Spielberg, Anthony Breznican, Laurent Bouzereau via Vanity Fair on July 27, 2023
  • Great white shark
    Journal Article

    Sharks Before and After "Jaws"

    The blockbuster "Jaws" (1975) provoked fear by portraying sharks as "mindless eating machines." But what did people think of sharks before then?
    by Jess Romeo, Beryl Francis, Jennifer A. Martin via JSTOR Daily on August 14, 2020

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Leatherface swinging a chainsaw branded with the American flag.

It Might Be the Scariest Movie Ever Made. There’s Never Been a Better Time to Watch It.

The vibes right now are very "Texas Chain Saw Massacre."
by Emily C. Hughes via Slate on October 29, 2024
Illustration of Frankenstein's monster and a terrified woman

The Horror Century

From the first morbid films a hundred years ago, scary movies always been a dark mirror on Americans’ deepest fears and anxieties.
by Aja Romano via Vox on October 19, 2021
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