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‘Saving Private Ryan’: How Steven Spielberg’s Handheld Techniques, Low Angles and Blood Splatters Changed Hollywood Action Sequences

For 23 minutes, Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” drops audiences into the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach. Handheld cameras and low angles follow Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squadron ...

The “crime” against cinema ‘Saving Private Ryan’ refused to commit: “This is right to the edge”

However, Tom Hanks was genuinely concerned that Steven Spielberg’s stirring World War II drama would commit an unforgivable crime against cinema, and he had every reason to believe that Saving Private ...