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Author Lester D. Friedman

Lester D. Friedman

Lester D. Friedman teaches film at Northwestern University. The author of numerous books and articles, his areas of interest are post-WW II American cinema, British film in the Thatcher era, and the American Jewish Cinema. His forthcoming book, Citizen Spielberg (University of Illinois Press), categorizes the director's films into various genre groups but sees them as far more unconventional than have previous scholars.

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Minority Report: A Dystopic Vision

Lester D. Friedman
July 2003
Steven Spielberg
Issue 27
Social oppression and philosophical uncertainty define the noir atmosphere of Spielberg’s least overtly religious science-fiction film.

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