Spielberg's mother, portrayed by Michelle Williams, is the heart of the film. He's the son of a computer engineer – just like Spielberg – and a mother who is described as a free spirit. 'The Fabelmans' is a coming-of-age story about a young boy's obsession with making movies, just like Spielberg. Spielberg said making his latest movie was cathartic, even joking, 'What have I just done? Has this been $40 million of therapy? Whoever spends $40 million in therapy to make a movie?' Director Steven Spielberg with CBS News' Lesley Stahl. 'Every one of my movies is a personal movie,' said Spielberg, the director of such blockbusters as 'Jaws,' 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Jurassic Park.' 'I don't make films that I don't consider to have something of myself left behind in them.' He also shares with CBS News' Lesley Stahl a family secret he carried for decades, in an interview for 'CBS Sunday Morning,' to be broadcast November 6 on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
In his latest, the semi-autobiographical 'The Fabelmans,' Spielberg explains how his childhood love of movies led to his storied career as a director. Steven Spielberg has made some of the biggest movie blockbusters in history, and all of them, he says, are personal.
