{"id":12647,"date":"2026-06-20T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/06\/20\/once-my-tummy-stopped-shaking-i-was-absorbed-by-the-scale-spectacle-and-wonder-your-steven-spielberg-film-favourites-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:32:58","slug":"once-my-tummy-stopped-shaking-i-was-absorbed-by-the-scale-spectacle-and-wonder-your-steven-spielberg-film-favourites-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/06\/20\/once-my-tummy-stopped-shaking-i-was-absorbed-by-the-scale-spectacle-and-wonder-your-steven-spielberg-film-favourites-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder\u2019: your Steven Spielberg film favourites Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/07\/writers-choose-favourite-steven-spielberg-films-jaws-close-encounters-raiders-lost-ark\">listed our writers\u2019 all-timers<\/a>, now Guardian readers get their say on the seminal director\u2019s best blockbusters<\/p>\n<p>ET is my favourite Spielberg film. It was the first I ever saw at the cinema, when I was eight years old, at Bolton Odeon in 1982. It was also the first film that made me cry \u2013 not just cry, but sob all the way home on the bus. I remember feeling completely confused by the fact that I was so happy and yet so sad at the same time. I watched the film with my mum and some of her friends from the Gingerbread Club, a single parents\u2019 organisation that arranged social events and outings, mainly for single mothers. At a time when there was still a stigma attached to being a single parent, it provided a sense of community and support.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jun\/20\/readers-favourite-spielberg-films-close-encounters-et-raiders-hook\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jun\/20\/readers-favourite-spielberg-films-close-encounters-et-raiders-hook\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0701e6740a783a60436cb37a14e5f5db708cdb34\/238_0_2271_1817\/master\/2271.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=67d7ebe73dcdcf9937aa3591b9ddb6dd\" title=\"\u2018Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder\u2019: your Steven Spielberg film favourites\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve already listed our writers\u2019 all-timers, now Guardian readers get their say on the seminal director\u2019s best blockbusters ET is my favourite Spielberg film. 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