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Spielberg: I really wanted my childhood to be sort of the pie-in-the-sky, Norman Rockwell American Dream.

the home he wanted · Spielberg (2017)

Spielberg: I really wanted my childhood to be sort of the pie-in-the-sky, Norman Rockwell American Dream.

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My dad was this computer genius that was on the team that invented the first commercial data processing machine at RCA back in 1950, and so my dad was headhunted a lot and went from company to company.

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1Spielberg: I really wanted my childhood to be sort of the pie-in-the-sky , Norman Rockwell American Dream.
In the sceneHe names the childhood he wanted pie-in-the-sky, a cover dream the constant moves never matched.
Everyday exampleQuitting tomorrow is a pie-in-the-sky idea.
Everyday exampleI wanted the trip to be a pie-in-the-sky kind of holiday.
2My dad was this computer genius that was on the team that invented the first commercial data processing machine at RCA back in 1950, and so my dad was headhunted a lot and went from company to company.
3Like Army brats , we moved from place to place.
4But most of my formative years took place in Phoenix, Arizona.
5My father was the American man who worked very hard.
6Sometimes worked six days a week and he came home late at night.
7His career demanded a lot of time away from the family.
8And my mom was Peter Pan.
9She was a sibling, not a parent, because she was a best friend, not a primary caregiver .
10And she got into trouble like we got into trouble .

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