Empire of the Sun was released 38 years ago.
Christian Bale was just 13 and carried the entire film. Spielberg later said he didn’t direct Bale so much as try to keep up with him. It’s one of the most astonishing child performances ever put on screen.
This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. The sheer contrast between Jessica being this sexy character and her completely losing her shit is hilarious
the direction in this scene is already very clear and effective but i appreciate them going the extra mile and making the heat vision look like he's shooting ropes from his eyes
You know people don’t like to admit this but older cartoons they grew up with were woke and discussed social issues like this and were very on the nose about it