![]() Similarly, Spielberg discovered the affair at age 16, three years before his parents got divorced. However, the real Spielberg and Adler had a happy ending beyond what’s shown in “The Fabelmans”: the pair reconnected many years later and remained close until Adler’s death in 2017. They did reconcile eventually Spielberg even dedicated 1998’s “Saving Private Ryan” to his father, who was a WWII veteran. “The father-son obsession I’ve had in my movies obviously speaks to a great deal of feelings that I’d been carrying with me that I want to unburden myself of, and I have,” Spielberg said. ![]() ![]() The seismic impact of this event on Spielberg’s life is reflected in his work, with the absent father character and/or father-son strife appearing in many of his films including “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), “E.T.” (1982), “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989), “Catch Me If You Can” (2002) and “War of the Worlds” (2005). “I never told my dad I was mad at him, we never had angry words, but it was an estrangement that I created,” Spielberg said in the documentary. ![]() He blamed his father for the relationship ending, and did not speak to him for 15 years. At the time of their parents’ separation, the details were not known to Spielberg or his siblings. ![]()
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