Steven Spielberg admits that the emblematic film had a negative impact: "I really regret it."

The director addressed an unfortunate effect that his successful jaws on the real world.


Steven Spielberg has made a number of emblematic films during his career, AND. at Indiana Jones at jurassic park . But, there is a famous film of his filmography on which he has a very particular regret. In 1975, Spielberg's film Jaws , a thriller on the hunt for a large white shark attacking the citizens of a city in New England, was released and continued to be a major success. But while the film was a huge success in all directions and is always considered a classic today, there is a persistent effect of the film that the filmmaker declared in a new interview which he still regrets. Read on to find out more.

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Jaws was a box office and a critical blow.

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Jaws is based on the 1974 book of the same name by Peter Benchley . The film was a massive success when it was released in 1975 and was considered the first successful film. It was also acclaimed by criticism and awarded a variety of honors, including a nomination for the best film with Oscars. It was followed by three suites and is now considered one of the greatest films of all time.

Spielberg admitted that he was worried about an aspect of the heritage of the film.

Steven Spielberg at the
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The threat of Jaws “The fatal shark remained with part of the general public of the film. Some have been inspired to chase the sharks themselves and many others have received an erroneous perception of sharks and their behavior. Spielberg regrets its role in this cultural phenomenon.

The director was the guest on December 18 Episode of BBC Radio 4's Disks of the desert island , a show in which the interviewees share the eight songs they would like to listen to if they are blocked on a desert island. In the interview, Spielberg was asked how he would feel if his fictitious desert island was surrounded by sharks.

"This is one of the things I always fear," he said. "Not to be eaten by a shark, but that the sharks are in a way angry with me for the food frenzy of crazy sports fishermen who occurred after 1975."

He continued: "I really regret and to date the decimation of the shark population because of the book and the film. I really regret it, really."

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The film (and the book) indirectly led to a drop in the population of sharks.

Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider in
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As Spielberg noted, the release of Jaws would have contributed to Decline of the shark population , while contributing to the fear of people's sharks, which was called "The effect of jaws." Some viewers have moved away from the film believing that sharks could be avenging and seeking humans to kill.

In 2015, Oliver Crimmen from the London Natural History Museum to the BBC, " Jaws was a turning point for large white sharks. In fact, I saw a big change occur in the public and scientific perception of sharks when Peter Benchley's book Jaws was published and then transformed into a film. ""

George Burgess , Florida's program director for shark research, told BBC, "a collective testosterone rush has certainly swept away the east coast of the United States. Thousands of fishermen have decided to catch trophies after Having Jaws. " Burgess added: "You didn't need to have a fantasy boat or equipment - an average joe could catch big fish, and there was no remorse, because there was this state of mind that they were man killers. "

That said, the BBC article notes that if the shark populations have decreased considerably in the years following the release of Jaws , sports hunting would have only been a little game problem with the biggest problem being commercial fishing.

The author of the book has also spoken.

Peter Benchley on
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Benchley, who died in 2006, also expressed his regret as to the influence of the novel on the feelings of readers about sharks. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"What I know now, who was not known when I wrote Jaws , is that there is no rogue shark that develops a taste for human flesh. No one appreciates how vulnerable to destruction, "he Tell animal attack files ( via boston.com ).

Benchley has become an oceanic ecologist.


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