Winning The Golden Globe Awards, Steven Spielberg Claims To Need Courage To Exercise The Fabelmans Film

Steven Spielberg (Reuters via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The film The Fabelmans won Best Motion Picture Drama at the 2023 Golden Globe. Director Steven Spielberg admitted that he needed a little courage to finally make the autobiography film The Fabelmans after feeling hesitant to share his personal story on the big screen.

This was conveyed by Spielberg in his winning speech at the Golden Globe Awards, Tuesday, January 10 evening local time. At the awards event, he was named the best director.

"Everything I've done to date has made me ready to be honest about the fact that it's not easy to be kids," Steve was quoted as saying by Variety.

"Everyone looks at me with a success story... But no one really knows who this is until we are brave enough to tell everyone," added Spielberg.

Inspired by the director's childhood, The Fabelmans follows the story of a teenager obsessed with film and growing in Arizona and Northern California.

On the same occasion on stage for the Golden Globe, Spielberg shared a story about his struggle when he was about to make the film.

He often talks about the plans for the film with his wife, Kate Capshaw. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, Spielberg realized the opportunity should be used to work on his personal story.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out when I could tell the story, and I found out when I was 74 years old. I said, 'It's best to do it now'. And I'm very happy to do it," he said.

At this year's Golden Globe, Spielberg competed with other big directors such as James Cameron (Avatar: The Way of Water), Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything EVERY ALL at Once), Baz Luhrmann (Elvis), and Martin McDonagh (The Allahs of Inisherin).

The film, produced by Spielberg, also won the best drama film category award. The film was also nominated for the best film screenplay, the best performing actress in the drama film, and the best scoring music in the film.