[00:00:01.964] [music] [00:00:04.800] >> Ladies and gentlemen, [00:00:06.550] >> [cheering] [00:00:07.760] >> I AM SO HAPPY FOR you [00:00:10.200] because [00:00:11.135] >> [cheering] [00:00:11.560] >> my friends, you know my next Oscar [00:00:14.240] award-winning guest because he has [00:00:16.560] directed some of the most iconic films [00:00:18.760] of all time. Please welcome back to the [00:00:20.600] Late Show, Steven Spielberg. [00:00:24.890] >> [music] [00:00:30.130] [music] [00:00:34.715] [music] [00:00:41.920] [music] [00:00:50.435] [music] [00:00:55.675] [music] [00:01:00.400] >> Well, [00:01:02.225] >> [laughter] [00:01:02.760] >> There you go. That’s for you. [00:01:04.600] >> No, no, no, sir. That’s for you. I can [00:01:06.160] hear the beat. That’s two. I can hear [00:01:08.120] the beat. Uh Steven, it’s great to see [00:01:10.160] you again. Very happy to be [00:01:11.480] >> I didn’t know there were any more awards [00:01:12.680] for you to win, but you recently wrapped [00:01:15.080] up the big one. Uh earlier this year, [00:01:17.200] you joined an exclusive club and became [00:01:18.920] an EGOT winning for producing the [00:01:20.560] documentary Music by John Williams. [00:01:23.080] >> Williams, yeah. Congratulations on that. [00:01:24.600] I assume this the the film, Music by [00:01:27.440] John Williams, is uh [00:01:30.200] extra special for you because it’s about [00:01:31.600] you and your long-time collaborator. [00:01:33.640] There you are. [00:01:34.400] >> my god, look at that. Look at the [00:01:35.960] >> Encounters of the Third Kind. [00:01:37.280] >> Wow. [00:01:38.251] >> [applause] [00:01:38.680] >> WOW. [00:01:43.520] WELL, YEAH, WELL, I I [00:01:45.480] YEAH, HE’S HE’S one of the most, as you [00:01:47.640] know, you met him, one of the most [00:01:49.560] special people I have ever worked with. [00:01:51.520] He is actually [00:01:53.440] the greatest collaborator of my entire [00:01:56.320] professional life. Is he only one who’s [00:01:58.960] done everything? [00:01:59.600] >> He’s done everything. I’ve had a couple [00:02:01.160] scores he didn’t do [00:02:03.200] because he was working on Star Wars. He [00:02:05.479] was working on a couple of those things. [00:02:07.479] That thing, yeah. Yeah. But he he has [00:02:10.640] done This is [00:02:12.680] Disclosure Day is the 30th score he’s [00:02:15.560] written for one of my films. Now, when I [00:02:18.120] interviewed you earlier [00:02:19.516] >> [applause] [00:02:19.680] >> crazy. [00:02:20.640] It’s a beautiful score. [00:02:22.360] But when I when I interviewed you both [00:02:24.959] for Fabelmans, I thought that was it. I [00:02:26.760] thought Fabelmans was the last one. [00:02:29.160] John thought it was the last one, too. [00:02:32.360] He did. And he was really happy to [00:02:34.440] retire. That was going to be it. He was [00:02:36.200] not going to work for any other [00:02:37.440] director. [00:02:38.560] And then I knocked on his door again on [00:02:40.959] this one and I said I said, “John, I [00:02:44.120] want you to come back and do this.” And [00:02:45.600] so what John first did was he presented [00:02:48.000] me with four other composers’ names. [00:02:50.400] You know, he said, “What about What [00:02:52.000] about these people?” Yes. And I said [00:02:55.520] “John, you’re still writing music?” And [00:02:57.440] he said, “Yes.” “You’re still loving [00:02:59.320] writing?” “Yes.” [00:03:01.360] “Then please write my 30th movie with [00:03:03.720] you.” Wow. [00:03:04.840] >> did. And he did. It’s a great score. [00:03:06.959] >> for Spielberg is like being in the [00:03:08.200] mafia. There’s no getting out. No. No. [00:03:10.680] No. [00:03:11.080] >> No, there’s no getting out. [00:03:12.360] >> him an offer he couldn’t refuse. There [00:03:13.800] you go. [00:03:15.040] Well, [00:03:16.360] it’s you know, [00:03:17.920] the film is highly anticipated. It’s [00:03:20.280] I’ve I’ve seen it. I don’t want to give [00:03:21.840] away too much obviously because there’s [00:03:23.440] so many wonderful moments in the film. [00:03:25.560] I’ve seen it. Very beautiful. I was [00:03:27.600] deeply moved by it. So many incredible [00:03:30.239] performances in this. Emily Blunt, [00:03:31.760] Joshua O’Connor, Eve Hewson, Colman [00:03:33.519] Domingo, Colin Firth. I I understand [00:03:37.160] in in this film we have an exclusive [00:03:38.959] clip here from Disclosure Day. Is there [00:03:41.200] anything we need to know about this? [00:03:43.560] The clip Well, you know, the [00:03:45.320] the story is a chase. [00:03:47.920] The story is a [00:03:50.280] a kind of um, race for the truth. It’s a [00:03:53.760] pursuit [00:03:55.840] to [00:03:57.240] to take an entire archive [00:04:00.280] of all [00:04:01.920] the information about UFO and [00:04:05.520] extraterrestrial visitation to this [00:04:07.560] planet beginning with Roswell in 1947 [00:04:11.320] and the people who have been guarding [00:04:13.840] these secrets and keeping these secrets [00:04:15.360] away from the general public. The [00:04:17.400] whistleblowers inside that organization [00:04:20.799] have stolen the entire archive and the [00:04:23.200] those who do not want the truth to be [00:04:25.080] known go after them. [00:04:27.360] And there’s a couple of very important [00:04:29.520] people in our story. [00:04:31.120] Emily Blunt [00:04:32.483] >> [snorts] [00:04:32.840] >> plays Margaret and Joshua O’Connor [00:04:35.960] Josh I mean he just they’re both [00:04:37.760] incredible together but Joshua O’Connor [00:04:40.240] suddenly realizes that he knows a [00:04:42.280] language [00:04:43.640] that a week ago he didn’t know he knew. [00:04:46.840] And and and and something has happened [00:04:48.720] to both of these people that has imbued [00:04:51.880] them with tremendous powers. Not [00:04:54.880] superhero Marvel DC type powers but [00:04:58.840] powers [00:04:59.960] that we could all relate to. Powers [00:05:01.480] involving human connection and empathy. [00:05:04.640] Deep empathy. And this scene is is where [00:05:08.600] he admits that he suddenly [00:05:11.480] understands something that a week ago he [00:05:13.040] didn’t even know anything about. Yvonne. [00:05:15.800] Look at this. [00:05:22.800] Do you understand what she’s saying? [00:05:25.720] I hear it’s gibberish. I can’t [00:05:27.919] understand it. [00:05:29.480] I I I just heard this for the first time [00:05:32.040] and [00:05:33.320] and I can. [00:05:34.840] It’s English. I mean it’s it’s math [00:05:37.080] turned English in my head translating [00:05:38.840] the words. [00:05:41.120] When I look at this [00:05:42.680] I hear this. [00:05:46.498] >> [applause] [00:05:46.800] >> I love your description. Thank you. [00:05:52.080] I love I love the choice not just the [00:05:54.600] description but I love the choice of [00:05:56.360] empathy as a superpower in this. Because [00:05:59.240] there are many moments in this when [00:06:01.160] Emily Blunt’s character without giving [00:06:02.560] anything away expresses this empathy [00:06:05.800] toward people and it doesn’t just get [00:06:08.480] them out of a tight bond at times it [00:06:10.320] actually changes the people to whom she [00:06:12.760] is expressing this inner power of hers [00:06:15.360] and those are some of the most beautiful [00:06:16.600] moments in the film. I think if you [00:06:19.320] became [00:06:20.840] if you become the person you’re talking [00:06:23.120] to even if it’s for 5 seconds and in 5 [00:06:25.640] seconds you understand deeply everything [00:06:28.160] this person’s been through throughout [00:06:29.360] their entire life before you come back [00:06:31.120] to yourself. [00:06:32.440] There would be a lot more cooperation [00:06:34.720] between our own species on this planet. [00:06:37.360] We have to take a quick break but we’ll [00:06:38.640] be right back with more Steven Spielberg [00:06:40.280] everybody stick around. [00:06:51.999] >> [music] [00:06:55.274] [cheering]