Diesel had this to say about it in a recent interview with The National:
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"I saw him recently, and he had said to me, 'When I wrote the role for you in Saving Private Ryan, I was obviously employing the actor, but I was also secretly championing the director in you, and you[...]
Saving Private Ryan Archives
Based on the book Picture Letters from Commander in Chief by Tadamichi Kuribayashi, it portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers.
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Speilberg's 1998 gut-wrenching epic, while the story and characters are entirely fictitious screenwriter Robert Rodat drew inspiration from multiple historical events and persons This film broke[...]
Blockbuster" and how that influenced him to take on more socially conscious work; and look back at the ways working in Hollywood shaped him personally.
The documentary also includes clips and behind-the-scenes footage from many of Spielberg's films, including: Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and Saving Private Ryan.
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