Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Jan 2026 on Good Hang with Amy Poehler.
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The general take
Ryan Coogler credits Jurassic Park as one of the biggest formative movies from his childhood, remembering the visceral experience of watching it in a car with speakers hooked up to the windows. He clearly views it as a pivotal film that shaped him during his early years.
Who said what
Ryan Coogler👍 Recommends
…transformative cinematic experience that inspired filmmaker's career aspirations
“All of these was like kindergarten, first grade. And then I would say, I would say probably one of the biggest ones was Jurassic Park. We saw Jurassic Park when Oakland still had to drive me. Um, and I, I was, I remember being in, I remember, I remember being in the, in the car. Like, um, and you, I used to hook the, uh, speakers up to the window. And I'm in there and, and it's the scene where, uh, the T-Rex scene at night. You know, that thing comes out. They in a, they in a, they in a car driving away from me. And then I got the shot in the, um, in the, uh, like side view mirror where it says objects may be closer than they appear. And the T-Rex is right on them screaming. And I, and I'll look at, I'll look at, I'll look at my, sorry, you mirror. And it's got the same shit written on it.”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Ryan Cooglerat 21:09
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