Spielberg and Hanks, however, hope the most enduring legacy of 'Saving Private Ryan' is its tough-minded but earnest celebration of the men who gave their lives defending their country and their brothers in arms. That to me was very much what it should feel like for Jaime, watching men die left and right around him,' Shakman told The Times, referring to another 'Thrones' character, Jaime Lannister. Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, is an unforgettable film achievement that has. 'I looked at 'Saving Private Ryan,' the opening battle on the beach, where the sound drops out and Tom Hanks is watching men being burned alive and shot to death.
Matt Shakman, a television director who helmed the penultimate 'Game of Thrones' episode, in which Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) torches King's Landing with dragon fire, recently told The New York Times that he consulted Spielberg's violent opus ahead of production. Rubin pointed to parts of more recent cultural works that he believes are clearly indebted to Spielberg, from the psychological anguish of Clint Eastwood's 'American Sniper' and the disorienting intimacy of Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' to hit video games like 'Call of Duty.'
