Bono Reveals Special Love For Work Of Steven Spielberg In Surprise Berlin Tribute Speech
deadline.comU2 frontman Bono put in a surprise appearance at the Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday evening to pay tribute to Steven Spielberg as the film director received the event’s Honorary Golden Bear for Life Achievement.
The rock star, who has been at the festival these last few days for the world premiere of the U2-Siege Of Sarajevo documentary Kiss The Future, revealed a special love for Spielberg’s work. “There are many reasons why people love Steven Spielberg.
All of them are valid. Here is mine. It’s very personal but I’m two vodkas in so I’m going to share it with you,” Bono told the awards ceremony.
He named Spielberg’s 1974 drama Sugarland Express, starring Goldie Hawn as a woman who takes a police officer hostage in a desperate bid to reunite with her son before he is placed in care, as a film that had a special place in his film-going memory. “The entire situation becomes a media sensation as they kidnap a policeman and the world waits and watches to see what will happen,” said Bono. “It’s a very Spielberg-ian situation.
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