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Steven Spielberg Regrets Editing Guns Out Of ‘E.T.’: “That Was A Mistake”

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Steven Spielberg is admitting that he made a mistake when he edited guns out of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Speaking at Time’s 100 Summit, the director explained why he made the changes in the first place and why he now regrets it. “That was a mistake.

I never should have done that,” Spielberg said about editing guns out of the science fiction film. “E.T. is a product of its era.

No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through.” He continued, “E.T.

was a film that I was sensitive to the fact that the federal agents were approaching kids with firearms exposed and I thought I would change the guns into walkie-talkies… Years went by and I changed my own views.

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