You cannot suddenly direct like Spielberg just like you cannot suddenly decide to play like Michael Jordan. It's not a switch that you turn on like a video game level - not with the highly complex methodology he does. It doesn't even matter what Spielberg says because that's politics he's the master of that as well, which he seemed to be getting flack from the DGA for Poltergeist at the time. The proof is in the visual semantics and construction of the movie. You don't need someone to tell you Michael Jackson is singing a song, and you don't need for someone to tell you Spielberg is directing a movie.

@JosephKahn There were days that Tobe Hooper didn’t even come out of his trailer.

@AVARY @JosephKahn There were days actors thought Spielberg had disappeared off the face of the earth. What hearsay have you heard? Hooper was too high? No one - zero people - on the set have corroborated any such incapacitation on the set.

@Poltrg_Thoughts @JosephKahn It wasn’t drugs.

Great. It was creative disputes. Better yet to support the idea Hooper was constantly trying to strongarm the film into directions Spielberg wasn’t happy with, but ultimately did help the film because we were saved from dialogue such as “Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub! Yeah God!” and “Your legs working? I’m running!” Thank you Mr. Avary for debunking another damn rumor because, my God, if every one of them is true, then none are! Are we closer to uncovering the big secret?