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Amblin' (1968)

Amblin' poster
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
26 min
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man and a woman meet in the desert and travel together during the hippie era. They hitchhike, become friends, then lovers, and eventually go their separate ways at the beach.

nostalgicbittersweetfree-spiritedtenderwanderinggentlesun-drenched

What happens

Amblin' is a 1968 American short film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. It was Spielberg's first completed film shot on 35 mm. The film is a short love story set during the hippie era of the late 1960s about a young man and woman who meet in the desert, attempt to hitchhike, become friends, then lovers, make their way to a beach, and part ways. It later became the namesake for Spielberg's production company, Amblin Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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