Spielberg: Catch Me If You Can part 2
Act I of Catch Me If You Can tells the story of the dissolution of Frank Abagnale’s family. Act II will present to him a unique strategy for putting his family back together. Like many of my favorites acts of Spielberg’s work, it is what I call a "process" sequence: we simply observe the process by which a character sets about doing something dynamic and unusual — getting inside a securely protected government facility, setting up an enamelware factory in wartime Krakow with little money, figuring out how to decode and employ the Headpiece of the Staff of Ra. These are often the most exciting passages in Spielberg’s work, as the protagonist is learning to do something new and interesting. It’s as new to us as it is to the protagonist, and Spielberg never fails to get that across.