Not long ago the danes could watch the old 1970´s trilogy "Jaws" on the telly. Steven Spielburgh directed the first movie about this incredible big nasty looking Great White shark.
When I first saw it in 1976 the movie had me moved into terror, while sitting in the darkness of the cinema. I used to swim a lot to keep fit at swim stadiums, a fairly good swimmer then at 22 years of age.
The movie though had me for the next 2 years (I´m not exaggerating) to get this feeling while at the pool of absolutely terror. Remember the beginning of the movie when we all watched the legs of the young girl from below the surface of the water, while a consistingly solo cello played the music, while the camera moved upwards closer and closer to the legs of this innocent young girl having a swim at night. Suddenly the camera is above the surface of the sea and we watch the face of the girl - close up, and then she is being pulled in an incredible speed in the water forwards and backwards, we all know what have happend.
I know it sounds stupid being at the public swim stadium in a pool, where no Great White has ever been. But I became terryfied for 2 years. Of course going to the beach to the sea - was out of the question.
That´s how good the first "Jaws" movie was directed by Steven Spielburgh.