On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:47:22 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Spielberg uses his earnings from his mass audience blockbusters to fund
his higher quality, more cerebral movies, the ones that do break-even or
better, and to fund the projects of other movie producers who are
producing art films of merit to fans of serious film.

Bottom line is that he has to make money somewhere.