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No other (adult) artist understands the child's mind like Steven Spielberg. Pauline Kael said of ET, '...it reminds you of all the goofiest dreams you had as a kid, and rehabilitates them' Supremely talented at unearthing our sense of wonder, Spielberg is also as guilty as anyone with regard to cinema's infantilisation. Is childishness both Spielberg's greatest virtue, and his fatal flaw? Tonight's speakers discuss our desire to feel like children and how this might inform our relationship with Spielberg, and reflect on the pleasures of (mis)remembering childhood innocence. Peter Biskind is author of the definitive history of the movie brats, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, novelist Nicholas Blincoe's books include Acid Casuals and Jello Salad, and Ryan Gilby is author of the recently published examination of 1970's American film, It Don't Worry Me.