Steven Spielberg says '9/11' will affect all movie-making

Steven Spielberg says "9/11" will affect all movie-making, but not for many years.

The director says it will take time for people to "struggle with their consciences".

His latest film Minority Report is said to reflect the climate of surveillance and paranoia which gripped America after September 11, but is entirely coincidental.

Spielberg told The Sunday Times magazine: "TV movies are always the first to exploit calamity. I despise that in television. They jump on a news story, everybody gets rich and we all feel dirty and exploited.

"Movie take a lot longer. I think we all have to struggle with our consciences. We have the luxury of taking our time to think if our decision is morally correct."

He believes any film in response to the US terrorist attacks will reflect a new paranoia in American life.

"The stories will get further away from Frank Capra. Rather than trusting your neighbour with your life and children, you'll be running from them. After world war two and the A-bomb, the Japanese made Godzilla, about the dangers of nuclear activity, and the cold war inspired all those movies about aliens invading earth."