The Grandson and me watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind again today. Always an incredibly moving experience for us both, we share the same excitement for the arrival of the huge mothership. The high point is always when it finishes the finale two notes of the famous five note phrase. We literally punch the air when it's done and I always have a tear in my eye.
This time though we opted for the Collectors Edition. There was definitely new stuff in it we'd never seen such as part of the beginning and the inside of the mothership with Roy at the end. Some parts were missing too, notably the bit were Roy chucks all the bushes in his garden through his front room window.
Next time we'll watch the Directors cut to see what Steven Spielberg kept in, chucked out and most importantly added.
We both agreed it's an utterly fantastic movie, maybe the best sci-fi film ever.
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Without a doubt, CE3K is one of my favourite films of all time! - So many scenes... I still laugh out loud when Roy waves the "Car" to over take him, and instead of driving round, the car lights go UP! Wouldn't it be great if benevolent aliens like that appeared one night in the skies above us?
ReplyDeleteThat's a superb scene Bill. Richard Dreyfuss does such a great job of acting in the film. Totally convincing. A masterpiece generally.
DeleteI was disappointed that in the Special Edition, they cut out Roy building his model. The finished effort just appears in his lounge room!
ReplyDeleteYeah, we noticed that too Looey. That scene adds so much to Roy's deepening crisis. Hope it's still in the Directors cut.
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