Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Full Length Reaction!
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Looks like this is indeed the "Director's Cut." That's become more or less the "official" version these days. Basically, Spielberg felt the post-production process was a little rushed and that the originally released version wasn't as fine-tuned as he would have liked. But the movie was a big hit, and the studio wanted to do a re-release a couple of years later. Spielberg got them to let him re-edit some scenes and shoot some new ones, but they also made him add more scenes than he really wanted to. This version came out as the "Special Edition" in 1980. Years later (in the late 90s), Spielberg was able to go back and make a final version which was sort of a best-of-both-worlds combination of the other two cuts. (This was initially known as the "Collector's Edition" but later renamed the "Director's Cut"). I personally think it's the best version, but comparing the different cuts is a really interesting lesson in fine-cutting a movie. :)
Bryan Tuck
2024-03-27 19:31:59 +0000 UTCThis movie doesn’t have any connected films. The Close Encounters name has been used a lot hoping people will watch thinking it’s related. Originally Spielberg planned to revisit this but over time he gave that up but would be ok if a great writer came up with a great story. The missing planes and ship in the desert are both famous disappearances connected to the Bermuda Triangle. The wreckage of the ship was recovered since the movie was made, there are so many theories and claims we will probably never know about the planes. The French guy was a weird addition. That is one of the most famous writers/directors in French films. I’m assuming he was an idol of Spielbergs. If anyone thinks the crazy farmer who talks about Bigfoot is familiar, he is more well known as the neighbor in Home Alone. Spielberg would agree with you that this is better than Jaws, he considered this his best film until Schindler’s List. You can see connections and progression in his work from Jaws to this, to Poltergeist 5 years later.
Jonathan
2024-03-18 06:24:04 +0000 UTCWhich version were they watching from?
Jonathan
2024-03-16 19:21:26 +0000 UTCActually, giving a quick thought. You missed the cultural implication in the setup. Richard Dreyfuss was shown being a "nice dad" who focused on being friends with his family. And the implication was that if he had been a proper father and disciplined his unruly children instead of negotiating with them, then the family would not have been dysfunctional. Period. No, really. That's the setup and what Boomers and older GenX 'read' from the intro to the family. You remarked how the dad trying to help with fractions was putting too much pressure on the kid and traumatizing them. But the culture at the time saw that as being incredibly patient and caring toward the child. Too caring. If you didn't throw him into the deep end, how would the kid ever learn to swim? We grew up in a whole different reality, man. And you can catch glimpses of it in the films of the time. Go watch Porky's or American Graffiti if you want to know how the Boomers dealt with teenagers.
Adam Pacio
2024-03-16 18:26:35 +0000 UTCI commented on the YouTube one but repeating here just to cover bases. Because there was confusion with the versions, it was impossible to sync. In the future when there's even a slight question as to whether the audience will be able to identify the version you're watching or not, just ask whoever's editing to cut the blur back to the point that it's easy to see scene cuts so we can get a sense of how to adjust our copies. Normally y'all are fine, but because of the version issues on this one, the blur here made it almost impossible to watch along and enjoy because every so often the versions would slip out of sync and I couldn't tell from the blur what scene you were on. Otherwise fine. And yes, no one blinked twice at the family dynamics in the 70s for Dreyfuss's family. If anything, the parents would have smacked the younger child for just shouting over and over again the same insistence on an explanation. Literally a whole different world, but the rest of the parents in the 70s would have seen the smack happen and sided with the parents because their kid needed to STFU so that mommy and daddy could think and maybe save their asses. Priorities were just different. You can't reconcile with a child who is dead, aliens are invading, smack that kid silent so you can save his life, man. No time for nice during an invasion.
Adam Pacio
2024-03-16 18:18:19 +0000 UTCWow thanks for that insight very interesting to know!
Cam&Zay
2024-03-16 17:26:11 +0000 UTCThe folklore of The Devil's Tower in Wyoming is First Nations-based. Several tribes had different versions, but the Arapahoe used to call it "Bear's Tipi" because the mountain slopes are home to lots of bears (caves for hibernating). There was some story about jealousy between two sisters, one of whom got shape changed into a bear and attacked the other. The other climbed to the top of Bear's Tipi, and the sister-bear chased her, her claws creating the furrows down the sides. But Devil's Tower has been a natural landmark for us colonials since Lewis & Clark.
Adam Pacio
2024-03-16 17:22:01 +0000 UTC
