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Still Watching the Skies: Remembering “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” on its 40th Anniversary
“Close Encounters helps demonstrate perhaps better than any other why Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest American filmmakers.” — Spielberg biographer Joseph McBride
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg’s legendary science-fiction film starring Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary, an electrical lineman who obsesses over the sighting, physical evidence and, ultimately, contact with a UFO.
The film, which also starred Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon and Francois Truffaut, was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning for Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography (and also receiving a special achievement award for sound effects editing). [Read on here...]
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- The Digital Bits
- film retrospective
- Steven Spielberg
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 40th Anniversary
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Terri Garr
- Melinda Dillon
- Francois Truffaut
- Joseph McBride
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Laurent Bouzereau
- Michael Klastorin
- Mike Matessino
- John Williams
Criterion’s Feb has Hitchcock, Anderson, Truffaut, Goddard, Polanski & Soderbergh, plus Blue Is the Warmest Color
Criterion has just announced their February release slate and it includes great filmmakers and films, both new and old. Starting on 2/4, you’ll get a BD/DVD Dual Format updating of François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim (Cat #281). On 2/11, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest color arrives in separate Blu-ray and DVD versions (Cat #695). This film was a bit of a sensation at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (winning the Palme d’Or), and this is its debut release on home video in the States, thus the separate SKUs. However, Criterion says that a true BD/DVD Dual Format special edition is coming at a later date. Moving on, 2/18 will see Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent (Cat #696) as a Dual Format release along with Wes Anderson’s animated Fantastic Mr. Fox (Cat #700). Finally, Jean-Luc Goddard’s Breathless (Cat #408), Steven Soderbergh’s King of the Hill (Cat #698) and Roman Polanski’s Tess (Cat #697) will all street on 2/25 as Dual Format releases. [Read on here…]
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Wes Anderson
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- trailer
- Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders
- Saturday Night Life
- Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Blue Is the Warmest Color
- The Criterion Collection
- February slate
- Dual Format
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Foreign Correspondent
- Francois Truffaut
- Jules and Jim
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cannes
- JeanLuc Goddard
- Breathless
- Steven Soderbergh
- King of the Hill
- Roman Polanski
- Tess