Introduction: 'The UFOs Are Coming!'; 1. Close Encounters: Genre and Context; 2. Close Encounters: Influences and Production Background; 3. Close Encounters: Analysis; 4. Close Encounters: Cultural Impact; Conclusion: We Are Not Alone; Works Cited.
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For many, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K) is not so much a movie as a religious experience. On its release in 1977, CE3K virtually redefined the science fiction film, shifting it away from spaceships, laser guns, and bug-eyed monsters into a modified form of science fiction that John Wyndham once called #x91;logical fantasy'. What would it be like if extra-terrestrials made contact with people on Earth? How would it feel? Like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Steven Spielberg's primary inspiration, CE3K is concerned with mankind's evolution towards the stars, towards a state of transcendence.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close encounters of the third kind (Motion picture)
Close encounters of the third kind (Motion picture)