When I saw the original in the late seventies I had the feeling that it had been rushed into release and did not reflect the work of the man who directed the skillfully edited "Jaws". Sure enough, another attempt was made 3-4 years later, where Spielberg took out footage, rearranged some parts, and added new footage, most dispointingly the "inside the alien ship" sequence, which distracted the viewer from any sense of mystery. So the second attempt IMHO was not a success either.At one point Criterion issued both and included a failed arrangment where one could program the two to produce one big film (the original had to be recalled because you couldn't make it work).
The DVD, however, is a whole 'nother story. Here we finally get the film he was trying to make. It makes sense, it flows, and has a sense of wonder. Neery's close enocounter is a true woofer buster in DTS sound. And notice the "sound" of light after the ship passes over the truck: we know light has no sound but it just makes sense here.
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Topic - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - rico 08:48:26 04/06/04 (75)
- Dreyfus's antics looked phoney too. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:58:17 04/07/04 (0)
- The problem with the fx movies of Spielberg is - tinear 15:57:38 04/06/04 (0)
- ...light has no sound..... - grantv 12:23:36 04/06/04 (1)
- woob~woOB~WOOB.....That's about right \../ - clbeanz 14:32:20 04/06/04 (0)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - Troy 10:32:11 04/06/04 (9)
- Re: Why is Sugerland Express not on DVD? - rico 11:34:30 04/06/04 (8)
- Re: Why is Sugerland Express not on DVD? - patrickU 14:47:28 04/06/04 (7)
- Re: King Kong on DVD - rico 15:38:00 04/06/04 (6)
- Re: King Kong on DVD - patrickU 00:42:56 04/07/04 (5)
- Re: King Kong on DVD - rico 09:04:37 04/07/04 (4)
- Re: King Kong on DVD - patrickU 10:26:34 04/07/04 (2)
- Re: King Kong on DVD - rico 12:35:51 04/07/04 (1)
- Re: King Kong on DVD - patrickU 01:20:46 04/08/04 (0)
- Re: King Kong on DVD - patrickU 10:20:33 04/07/04 (0)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - patrickU 09:10:49 04/06/04 (58)
- another vote for Truffaut - ephemere 13:38:34 04/06/04 (1)
- Re: another vote for Truffaut - patrickU 13:54:47 04/06/04 (0)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - Analog Scott 12:04:05 04/06/04 (44)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the kaka Kind" - patrickU 12:32:54 04/06/04 (43)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the kaka Kind" - Analog Scott 17:17:40 04/06/04 (37)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the kaka Kind" - patrickU 05:35:07 04/07/04 (36)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the kaka Kind" - Analog Scott 11:08:43 04/07/04 (32)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the worst Kind" - patrickU 11:39:08 04/07/04 (31)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the worst Kind" - Analog Scott 16:25:11 04/07/04 (9)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the worst Kind" - Victor Khomenko 16:42:26 04/07/04 (8)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the worst Kind" - Analog Scott 18:28:15 04/07/04 (7)
- Liar, liar, pants on fire! Not even worthy of a discussion. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 20:23:06 04/07/04 (6)
- I know you are but what am I? - Analog Scott 21:27:00 04/07/04 (5)
- Why, you are a filthy liar, of course? - Victor Khomenko 06:05:05 04/08/04 (4)
- "...will try to fade away..." - LOL! If you mean departing a thread that's goin' nowhere, I'd agree! - Audiophilander 22:59:02 04/08/04 (2)
- OK, so you are a filthy liar too. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 05:53:50 04/09/04 (1)
- No, I use honest soap; you should try it sometime, to clense the olive parrot stains from your disputed opinions. (nt) - Audiophilander 09:34:55 04/09/04 (0)
- Re: Why, you are a filthy liar, of course? - Analog Scott 09:34:58 04/08/04 (0)
- You will not get no answer - Victor Khomenko 13:58:40 04/07/04 (14)
- Re: You will not get no answer - patrickU 01:25:27 04/08/04 (0)
- Re: You will not get no answer - Analog Scott 16:28:05 04/07/04 (0)
- "...so badly wiped..." Interesting admission/analogy about the "quality" of your own posts. - Audiophilander 14:52:37 04/07/04 (11)
- Re: Decadent European movies. Did I hear right? - patrickU 01:29:29 04/08/04 (7)
- Not "all" European movies are decadent, just the ones you and Victor babble on ad nauseum about. (nt) - Audiophilander 09:49:41 04/08/04 (5)
- Re: Oh, really ? You have a good point. nt - patrickU 09:51:13 04/08/04 (4)
- Don't scare him now... he is making obvious progress! - Victor Khomenko 10:14:19 04/08/04 (3)
- Oh, there are! It's just that most of them are silent and almost all the rest were made before 1950. (nt) - Audiophilander 23:02:22 04/08/04 (0)
- Re: Ok, I will restrain my cynical side. nt - patrickU 10:27:07 04/08/04 (1)
- I'd have that looked at if I were you; the bandage may not stop the decay from turning gangrenous! (nt) - Audiophilander 23:08:54 04/08/04 (0)
- Re: Decadent European movies. Did I hear right? - Victor Khomenko 06:13:28 04/08/04 (0)
- Re: "...so badly wiped..." Interesting admission/analogy about the "quality" of your own posts. - Victor Khomenko 17:08:34 04/07/04 (2)
- Sorry, but I must have missed the last reel of your saccharine melodrama; please fill in the details? - Audiophilander 20:04:40 04/07/04 (1)
- Re: Sorry, but I must have missed the last reel of your saccharine melodrama; please fill in the details? - Victor Khomenko 20:24:02 04/07/04 (0)
- Do you suffer from ADD? That's been answered already! - Audiophilander 13:35:13 04/07/04 (5)
- Re: I will let Victor do the .... - patrickU 01:37:00 04/08/04 (4)
- Is that centigrade or Farenheit? (nt) - Audiophilander 09:51:18 04/08/04 (3)
- Re: Is there life ouside the USA? - patrickU 10:00:22 04/08/04 (2)
- Sorry, I just thought you were naturally cold natured. (nt) - Audiophilander 23:12:59 04/08/04 (0)
- 40 decadent degrees - Victor Khomenko 11:00:28 04/08/04 (0)
- Well, it IS a fair question on this forum, and here's why: - Audiophilander 10:54:50 04/07/04 (2)
- Re: I think C. Johnson knows what he does, - patrickU 11:42:07 04/07/04 (1)
- "...And choose you for the cage cleaning..." - Naw, I prefer rattling the cages of dirty birds; especially... - Audiophilander 13:26:29 04/07/04 (0)
- What don't you like about them? - Bulkington 13:12:01 04/06/04 (4)
- Re:You mean what I did not like on the second or third version` nt - patrickU 13:16:20 04/06/04 (3)
- Patrick, do you like anything besides Grey Poupon olive-brown parrot foo? (nt) - Audiophilander 09:42:27 04/06/04 (10)
- Re: Ouai mec, - patrickU 10:19:53 04/06/04 (9)
- Can't you type in English? - Troy 10:24:40 04/06/04 (8)
- Re: Can you have a little " courtoisie " baby? - patrickU 10:31:26 04/06/04 (7)
- You telling me about courtesy? - Troy 10:38:14 04/06/04 (6)
- Re: Look it is not my patient day today, - patrickU 10:41:51 04/06/04 (5)
- You amuse me - Troy 12:47:20 04/06/04 (4)
- Re: You amuse me - Victor Khomenko 13:18:59 04/06/04 (3)
- Re: You amuse me - patrickU 14:38:08 04/06/04 (0)
- Re: You amuse me too - Troy 13:36:13 04/06/04 (1)
- Re: You amuse me too - patrickU 13:48:48 04/06/04 (0)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - Bulkington 09:07:55 04/06/04 (1)
- Re: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - rico 09:49:24 04/06/04 (0)