Great Scene: “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
A brilliant cinematic moment in Spielberg’s classic science fiction movie.
A brilliant cinematic moment in Spielberg’s classic science fiction movie.
There are so many great scenes in the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This one has always stuck with me. Every shot, every cut builds pace and tension, all of it based on a simple question: Where did the sounds come from? Check out the way Spielberg handles the reveal of that information:
That jump — cutting from on top of the hill, then down to the throng, their hands in the foreground reaching into the sky as one — such great cinema.
By the way, Spielberg didn’t just direct the movie. He wrote the screenplay.
What are your favorite scenes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind?