In this vintage interview, host Mick Garris chats with master filmmaker Steven Spielberg about his science-fiction epic, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977).
Man, This is great stuff. Great interview, and the awkward wide shot of Mick and Steven sitting in silence waiting for the intro music to end is so endearing/hilarious.
I saw this interview yesterday and I'd like to thank you so much for it. Spielberg is for me the most important influence. I'm from south of Brazil and been making films since I was able to... Spielberg is the real dream maker..and Close Encounters is the great Spielberg film for me. Thanks a lot!!
Great interview! I think it would've been cool if Carpenter & Spielberg could've been interviewed together in their prime. Do you know if Spielberg was a fan of JC's films?
The director's cut of Close Encounters is THE definitive version. It combines scenes from both the 1977 version and the 1980 version to tell the complete story of Roy's descent into madness as he feels compelled to create his ultimate Devil's Tower monument in his living room, which fully explains why his wife took their kids and left him. Plus Roy's view inside the Mothership has been rightfully deleted.
Apparently the addition of the scene where Roy enters the mothership was the price Spielberg had to pay Colombia to be able to shoot the scenes he wanted to insert.
u can tell this interview was done before mommy dearest was made cuz he speaks well of joan crawford. i doubt he would talk nice about her post mommy dearest. he prob wouldve avoided mentioning her at all.
