Posts Tagged ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
Trailer for Douglas Trumbull’s new Documentary about the making of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
If the name Douglas Trumbull sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the man behind fx in such classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, and of course 2001: A Space Odyssey. Well, now Trumbull is using his behind the scenes knowledge of that picture for incite into a new documentary about the making of Kubrick’s masterpiece.
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Double Feature | A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report
Steven Spielberg is and always will be one of my favorite filmmakers. As a child he guided me through the treacheries that is every day life with film such as: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, and (dare I say) Hook. From 1997 to 2005, Spielberg hit a creative peak and began to dive into darker and more adult themed material starting with Amistad and ending beautifully with Munich. The double feature I will be recommending is two of his best works in his dark run, the extremely underrated sci fi duo, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report. Read the rest of this entry »
