City Screen Picturehouse York.
Monday, September 18 at 8:30 PM - 11 PM
'Steven Spielberg’s genre-defining masterpiece returns to cinemas in a dazzling restoration of the director’s cut to win over audiences all over again. This brilliantly paced tale follows two groups of people driven by the prospect that humans are not alone in the universe. The first is a team of scientists on a trail of mind-boggling evidence that leads them to the eventual landing site of alien visitors; the other a group of ordinary people who gravitate to the same spot, plagued by strange visions after close encounters with extra-terrestrial life. The opening sequences masterfully evoke a sense of foreboding, but as the film builds towards its stunning climax, fear gives way to wonder. It’s a tone shift that set Spielberg’s idealistic vision apart from all other big-screen alien encounters at the time, and raised the bar for every first-contact film that would follow.
We have an introduction by Jon Towlson, critic with Starburst Magazine and author of the recent book Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Auteur/Columbia University Press).
Audiences will also be treated to a short about the making of the film, which includes an all-new interview with Steven Spielberg.'
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