Close Encounters of the Third Kind

by Jon Towlson

For many, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K) is not so much a movie as a religious experience. On its release in 1977, CE3K virtually redefined the science fiction film, shifting it away from spaceships, laser guns, and bug-eyed monsters into a modified form of science fiction that John Wyndham once called 'logical fantasy'. What would it be like if extra-terrestrials made contact with people on Earth? How would it feel? Like 2001: A Space...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911325078
• ISBN13: 9781911325079
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 7.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher