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The Next Picture Show

#024: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind / Midnight Special (Pt. 2)

The Next Picture Show

Filmspotting

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6858 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Our CLOSE ENCOUNTERS/MIDNIGHT SPECIAL discussion turns toward the newer film, and the ways it reflects its Spielbergian inspiration – and the many more ways it diverts from the earlier film. We'll talk over how the two films explore spirituality and mystery, and the similar ways they utilize child actors. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.7

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0:11.5

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0:15.5

Sit in quietly once you've made the house all shiny.

0:19.2

Down time can be just fine

0:20.8

Play bangers from the 90s

0:22.9

Tea break

0:24.0

Lunch break

0:24.9

Maybe listen to the outbreak

0:26.8

Sometimes it's not time for some

0:28.7

Tombollah right

0:29.5

It's enjoying lasagna time

0:31.7

chilling with a book time

0:33.4

Or time to visit your nan time

0:35.5

Go on

0:36.5

Play some other time.

0:37.9

Put your phone down.

0:39.1

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0:39.9

Open for fun.

0:41.6

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0:47.4

It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

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