Close Encounters of the Third Kind Resurrected Hard Sci-Fi for the 1970s

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were close friends, and Spielberg clearly admired the imaginative and exciting nature of Lucas’s early movies. This inspired Spielberg to create his own large-scale cinematic worlds, resulting in some of the most beloved genre films ever made. Despite his love for fantastical stories, Spielberg also excelled at making his films feel realistic and emotionally resonant. Fans still appreciate this perfect blend of spectacle and substance in his groundbreaking 1977 science fiction film.








