Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Dana Polan (BFI Film Classics) Portugal 'Monster' Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2023)

'Monster' Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2023) Japanese w/ English subtitles

through the heart-warming and life-affirming tales of students and their beloved teachers

Miller brilliantly deglamorised and revitalised the most American of genres

Special features include an illustrated booklet with an essay by Stuart Galbraith IV

breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Dana Polan (BFI Film Classics) Portugal 'Monster' Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2023)'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' by Dana Polan (BFI Film Classics 104 page paperback) Dana Polan's compelling study of the film examines its significance to New Hollywood cinema and the science fiction genre. Providing an in depth look into the film's production history, including all three different versions, Polan situates Close Encounters within Spielberg's repertoire. He argues that despite the film's popular success, it is in fact a rejection