Spielberg, Truffaut & Me: Close Encounters of the Third Kind. An Actor's Diary

Account of the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', written by actor Bob Balaban who played Truffaut's French interpreter in the 1977 film. Consisting of a series of diary entries, Balaban's account describes casting and pre-production, the background to the film's central ideas, filming in intense heat in Alabama, working in India, and finally the movie's release and critical reception. Illustrated with numerous on-set photographs in colour and B&W, with an introduction by director Steven Spielberg and full list of cast and crew. This is a revised and expanded version of an earlier diary (EXEBD 14945), published to coincide with the film's 25th.

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection