Steven Spielberg is arguably the greatest director of all time and has given us some of the best movies of all time.He's also solidified the look of Hollywood with images that travel the world, like the silhouette of a flying bicycle, to the terrifying sight of a shark fin cutting through the water, and a girl in a red coat walking through the Jewish ghetto.But Spielberg's biggest regret is something he wishes he hadn't shown the audience. The director has openly discussed one creative decision he was forced to make that he later called a mistake: showing the interior of the alien mothership in the 1980 Special Edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.The story of this scene is a crucial lesson for every filmmaker who faces pressure to compromise on their vision.Let's dive into it below. - YouTubewww.youtube.comThe Reveal Of the Unknown In the original 1977 theatrical cut of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the film ends perfectly, bathed in the wonder of the mother ship's arrival. When Richard Dreyfuss's character, Roy Neary, walks up the ramp to join the aliens, the camera holds on the glowing light, and then the ship departs. The mystery is preserved.However, when Spielberg went back to Columbia Pictures a couple of years later, he wanted some additional funds to finish scenes he had rushed.The studio was all for helping him...but had one condition: they wanted a shot revealing the inside of the alien ship to use for marketing.As Spielberg told Far...
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