These are virtues taught in schools that will be evolved in the 21st century." The film also evokes typical science fiction archetypes and motifs. While it is a computer interface which makes the final musical conversation with the alien guests possible, the characteristics bringing Neary to make his way to Devil's Tower have little to do with technical expertise or computer literacy. Great movie, I saw the movie in the 80 and I see now and I feel the same sensation, excellent film.Ĭharlene Engel observed Close Encounters "suggests that humankind has reached the point where it is ready to enter the community of the cosmos. EXPLORERS features highly imaginative special effects and entertaining space creations from George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic. With the help of their new friend (Jason Presson), they create a homemade spacecraft and embark on a secret adventure to another galaxy where they find that things are not always as different as they seem. But one night he has a vivid dream of flying over a space-like circuit board and shares his visions with his best friend Wolfgang (Phoenix), a young scientific genius who is able to translate his dreams into a complex computer program that actually works. Ben Crandall (Hawke) is a young visionary who dreams of space travel while watching late-night B monster movies, pouring over comic books, and playing Galaga in the confines of his bedroom.