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"40 years ago this month saw the release of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial – a film about a stranded alien, the boy called Elliott who
discovers it and a bond of friendship that remains as magical and heartbreaking
as it did back in 1982.
We think of Spielberg movies today as thrilling roller-coaster rides, full of
sharks, dinosaurs and swashbuckling archaeologists. Yet for me, E.T. remains
Spielberg’s most exhilarating work: a deep meditation on loneliness, friendship
and growing up in small-town America.
Aided by John Williams’s Oscar-winning score and Henry Thomas and Drew
Barrymore’s touching performances, E.T. feels both of its time and for all
time. As Spielberg once said:
I think that E.T. is for the people we are, the people we have been and the
people we want to be again."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
