About this episode

The episode discusses Steven Spielberg's film Disclosure Day, exploring its themes and connections to his previous works.

This week on Classic Movies Live!, we're back to talking about Steven Spielberg! Disclosure Day is the 37th (!) film by Spielberg, and his first since Indiana Jones 4 to feature aliens! Of course, extra-terrestrials have always been something of a fixation for the E.T. director, with many speculating early on that Mr. Spielberg's latest was to be a stealth-sequel to Close Encounters of a Third Kind. It's probably not that, but Disclosure Day certainly is a lot of things. Join our hosts Pierre and Jeff as they try to navigate this thematically-dense adventure story starring Josh O'Connor and Emily Blunt. What is Spielberg working through? We can't tell you conclusively, but we can offer a pretty good guess!

People in this episode

Hosts: Pierre, Jeff

Topics covered

• Steven Spielberg
• aliens
• film analysis
• thematic exploration
• adventure story

Keywords

• Disclosure Day
• Steven Spielberg
• aliens
• Josh O'Connor
• Emily Blunt
• film review
• Close Encounters

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Disclosure Day, Indiana Jones 4, E.T., Close Encounters of a Third Kind

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