Close Encounters of The Third Kind… An art theme emerges here through repeated references to painting, sculpture and music, –and the appearance of Francois Truffaut– which is further emphasized by the Dreyfuss character seeming at times the paradigmatic tormented artist type, acting in a madcap, asocial manner. But then, against this apparent art theme, is the Dreyfuss character’s explicit assertion (when speaking to the Truffault character no less) that he’s not an artist — (could this be Spielburg explaining himself and justifying his sort of movie-making to Truffault?)– art, for the Dreyfuss character, seems only a part of a larger process of getting at something that exists outside of art….
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