Um, racism in Boston? Now I've heard everything!

Slipknot is not nu-metal. They're more groove/metalcore.

Didn't he star in Once Bitten in the mid-80's?

He told the same story on Howard Stern like a month ago. Nice to see you're quick on the uptake AV Club.

The title implies that sludge isn't palatable. I disagree.

Gore Vidal may be in this briefly, I don't recall, but when referring to the eloquent interviewed narration I believe you mean Normal Mailer.

Nice piece, but pretty irritating that they couldn't bother to pronounce Rob Bottin's name right.

Because it's Spielberg, it's easy to lump this in with his exceptional works that end with goofy happy endings. Not just that the good guys win, but in such a lame fashion, like Grandpa with his sweater tied over his shoulders in War of the Worlds, or the idyllic summer home in Minority Report, or old guy at Normandy…

While Spielberg is credited solely for Close Encounters, it's well known that Paul Schrader did the bulk of it but balked when Spielberg wanted to tack on a happy ending, so had his name removed.

Good point. Frightening may be a more appropriate term. The interesting thing is that she didn't tell anybody about if for over 20 years. She didn't go into much detail, but it was something about forcing his way into her apartment and scaring her into keeping silent. Even now (I think this was about 5 years ago), she…

Janice Dickinson had an interesting Bill Cosby rape story from decades ago, which she told on Howard Stern.

This movie is a true classic, for all of the reasons you mention, but I don't recall any suggestion that the third act is part of his imagination, or his guilty conscience. But it has been a few years since I've seen it so I may not remember some of the details.

Um, Francois Truffaut?

Love the Burn My Eyes mention. A true classic of the genre.