Melinda Dillon

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984): 1 line

unmapped (tip of the hat) · through Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which they acted in: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). Casting Balaban reads as a nod to Close Encounters; the speaker finds 2010 more in its shadow than 2001's.
“And the Balaban casting feels like a real tip of the hat to that.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:28:46 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): 1 line

theme (theme) · through Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which they acted in: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (the host's read). Close Encounters sets a template for science fiction and for stories about families and divorce.
“It sets a different kind of template for science fiction storytelling, for stories about families, for stories about obsession, for stories about divorce”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:19:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Nope (2022): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which they acted in: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ Nope (the host's read). Sean says Nope is as much a Spielberg movie as any he has seen in a long time, with Close Encounters the usual touchstone, and notes the shared theme of looking up and trying to see.
“nope is as much a Spielberg movie as any movie I've seen in a long, long time.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:31:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (1) everyone in acting

actor, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (The Big Picture, Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57))

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

None.