Download or read book Spielberg, Truffaut & Me written by Bob Balaban and published by Titan Books (UK). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a rare "making of" book written from an actor's eye view, Balaban (who played Laughlin in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," opposite the legendary Francois Truffaut as Lacombe) provides the most detailed account of Steven Spielberg at work yet published, includes a fascinating portrait of the late Truffaut, and superbly captures just what it's really like to make a sci-fi blockbuster.