The film was a superb re-envisioning of the insightful Nicholas Ray, Eisenhower-Era melodrama about the family,Bigger Than Life (1956)- hat also critiqued the suffocating and claustrophobic conformity of 1950s middle-class life in an earlier era.He dismissed it as part of his dream.] When Logan was startled awake, he watched as Yashida""s corpse was wheeled away from the estate.During the stately funeral of Yashida in Tokyo, Logan sensed that something was wrong (he identified tattooed Yakuza assassins with guns disguised as robed priests in the midst of he proceedings).).This spoof of detective films was the first of Keaton""s feature films solely directed by himself, after his co-director stints inThree Ages (1923)andOur Hospitality (1923).Plot SynopsisFirst Close Encounter:Sonora Desert, MexicoThe film begins in darkness following some initial credits - as orchestral sounds build in volume, a brilliant flash of light fills the screen...And he swallowed it.He looked in his heart and he thought, in all humility, how he""d like to try and change things.He was just a country boy who thought that even the plainest, poorest man can be governor if his fellow citizens find that he""s got the stuff for the job.