Director : Robert Zemeckis
Story : Carl Sagan
Music : Alan Silvestri
Camera : Don Burgess
Distributor : Warner Bros.
Running time : 150 minutes
Country : United States
Based on the Carl Sagan’s Science Fiction classic of the same name, Contact is the tale of Ellie Arroway, a scientist who has devoted her life to finding evidence of alien life. Ellie is a bit of an outsider, the genius girl ready for her chance to shine. Not only does she find strong evidence of alien life, but it is actually a blue print for a time space transporter.
In the climax montage of Ellie’s journey through space, she sees a radio-transmission site on Vega, almost loses her compass, and falls through a few wormholes. And when she finally sees the “celestial event” about which she says they should have sent a poet, the camera zeroes in on her left eye, which to me is the most important statement of the movie.
You will love to see how this movie takes the SciFi model and uses it as an entryway into the mind, into the self. Yes, Ellie must travel across the universe (literally) to see inside herself, to face her dead father, to come to terms with what happened to her. It’s a beautiful statement on the idea that once things become so big, they become exceptionally tiny, and vice-verse.
The universe contains our mind, and our mind, the universe. Through the wormhole, it’s all the same. Trippy with pseudo-philosophies aside, Contact is a fun movie for SciFi fans, movie buffs, or just fans of interesting storylines. Check it out if you haven’t seen it in awhile, and if you have never seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it.
More details about the movie and novel: http://www.coseti.org
Review Courtesy: http://www.screenjunkies.com
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