This film is a sci-fi masterpiece shot by director Robert Zemeckis in 1997 "Returning to the Old Industry" (he also filmed another classic in the history of sci-fi film "Back to the Future"). In a sense, This is another work about time and space, but the starting point is higher and more scientific than "Back to the Future"-"Contact with the Future". She is based on the famous American popular science writer Carl Sagan's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Carl Sagan wrote a part of the screenplay and served as an associate producer. However, it is a pity that Carl fell ill during the production of the film. died. He himself failed to see the film's release. (That’s why we see the "Dedicated to Carl" subtitle at the end)
After the great success of "Forrest Gump", people are looking forward to Robert Zemeckis' next work. It took him nearly three years to launch an ambitious masterpiece, although the box office also reached 166 million US dollars. But it does not seem to have reached the expected level. I think this cannot be attributed to the decline in Luo's level, but this "Contact with the Future" is not as easy as some films. Indeed, compared with ordinary alien science fiction films, this film neither has bizarre outer space scenes (like "Mars Mission" and "Peerless Tribulation"), nor does it have dazzling spaceship chase scenes ("Star Wars" "Star Trek")-of course there are no aliens ("Independence Day", "Martians play with the earth")-the aliens here appear in the image of the heroine's father! (This point will be discussed in detail below). Although the production of this film is excellent, it also reflects the high-tech effects (such as the opening paragraph and the interspersed old trick Clinton's participation in the "performance")-but with other science fiction films In comparison, the film is a bit lengthy and slow in pace, which is not in line with the taste of the general audience. As a feature film, she is not as attractive as "Forrest Gump" or other similar films. Cried and laughed, and was affected by big and big infections, so it was not very visible. But none of this prevents her from becoming an excellent film. It has made a new breakthrough in previous science fiction films, especially those of aliens, for the following reasons:
1. The subject's philosophy.
1. The theme of this film is the search for alien life by mankind. This search for mankind is actually a search for oneself and an affirmation of oneself. Based on this, we can call this film a pseudo-realist work. A book of human fables, and look at some of the lines in the film-"For a long time, I have been wondering why we live here and who we are,"; "We found that contact with each other can fill the emptiness and loneliness of people. The mind...has been the case for hundreds of millions of years, and if there were only us in the universe, wouldn't it be too wasteful?"-These words should have clearly stated the main point of the film. This does not appear in ordinary "mentally handicapped" science fiction films. There is also such a plot-when the research team received the pulse signal from the outer space of Andromeda, it turned out to be Hitler's live TV speech at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. This is not only caused by aliens and people on earth A joke, and it seems to be warning us: humans must not abuse science and technology, otherwise they will be hit (at the same time, the identity of the super-rich Chardon who fully sponsored the scientific research team to explore alien life also seems to mean something).
2. Religion and science have different paths to the same goal.
The identity design of the heroes and heroines in the film is very interesting. Ellie is a scientist, and Pangma is a clergyman. Although there is love between them, the incompatibility of their identities often makes them full of differences. Rei’s non-religiousness even voted against her wanting to go to space, because he could not "let a person who does not believe in gods to meet aliens on behalf of all mankind", so that Ellie did not become the first passenger of the interstellar traveler (head Class passenger Ellie’s teacher was killed as a result of the aircraft crash, and the culprit who disrupted the trip turned out to be a religious fanatic). But in their attitudes towards alien life, the two are surprisingly similar. Pangma even said the words of Ellie’s late father: “If there were only us in the universe, wouldn’t it be too wasteful? "When Ellie's meeting with aliens was not believed, Pangma stood firmly on her side. This seems to also explain the similarities between religion and science: both are the search and exploration of people themselves, and the roots of things are investigated, but they are only in different ways.
Here we can draw a conclusion one by one-to some extent, we can regard this film as a sister chapter of "Forrest Gump". Although the two protagonists have more than twice the IQ difference, they are both persistently pursuing His own dreams and the exploration of life, but Ellie did it consciously, while Forrest Gump did it subconsciously and recklessly. For this reason, it is not difficult for us to understand why the soundtrack of this film is so similar to "Forrest Gump". I am afraid that this cannot be explained by the composer's skills. A bereaved father, and both of them love the father and mother who depended on each other very much. This kind of love even influenced their respective careers.)
2. A new breakthrough in the image of aliens.
It’s not uncommon for extraterrestrial plots to appear in science fiction films, and the description of aliens in movies is nothing more than two types: one is friends with people and looks cute and innocent, such as "ET" and "Third Kind of Contact" ; The other is to be enemies. So they have terrifying faces like "The Martians Play the Earth", "Aliens" and so on-but the aliens in this film appear in human form-Ellie's father, because they think this will make Ellie better. Accept some, he told Ellie that he had sent the drawings of the Interstellar Traveler to Ellie. With this traveler, mankind would not be alone in the universe, but he didn’t know who made this thing, they just It's only the discovery, just like the people on earth-they are all far away from the truth, contact with each other is only the first step, and there is more to do.
The scene where Ellie meets with an alien on an interstellar traveler is the climax of the film. It is interesting that it is just as many people in the film question whether Ellie actually met an alien or just her illusion (dream?) , The audience also expressed doubts about the authenticity of this scene and had many opinions. When attending the film and television viewing class, many students became blushing about this.
This scene is indeed the key to the interpretation of the film-when we see that the planet of Vega that Ellie comes to is actually the beach of Punsakola she drew when she was a child, and the alien he saw turned out to be her We were really confused when I was the father of Wang. What is going on? In fact, I personally feel that it doesn't matter whether this segment is a real scene or an illusion. What's important is that the main point of the film is already clear in this segment. That's enough.
At the end of the film, Ellie, who is still persistent in scientific exploration, does popular science work for the innocent children. She repeats the words of the aliens and Pangma-"If there are only us in the universe, wouldn't it be too wasteful?" "At this time night also fell, Ellie held a handful of shining sand in her hand, looking at the starry sky, thoughtfully, the film was subtitled: (For Carl)-dedicated to Carl (Sagan), Immediately the music played and the credits were played-but as a viewer, my heart that followed the ups and downs of the film couldn't calm down for a long time. Yes, life is short as the fine sand in the Ganges. Only by continuous exploration can human beings keep moving forward.
Also like Judy. Foster's acting. For the image of such a persistent female scientist, it is easy to go overboard with a little careless performance, and Judy. Foster played the image of Ellie, who is brave enough to devote herself to science, but never lacks human touch. This is due to Judy's almost perfect acting skills, and on the other hand, I am afraid that Judy has more or less ellipsis. Rei's shadow. In fact, in Ellie, it is not difficult to find the original author of the novel, Carl. Sagan's characteristic-persistence in popularizing science, even if it is not understood by others, he will never be discouraged. It is precisely because of people like them that our lives have become better.
SK
12.20.2002 night
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