One of them chooses to fly into space, the other chooses to escape to the bottom of the sea

Angel 2021-10-22 14:32:53

The film is filled with poetic and mysterious fear, which is the reason why "The Third Kind of Contact" is so fascinating. The "dialogue" between humans and UFOs at the top of the mountain is an exciting ritual. At this moment, there is no language, only music and light. This makes the ritual of "communication" shrouded in a sacred halo.

In the ending, the male protagonist rejected by his family, friends and society is chosen by aliens. This alien in real life seems to have finally found his spiritual "hometown". From this ending, it is not difficult to find The author poured into this fascinating story of loneliness and pure idealism.

"The Third Type of Contact" is Spielberg's most personal film, just like "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" to Luc Besson. The only difference is that one of them chooses to fly into space and the other chooses to escape to the bottom of the sea. .

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Extended Reading
  • Anissa 2021-10-22 14:41:25

    In today's daily impetuous life, we need to stare quietly at ourselves just like staring at those neon and warm spaceship lights.

  • Annie 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    The Oscars compete with (7 of 11) Star Wars on the same stage. Spielberg's first big-screen movie was just two "road races" and a "Jaws" before. Personally, I like Lao Si's later "ET Alien" and don't like this one, but I can think of "The Abyss" by Kashen more than 10 years later. "Cotopaxi" appears as a symbol representing the mysterious and unknown, the evolution from science to sociology, the three-line narrative of the film - the protagonist man, the child brought out the mother, and a group of scientists - in which Truffaut's role is a Highlights. PS: ① In the story, the children should watch the 56-year-old film "The Ten Commandments"; ② A total of 11 photographers were used in this film; ③ Old Si watched "The Searcher" repeatedly during the shooting.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind quotes

  • [Trying to get his kids to look for UFOs at 4 AM]

    Roy Neary: It's better than Goofy Golf!

  • Roy Neary: Is that it? Is that all you're gonna ask me? Well I got a couple of thousand goddamn questions, you know. I want to speak to someone in charge. I want to lodge a complaint. You have no right to make people crazy! You think I investigate every Walter Cronkite story there is? Huh? If this is just nerve gas, how come I know everything in such detail? I've never been here before. How come I know so much? What the hell is going on around here? Who the hell are you people?