Film: Contact

[L2R]

One of my all time favourates also. I never get tired of seeing this.

I love the shot when she finds her father collapsed and runs to the bathroom. It cleverly changes from her chasing the camera up stairs and around corners to being her reflection on the medicine cabinet oh so smoothly.

agreed

 

[felix]

^ Hehe, wow! That guy 'left to right' is awesome! %)

The opening sequence (zooming out from earth into outer space, ending up as a reflection on her eye) is also pretty damn amazing.


\watching it on TV right now

 

[felix]

_the_beach_scene_


*surreptitiously wipes moistness from eyes*


NOW, how about that local football team???

 

[L2R]

Notice teh camera rise from an exterior shot to go through a small glass pane to become interior shot?

i think it's done when sh'e a kid and trying to reach her mum on her cb radio.

 

[tambourine-man]

Yeah, I did notice that. The film is punctuated with clever little shots like that - most of them quite subtle.

 

[felix]

^ Close.

It's when she goes upstairs (when the house is full of people after the funeral) and tries to speak to her dad on the radio. *weeps silently*

The crane pulls away from her, through the window, coming out for a view of the house and street. Yes, it was pretty cool too.

 

[L2R]

these are the reasons i hold robert zemekis in such high regards as a direktor.

 

[huntmich]

Great flick; pretty much agree with what you all said. I haven't read the book, but I place it amongst my favorites.

 

[L2R]

i'm looking forward to Zemekis' upcoming adaptation of beowulf