Contact the Movie - journey through universe

[@awisebeauty]

The water is blue, the sand is white, it looks like day but looks like nite. Gorgeous...

[@gauravrana9312]

Nicole Wilson x

[@gailaldea8933]

Love this scene so much. Would love to meet my dad again in this place.

[@alchemist3724]

*night

[@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441]

"You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares" - so true.

[@jstnhnh]

This is the way it's been done for billions of years.

[@community1949]

Beautiful film, so ahead of it's time, it's all out there.

[@F5Storm1]

This scene always make me cry, I hope to see my grandpa when I die

[@jmctigret]

I would had said please let me stay, I am tired of living in that hell hole

[@Mr.Chris.P.Bacon1]

I would have COMPLETELY begged to stay too. I dont like it here on earth anymore. 😩

[@yayo4478]

Until the alien shows his true form and has the most horrifying features lol

[@JBNemeth]

So beautiful, isn't it?

[@adityasanthosh702]

The same line from Dr. Ana Stelline child in Blade Runner 2049.

[@fubaralakbar6800]

We humans are like a race of starving artists--dysfunctional geniuses with beautiful hearts, but no idea how to use the gifts we've been given. We have knowledge, but not wisdom. We have dedication and determination, but no discipline. We don't understand why the universe won't just give us everything we want, so we blame our fellow humans, and lash out at each other with whips and handguns and smart bombs and nuclear warheads. If we can either procreate fast enough or realize our mistakes and correct them fast enough, we will survive. And who knows what greatness we will achieve then?

[@deadreckoning6288]

Well said. You've summed up the plight of human kind in just a few lines. We are like children, emotionally & spiritually immature, and with just enough technology to be dangerous and our future hanging in the balance. Who knows which way it will fall but at this point it doesn't look too hopeful. This scene always gets me when he starts talking about how lonely and cut off we feel. Its so true. There are times on this planet of 8 billion that I feel utterly alone.

[@shootybaking]

That's some serious level 9000 wisdom there.

[@danbeau9404]

A wonderful piece of intelligent observation delivered with the abilities of a poet. I believe, in my limited knowledge, that there is more to it. We area chicks, not long out of the egg of beginning and evolution. We are by no means a finished product. Knowledge is attained, wisdom learned thru experience and thought. We have come a long way in our evolution and we have a long way to go if we are ever to reach the level where our potential is finally realized. We evolved as hunter/gatherers whose daily existence was fraught with danger from our environment and those evolving along with us. To survive we had to adapt with a set of characteristics necessary to ensure our survival. These characteristics were defensive in nature, and upon meeting a new species or fellow neighbor in our galaxy, we would undoubtedly return to those defensive characteristics that have served us in the past. You might say that we are victims of our success. What we want from the Universe is answers. Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? Will we ever get those answers? Possibly. Do we need those Answers? Not really but we will always have those among us who can overcome the fear of the unknown and go to find the answers.

[@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441]

We are so infantile as a species.

[@bradmedicus]

Damn riveting scene. Damn good. We are part of something else.

[@skulldow]

Alien in her dad's form...so that she wont panic to talk.....to them... intresting..

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

5 years later, but I know that part still has many people annoyed and vexed. imo It's summed up within the monologue: "You feel so lost, so cut off. So alone." The entire film follows Ellie's life through her unresolved feelings of loss and loneliness, never having managed to properly process and cope with the death of her mother, and then later her father (for which she unfairly blamed herself). So she didn't want to get close to anyone, her continuing disconnect most notable with the pastor "El Radar" Palmer, from standoffish meeting to her post sex behaviour with him. (Til she starts to open up to him, and she can then start to see parallels between science and religion and the deeper roots of their reasons for being. Loneliness, emptiness, loss... ("Occam's razor" scene.) The film kinda hits you over the head with that theme, but then, seems like a whole lot of people didn't quite... catch it. "All the unknown." She was working with _SETI,_ fer cripes sake. The search for _someone_ out in the vast, ever-expanding unknown that is the universe. She knew nothing could bring back her parents, but like the parallel to religion, she was driven by hope and faith that there _is_ something meaningful beyond our world. "See, in all our searching, the only thing that we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other." That's just my take.

[@joaotavares078]

if they downloaded her mind then how did he knew her hands were like hers mother?

[@enrique19815]

@@joaotavares078 maybe also analyzing DNA

[@martinpena547]

@@joaotavares078 you're gonna question aliens with billions of years of technology ahead of us? Really?

[@joaotavares078]

@@martinpena547 already did

[@SquirrelTheater]

One of my favorite movies of ALL time. Period.

[@GuitarraMiguel]

They say to me in their awakening, “You and the world you live in are but a grain of sand upon the infinite shore of an infinite sea.” And in my dream I say to them, “I am the infinite sea, and all worlds are but grains of sand upon my shore.”

[@brianlindee5583]

Angela Miguel sounds biblical in a poetic like way

[@adlerpfingsten4205]

Hold tight to that which elevates you to a place where poetry becomes reality. Dreams that are not dreams at all, but rather brief and tentative moments with the Author of all things. Four years passed since this moment, which none will understand but I certainly do...and I wish you peace, meaning and purpose in the last eight years of human history.

[@rodsims8471]

lovely sentiment , Angela

[@NATIVESUNSETS65]

Awesome I love Gibrand

[@دجلةوالفرات-ر2ض]

مرت السنين ومازال الفيلم كأنه يتكلم عن الحياه مابعد الموت والاشتياق لاحبابنا

[@darania1]

Similiar metaphysical concept to the monolith builders using Dave Bowmans old memories to contact him in 2001...

[@slcphoto]

Contact 2 was filmed, then had its name changed to K-Pax. Her dad and Prot are the same entity.

[@jcolumbiap]

No hate, no condemnation, are we ready?

[@matthewmarcinko9157]

This was Jodie Foster's greatest performance ever. To this day, I can't watch this scene and not break down crying, thinking of how I would feel if I could see my own father again...

[@shuelahmed9392]

Beautiful and awesome movie

[@bjsw534]

Anybody else reminded of Interstellar when watching this?

[@Kraken9911]

Not really. Interstellar was about humans mastering the 5th dimension to help themselves in a time paradox. This was true galactic alien contact.

[@robinjoyjoy]

Also... What do you think the gesture made by 'Ellie's dad' when he crouches down to pick up sand in his right hand to then let the sand slip through his fingers and wipes it off, as Ellie asks if there are other alien intelligences that have contacted them. Very subtle but very symbolic messages here.

[@2011littleguy]

There is so much “out there”. We could someday really go... IF we don’t do something monumentally stupid.

[@claytonkr05]

This could be us, but instead we're making 10 second dance videos and 140 word political arguments.

[@robinjoyjoy]

Hello Voicedude. You said "Small moves. Sparks! @ 3:41." Is it personal or for the principle of the situation? Just curious. And does the title Voicedude mean that you are allowed to be publicly vocal here? Anything I can do for you? Just know I'm here 4 u. I'm just trying to deal with my part of this which considering how I'm defined isn't a carefree and at peace feeling.

[@MrMudNugget]

Which pixel is it?

[@CaptainViral84]

may be this was a near death experience and she wen't heaven and meet god and come in the form of her father so it would be user friendliy to her and god made a event and a place so she can under stand to jump start her faith just think about

[@robintownsend6499]

They eye of God is what she had in the spaceship sphere

[@robintownsend6499]

It call seeing in the invisible KJV they walk through

[@mvdrebel]

This clip must have 2 x 3 pixels at most.

[@canaanatkinson7830]

[@minervadelgado2835]

can anyone tell me about this scene is he his real father or an alien??

[@Ostin364]

why the hell not both?) He incarnated as her father on earth.

[@ryeberza9800]

In the book, it is implied they are aliens who took the shape of a human being based on the dreams downloaded by the aliens while they slept on the island. It is pretty interesting because the book discussed it thoroughly, but in the movie it was shown near perfect, with a hint of mystery on it.

[@shootybaking]

LOL. Contact discovered the Ancients, before the Ancients were known to exist!

[@ginnymiller2448]

Okay... where's my kleenex?

[@dconfused9919]

I would've said " quit f### with our lives.

[@golagaz]

Actually she was just dreaming or was she? Carl Sagan was a genius story teller.

[@jsg3049]

Yes, great story telling on Sagan's part, because it creates a benefit of doubt as to if she was passed-out dreaming or if the events were real. Either way whichever way the meaning remains. Even is the machine is an actual multi-dimensional travel apparatus either literally and/or figuratively, or if she hallucinated/dreamed these events, the message is still congruent with the personal evidences only she now are actually real like the first contact message or the 18 hours of video in few seconds which gives her the green light to assume that whatever it is she experienced was still meaningful and thus real.

[@jeffc1347]

The fact that the recording of static was 18 hours long implies it was real.

[@marciareginaferreira6489]

🌌🙏🏿🙌🏿🌅💝🌹🎶🧭

[@robintownsend2863]

☝️👆🆙🔝not fake

[@MercurySunlight]

I saw this on acid.

[@Mr.Chris.P.Bacon1]

3:04 *The only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable....... IS EACH OTHER.* 😩😔😟😭

[@sammysam2615]

I'd travel across the universe to have a short conversation with my mom. I am lost, alone, and cutoff without her.

[@onthetarmacinc.4210]

Sounds like an amazing beautiful soul.

[@williamdaniels6943]

SAD

[@BB-mv9wl]

You’ll see her again some day. I’m sure she would want you to enjoy your life here first though.

[@F5Storm1]

😥 you will one day

[@alanatransify]

My feelings exactly .. I dream only of seeing her again

[@dtrix10kc]

Watching this in 2019. Beautiful film that was way ahead of it's time. This scene absolutely crushed me. Her disbelief, joy and melting into his arms was beautiful to watch.

[@marklulrich]

One of the best movies I've ever seen. It has stayed with me over the years, it means a lot to me and always will...

[@sammysam2615]

Mark Ulrich When ever I start to forget the sound of my mom's voice, her face, and her loving knowledge, I watch this clip and it comes rushing back. I don't know why, but it helps

[@Domispitaletti]

Sammy Sam This is beautiful👍

[@marinkpetric5965]

I apsolutely agree with you Mark. This film inspires me for decades.

[@user-vf3fg1gl7pMsSandy]

Me too Mark..saw this movie for the 1st time with my Dad😇! Aviation Aerospace Communications! This Movie has stayed with me and my Dad😇 Forever!💞

[@strafe777]

My favorite part of the whole movie. Absolutely heart wrenching. Makes me wish I could talk to my mom once more.

[@drnorway303]

you will just not now

[@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441]

Same for me with my Dad and my Sister.

[@F5Storm1]

My grandpa is on his deathbed with cancer and alzheimers so I know how you feel 😥 in the end all we need is each other

[@queendoubleboy]

❤️

[@tonybrenna7535]

Godbless Carl Sagan. May his soul rest in peace

[@back2thefutre]

This movie changed my life forever. Watching the stars right now...

[@rubedogg6969]

Life on Earth is just part of our long journey!

[@ellalebain1043]

My favorite movie. This is definitely the most powerful and important scene! Timeless! Thanks for sharing it without commercials! Cosmic blessings

[@nosferatu8530]

Sobbing like a child...heartwrenching, yet so incredibly beautiful. No words. This movie should have been drowning in oscars

[@LDehaut]

Lol don't you read the Bible? The ET here is trying to Frame Jesus with the stars in his hand. Read revelations 1. That is demonic to catch your soul for hell eternal. Wake up or die forever

[@EliteSports24]

My favorite movie scene of all time. God bless Carl Sagan.

[@selinaogorman8380]

I feel the same way because love to see my mom again which she is in heaven beautiful scene made me cry.😞

[@robinjoyjoy]

Interesting... The alien intelligences whom have chosen the form of Ellie's DAD, to make things close and personal, tells Ellie that she has her MOTHERS hands, after he(they) say there are no tests...small moves...

[@d.j.guzman5047]

I don’t get it 🙁

[@kingcobrajfsofficial]

Which pixel is Jodie Foster?

[@sclogse1]

Can't watch this elegant scene in this low rez. I'll buy. This film was great when it came out, and just gets better. Having it be a beach..a threshold...perfect. You could cut a third of the dialogue and it would be stronger. It would all be on our laps, like the best of film making. Less is more may be more of a quantum leap than you think.

[@capitalmindz]

"They all travel here through that transit system you built..?" "We didn't build it. We don't know who did" I would have said: "I'm done. Check please."

[@colleenmcgarrity9267]

I lost my father many years ago to mental illness. This scene haunts me. I hope he would be proud of me. I would give anything to hug him when he was well. But he turned into a monster, I still bear the scars.

[@armeeuff1]

Such a moving scene. Glad to be a human from a time when such scenes were written.

[@sclogse1]

Having it be a beach was the big inspiration.

[@mrhyperbolic7455]

1:55 The ancients built the transport system, just ask Jack O'neill from STARGATE!

[@robinmaher3799]

Yes he was in the green mile, a story about being put to death by electrocution for great wrongs. The title green mile refers to death. A very en-lightening film... So to Ellie I say... "Small moves Sparks, small moves Sparks..."

[@queendoubleboy]

Not War, but Peace is the Father of all Things. (W.Brandt) 🌬️☮️🛐🕊️💞❗

[@albertocabezas282]

This scene is so moving and beautiful. Thank you, Dr. Sagan.

[@marcsi6064]

I just wondering if this planet really exist.... I remember when i was young i have very vivid dream about a bright blue sea and sky was dark like in this scene and a male and I but we both were not human being just something similar to, we both walked on that beutiful beach together and i knew that im in love with this being. Then when i woke up i felt like i miss that place and i ve been there before.... I still can remember crystal clear for that dream. It was so realistic.I watched the movie after years i have had this experiance so i cannot mix it and confuse with the film.When i saw the film for the first time i knew that i saw this place or similar in my dream. Sorry for my english i hope you will understand what i mean😊Interesting anyway...

[@piedhart]

I forgot how many feels this movie had!

[@balbirsingh9132]

GK

[@Voicedude]

“Small moves. Sparks!” @ 3:41

[@sebastiano4906]

She didn't go through the universe! She only went 25 lightyears away! Our galaxy is 100,000 lightyears across!

[@Rockybalboarules25]

The milky way galaxy is part of the universe. Eleanor travelled through the milky way galaxy, so she technically did "journey through the universe".

[@sebastiano4906]

She travelled through to universe by a fraction of a fraction.

[@zzodr]

Vega is 25ly away.. but remember when you watch the movie it was only a pit stop when she travelled. There was another machine there that sent her a unknown distance onward in the wormhole system. We don't know how far she went in total.

[@shootybaking]

Still a beautiful movie.

[@ajvalle7143]

Mom, i miss you, but i will find you... i swear... i love you... this film... oh god....i believe in time... love

[@robinjoyjoy]

I wonder what the 'vegans' thought of Ellie's memories such as the hysteria on earth, when the humans learned about the 'vegans'? Ellie's dads dialogue to Ellie was too subtle and cliche for Ellie to catch, in her boundless elitist idealism. Sorry Sparks.... But remember what your new 'adoptive' family says... Small moves Ellie...Small moves Ellie...and you can find wonder and the infinite in more places than just up.

[@Melbournesurf13]

Smallville replicated this in the last season (10)....

[@banjodubghall84]

Christ is, within. In Christ the Father is alive therfore to be with Father one must come to know Christ the truth the way the life

[@robintownsend6499]

They how angel and mythical creatures comes through the world matrix how he did it the walk through

[@robintownsend6499]

They see everything if you close you eyes see the static so far that the hands can reach open you eyes see the static as you look out your eyes they look at you look out your eyes and man decided to mock what they don't know or can't understand

[@lunnelpaloma6167]

Stay Murph stay😖

[@willmeyer2259]

People give the movie flack because of this scene, I think it was beautifully done.

[@sammysam2615]

Will Meyer This was the defining scene of the movie. Although no actual proof obviously, in the movie it explained that we were not alone. I hear people down play this movie simply based on religious beliefs, whichbis fine if that's what one believes, but without proof, there could be another answer and this movie gives that explanation as a possibility. It's an amazing movie and extremely underrated

[@willmeyer2259]

Sammy Sam I totally agree, it tells me that even people of science need to have faith and hold strong to their beliefs. I just know some people don't like thst the alien took her father's form but I don't think it could've been any other way. Appearing to her as her father was a way of establishing trust and storywise, it gave her a bit of closure surrounding his death. Overall a beautiful scene from a beautiful movie

[@NATIVESUNSETS65]

Will Meyer There's one part in this scene that's puzzling , how does the alien know how her mothers hands feel ?

[@willmeyer2259]

NATIVESUNSETS65 that's a good point, I'm not sure about that either

[@albertocabezas282]

The alien read Dr. Arroway's memories. That's why it looks and acts like her father, and without doubt, it has those remembrances of her Mom hands, too.

[@TylerDurden-id6yp]

How nice from the alien it took the shape of her father and not Hitler's.

I don't get it. Is it heaven where she's at? Wtf

[@robintownsend2863]

Walk right through the world matrix

[@prashanthreddy9929]

Who is here after watching interstellar?

[@peytongustafson2580]

I love the part with the rings

[@Playsinvain]

I believe this fits quite a few explorers DMT stories

[@brentm8863]

That water and beach though.

[@kennethlee2278]

Very underrated movie.

[@Sepia36912]

That's the way I go

[@robintownsend6499]

Seeing in the invisible

[@robintownsend6499]

His eye on her

[@kaiserkarlvankaiserwetter9061]

Welcome 🙏

[@sunnywakefield4659]

BINGO !

[@canaanatkinson7830]

[@emmaflagg-castro4576]

4:20

[@richardb.1938]

Always considered Contact to be a very average movie EXCEPT for this scene. Very, very beautiful.

[@Emmabruceofficial]

Was it a near death experience? He did say she had her mothers hands which I think maybe was an indicator she touched the fringes of the afterlife.

[@zzodr]

I don't think they sent us the schematics for the machine to be nearly killed by it.

[@rodsims8471]

What is interesting is she never knew her mothers hand , so how could they ( the aliens ) down load a memory that she never had .

[@Rockybalboarules25]

The aliens must of downloaded a memory Ellie had of her father saying to her "you have your mothers hands". Ellie had a memory of her father saying it to her.

[@allisplendor9329]

I think Ellie, Ellie's dad, Haden, and Hannibal Lector should all get together for an unbirthday tea party, after Ellie goes through her next wormhole so she can meet the True wonderland.

[@rotfaun2852]

A year earlier, this guy was flying around the world, spreading a deadly virus

[@robinjoyjoy]

Jodi Foster's character always 'seems' so popular.... With her dad/ the Vegans Haden and of course Hannibal Lector....

[@shihtzuimperiale1263]

I really liked this movie I might just watch it again if I find it

[@johnsjohn2975]

So she came to heaven ???

[@l3ftpocket]

I always wonder about that when I watched this scene. Good film all around.

[@92littlebluefox]

Sure makes you think!

[@ScreamingYellowMach]

One of the best films ever made.

[@colleenmcgarrity9267]

Carl Sagan was a genius.

[@meathead6155]

Major Baxter!!!!!!

[@HandyKoesnadie]

“We are an interesting species” 2:37

[@susannavaccaro794]

100 per questa scena ✌️