Contact

[@imoldgregg8]

I cry everytime i see this. I just wish we could all watch this together on a cosmic projector and stop hurting each other.

[@大平正幸]

素敵な言葉です ありがとう✨🌻

[@conatcha]

Fat chance. We have been hurting each other since de origin of humanity. It's human nature.

[@X-Prime123]

That would be nice.

[@balice806]

I wish this too. With ALL my heart. God Bless You

[@ajb868686]

This is by far the best concept of alien contact. It’s perfect. Beautiful scene

[@Bankable2790]

It's amazing when she starts asking questions and he just says "you have your mother's hands". It's so reassuring to her

[@davidmercado3781]

Garbage scene

[@yahu5988]

Yes i agree Its definitely more soothing then showing the real thing because humans would immediately shy away from their original form becuse that would be freaking ugly

[@ajb868686]

@@davidmercado3781 yet you took time to search for it? Lol

[@nosferatu8530]

Couldn't agree more 🙏

[@rcnelson]

She is so strikingly convincing in this role, almost as if she weren't even acting. Superb performance.

[@wysoft]

never been a huge fan of Foster but she carries the whole movie, totally convincing as a character, and her passion seems beyond real

[@sparklelight]

Indeed😊❤

[@The22on]

@@wysoft I read that Jodie Foster was always interested in space travel.

[@peter.salazar]

It's almost as if she is good at uh actiong!

[@oneuniqueusername]

That's Jodie!

[@IMPHLAmaste]

"You're an interesting species, an interesting mix. You are capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone. Only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing that we've found that makes the emptiness bearable... is each other." I cry each time.

[@scottallison2296]

Its truly beautiful

[@EliteSports24]

IMPHLAmaste my favorite quote in the history of this world. It has changed my life.

[@tinadan308]

I wish I could give 1000 likes. My favorite line of all time.

[@delicioso6424]

I think so.

[@polarmori]

listen to the song "Doves" by We Are All Astronauts

[@sammysam2615]

I'd travel to the ends of the universe just to see, hear, and hold my mom one last time. I'm lost, cut off, and alone without her. The air she breathed was beautiful and the silence is my nightmare. Her memories are the only thing that make the emptiness bearable.

[@Stoepha74]

:'(

[@zenos99]

You'll see her again soon enough. Small moves Sammy, small moves...

[@ElSultan98]

Pff gay

[@joebatimore8893]

Sammy Sam im with u man i have dreams about my mom do u

[@johnwhite5306]

What's with weirdness silence is my nightmare crap. So gay.

[@glacyitefreez4929]

One of the best sci-fi films of all time.

[@user-vf3fg1gl7pMsSandy]

Yes agreed.

[@gdjustdoit1]

Yeah, my all-time favorite.

[@JS-fe8sx]

They needed to follow the books ending.

[@jakemf1]

So underrated

[@90swizard86]

This scene is a creative gem. It defies all precedents, stereotypes, and expectations. It invents a new dream reality, one that reconciles faith and science in purpose and love. The softest and gentlest of climaxes, a perpetual gift of hope.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Question, who where the builders???

[@90swizard86]

@@joethekinghawk7514 The film leaves so much unexplained. It’s a brilliant thought exercise. For me, the existence of these builders emphasizes the unfathomable massiveness of time. Not only are there aliens; there are ancient aliens more advanced even than the heirs of their technology. It also further “humanizes” the Vega aliens. We may tend to attach almost a robotic omniscience to extraterrestrials. This race is just as confounded as we (which is why contact becomes connection). Finally, the builders add a “creation” element - part of the hazy line separating religion and science, where both in fact require faith.

[@theyliveyousleep8965]

Except it’s all hollywood/military deception...manipulating the masses into the “benign alien builders” baloney.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

Well that’s Carl Sagan for you, the ultimate teacher of our most difficult concepts

[@Garyllaz]

Several other movies have used this "alien takes the form of something familiar to the protagonist" trope, tho. Was this the first movie to do it?

[@theolamp5312]

One of the most underappreciated Sci-Fi truth movies of all time.

[@mjdegrey4843]

Lost my dad to bladder cancer in 2019. This scene makes me cry every time I see it. I am nothing without him. Felt so lost ever since, and nothing helps me with my grief.

[@caseycat]

Im so sorry for your loss

[@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441]

Grief has no timetable. Try to take consolation knowing he’s never far away. So sorry for your loss.

[@Rebecca-zr3lu]

To be absent from the body is to be present with the LORD. 🌈🌈🌈Amen

[@zen4men]

Only bodies die. Look yourself right in the eye. In a mirror. And conquer whatever it is you fear. / If you at first fail, do not beat yourself up. Try again. / My technique with Hard Fears, is to deal with an easier fear first - in my case, losing house keys in my house. Once I learnt that it was a process, I could engage that process. The fear was conquered. And I was tested at an unexpected moment, to make sure. / This is how we evolve. /

[@kellibarnhouse6160]

Time away dulls the grief you feel at your loss! 20 years down the road and you will remember them without the tears but you will remember them the last time you spoke to them! I am so sorry for your loss!

[@user-tu5un8jc9v]

I lost my father abruptly when I was 11 and I sometimes dream that I find him, still alive. I used to love this movie as a child, and now I love it even more. This scene always brings me to tears now because I relate to it so much.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Well hold on to your kleenex and watch Spielberg's A.I. from 2000. The end scenes will have you bubbling like a kid. I did.

[@jldog134]

I lost my dad a year ago to cancer I'd give anything to hear him and hug him again.

[@starlesssteelers2882]

Same. I was 8. The scene puts a lump in my throat

[@carolinegodden4364]

I reckon the dreams are is the heavenlies, as long as you dodge ASTRAL YUCK

[@selinaogorman8380]

Reminds me of my mom that passed I know someday I will be with her again and reunite with her love this scene.

[@MissPigments]

Have watched this movie billions of times and it never gets old.. still it remains a favorite of mine 💕💕

[@chrischampagne9469]

billions and billions?

[@lokivato]

Such an enlightening and emotional film

[@orangetwingo]

I've watched 6.89 billion times.

[@selinaogorman8380]

Watched it to many times to count I love this movie and best scene.

[@galactic904]

Same here, it's monumental for it's genre. Incredible performances. The movie popularity isn't that great compared to Star Wars,... with all it's sensless and brutal killings. The alien proved it by saying that humanity isn't ready for any next step. Heck, there's so many nation dictators in the world as well as Ai is just starting to make a huge impact in the next 100 years. We're not ready one bit.

[@SinCityBluffrat]

The part in this scene that makes me cry is when he turns to the sky, bringing her attention up, so they can view the meteor shower he missed seeing with her when she was a child, waiting for him on the roof with the telescope, because he collapsed and died downstairs. The aliens were so compassionate to give her that experience.

[@RIUUI007]

Wow, I never even thought of it like that. :)

[@harvestcanada]

I would be Stewie and the snowflake, I would be miffed, everyone in the world chips in causing the deaths of innocent people and that alien just gives us riddles?

[@RIUUI007]

Good point.

[@directive0]

This is one of my most favourite and cherished movies and I have never EVER thought of that. Good catch.

[@davecrupel2817]

faith1277 quite reflective of how they actually are. (: Carl Sagan knew stuff....

[@costajunior1956]

You're not alone I cry every single time. Carl Sagan left us a great legacy. Impossible not to get emotional.

[@The22on]

Who else but Carl could persuade NASA to turn the Voyager space camera around to take a photo of Earth as seen from near Jupiter. This photo is called 'THE PALE BLUE DOT' because the Earth looks like a tiny dot from that distance. it gives us what Carl calls A COSMIC PERSPECTIVE of our planet. Earth is so tiny in a vast ocean of space. Our ancestors didn't know this. They thought Earth was the center of the universe and everything went around us. They thought we were important. Now we know we are a meaningless speck orbiting an ordinary star in an ordinary galaxy. That means that the only meaning our lives have is the meaning we give it. We can't look up to 'heaven' for guidance because there is no heaven.If we want heaven, we must make it ourselves on this rock that is hurtling through space. Our journey will end one day and all our hopes and dreams and worries and joys and sadness will be lost forever... "like tears... in the rain" (to quote Bladerunner). And to quote the Bard, "Life is a tale told by an idiot... full of sound and fury... signifying........nothing."

[@costajunior1956]

Nate couldn’t say better myself 😃

[@rickogden204]

@@The22on I think Carl was an envoy to try to teach a younger generation of the beauty and vastness of the cosmos....I for one aged 13 when Cosmos aired on TV in the UK was captivated by its scale and Carl's wonderful narration.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@The22on It's just that we as a species kind of FUCK UP that "having each other" thing. We added a bit: "Having each other to kill"

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 All predators are universally fucked up that way.

[@magicznyrafal]

In my opinion, this is the best movie about first contact. I remember when I was kid and I saw this for the first time and how big impression he made on me.

[@Bankable2790]

For real. It introduces so many scientific concepts in a solid manner. The astronomer Carl Sagan wrote it and it's so fitting, because his primary and overarching criticism of society was that it was becoming increasingly dependent upon complex technologies, even before he died in 1996, but that almost no one in our society understood those complex technologies. It makes sense that he introduced a truly sound understanding of all of the science of radio astronomy and the search for intelligent life and what it would mean for humanity in the way that he did in this novel. RIP Carl Sagan

[@Bankable2790]

@Toby Mcguire wat wat

[@Bankable2790]

This is very random but perhaps someone will read. When I went to college there was a stack of old National Geographic magazines that the school was giving away at the library for free. I took a bunch of them and to my surprise found a small vinyl sheet which was a record which could be played on a turntable. I popped it in my record player and it was Carl Sagan, with recordings of blue whales which were sent into space on the Voyager probes. How cool is that!! RIP Carl Sagan

[@travisbickle3458]

You are a very lucky man/woman :)

[@barbararipani1331]

I really loved your story. Beautiful.

[@Bankable2790]

@@barbararipani1331 Yeah I really need to film it and upload it to KZbin. Definitely rare!

[@anuka53]

this is very cool!!

[@Bankable2790]

I found a link to a recording, it's actually not Carl Sagan but still interesting nonetheless! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5KUlpKXlrGpb5Y&ab_channel=UrbanXplorerIDaho

[@MAMP]

I just realized that the 3 palm trees in the background of this scene match the palm trees in the drawing that she shows her dad in the very beginning of the movie!!! I love this movie!!!!

[@Kingdom12]

She mentions that it's like Pensacola

[@msmith8511]

Foreshadowing

[@04dram04]

you can experience the very experience for yourself. Its obvious that this movie represents astral travel. I have experienced this myself. Just meditate until you reach astral travel. It is exactly like this. I know i sound like Im full of shit, but the one's that have done this, know that Im right. The all is mind. The universe is mental. # The Kybalion

[@skrivervik]

When you mentioned this, I couldn't help think about the possibility of hallucination. I mean, the palms from her drawings, her dad being the alien, enough data for the brain to create a mental construct. I'm currently reading Carl's demon-haunted world, and he talks about spontaneous temporal lobe hallucinations quite a bit, which made me question if that may be implied in this scene... I should read the novel, as i presume the alien encounter is quite different there.

[@The22on]

@@skrivervik Read about the 'god helmet". It has a magnet in it that makes you 'see god'. Not kidding.

[@jamesdrynan]

Whereas 2001 is a cool, clinical look at space and immortality, this movie has a warm, soothing heart at its core. There is a comforting yet awesome glimpse into a limitless future that transcends our Earthbound existence. Love is all you need. Thanks, Carl! And thanks to Foster and her performance as everyone.

[@timmundorff2354]

Agreed. Films with "a warm, soothing heart" ain't Stanley...although 2OO1 is the greatest piece of cinema yet made, IMHO.

[@ikagura]

Two sides of the same coin. I love each books and movies for what they did to the sci-fi genre.

[@HiddenSorrow15]

My dad and I loved this movie when I was growing up and would watch it together often. When my dad walked me down the aisle he looked at me and said "are you ready sparks?"

[@CraigGrande]

This is really about universal consciousness. How she says “others need to see what I’ve seen” or whatever. Each person must take their own journey to discover meaning in life. “This is how it’s been done for millions of years.” How the only thing that helps with the loneliness is knowing there are others out there. This is Elle realizing that she must connect with other humans to truly be happy. Absolutely brilliant.

[@ryerye1111]

"Billions" and agreed

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Question, who where the builders???

[@slyslaughter5115]

bingo

[@edwardvgarrick8748]

@@joethekinghawk7514possibly a reference to the Annuanaki. “Star gate” if you will. The lights in the man’s hand could be a representation of the Pleadies star cluster. When he said “we were just listening” this is I believe a reference to the Vril Society which if you look up Maria Orsic you’ll see how similar her and Jodi foster look. You don’t have to believe this but if you do you can research the Vril Society,Aldebaran Mystery,Annunaki. Not saying you’ll find it if interest but perhaps if you like a good “story” it may peak your interest. I follow it but it’s all on you.

[@gadeonmusic]

I was trying to find someone talking about this. What Ellie saw was apparently a more developed type of consciousness showing her that as humans we need to evolve to get to those levels.

[@MatterinoTV]

2:57 "What happens now?" is the same line that Matthew McConoughey says as the tesseract is collapsing in on him in Interstellar. I find that interesting as both lines are said after the main character finds out about alien contact!

[@sjh3217]

May have been a conscious homage. TBH I was half-hoping that Jodie Foster would have showed up as a technician or some such cameo in _Interstellar,_ so she could watch Matthew take his own journey through the wormhole. But that would have been too obvious a joke.

[@DrHotelMario]

​@@sjh3217 I have a fan theory, that an alternate universe version of Ellie was Murph's late mother. It's where she got her genius from.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

Not alien contact in interstellar. The “aliens” in interstellar are actually post-humans

[@gutierrezsuarezjoserefugio5865]

David Morse is an excellent, marvelous, lovely underrated actor My fav 😍❤

[@karensinger1924]

Ce B OMG, thank you I feel the same and was looking for a “like mind”! 😊

[@The22on]

It always bugged the shit outta me that they dressed Morse like an extra from the Broadway show, Oklahoma!

[@jeanmcw.4403]

Yes - mostly I loved him in The Green Mile, but this is another touching performance by him.

[@tomspotley5733]

He also often plays a US army soldier who turns bad.

[@Locadel2003]

I liked him also in The rock and his role in 12 monkeys was great! Also he was wasted in World war Z, interesting role

[@warlordwinters]

This scene gives me hope that one day humanity can get their shit together and become part of something bigger than we could ever imagine

[@albertomartin4812]

Yes! The future is incredibly exciting.

[@edredwhittingham4417]

Beautifully put!

[@g24g]

​@@albertomartin4812 except there is no future... humanity will destroy our only home soon

[@DarknessIsThePath]

That depends on what you mean getting their shit together.

[@deadreckoning6288]

Forgive me if I'm pessimistic about that. Humanity seems to be going backward these days.

[@riogrande5761]

This a beautiful scene and Jodie Foster plays the role so well. The way she looks - the wonder, the emotion .... wow.

[@jbro8934]

Fun fact: this scene was filmed on the same beach where Andy and Red reunited at the end of The Shawshank Redemption. It's in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

[@sicwititdimeful]

Get busy livin or get busy dying

[@santiagoferrari1973]

its not Zihuatanejo?!

[@nickcurry100]

Dat is interesting.

[@alanwashstuff216]

@@sicwititdimeful Brooks was here, so was Red.

[@thiagor.8821]

Looks like chroma key to me

[@ScreamingYellowMach]

"And there are others?" "Many others" Absolutely love this scene.

[@nonconsensualopinion]

That gets me and so does: "We didn't build it. We don't know who did. No, they were gone long before we got here." As a kid, that was the 'oh' moment for me. That was when I realized I was thinking too small. I imagined "us", the humans, and that somewhere out in space it was "them", the aliens... once species of aliens. That line made me realize that there could be alien civilizations that rose and fell before others ever began. I realized that even super advanced aliens by our standards might encounter technology they don't understand from even more advanced civilizations. Oh, and "this is the way it's been done for billions of years."

[@youngshw89]

He says it so casually as if that’s not even a question.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

@@nonconsensualopinion billions seems like a ordinary term for aliens

[@sjh3217]

@@nonconsensualopinion the novel expands on this. His civilization is something like a billion years old - they were literally _building galaxies_ when multicellular life was just starting to get big on Earth. And yet, for all that time they have been utterly unable to solve the mystery of who (or what) built the wormhole network that allowed them to actually make contact across the stars (a network that is implied to span not just our galaxy, but the entire known universe), and just where the hell they went, if anywhere at all. Not even their contacts in other galaxies have ever figured it out.

[@TriteNight1218]

@@sjh3217 thanks for posting that from the novel. Those are mind expanding ideas from the great Carl Sagan

[@lifewithmejessiemarie2570]

My dad and I use to talk about the universe and existence and all the possibilities out there...he died of a heart attack almost 6 years ago...I saw this movie as a kid...and it must have planted that seed of curiosity about the stars....never watched it again until last night...and it had a profoundly emotional and spiritual impact on me....really trying to understand, question, and discuss all the possibilities is what makes life interesting and worth living to me...I relate to her character so much...and after losing my dad...I always beluve he returned to the stars and knows all now...truly..a wonderful film to experience....

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Sorry for your loss 😪

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Question, who where the builders???

[@michaelberry3862]

I had a dream about this beach many years ago. I felt the warm wind on my skin, I heard the music in the air and felt a sense of peace I've never experienced before. I could have stayed there for eternity.

[@walidzein1]

wow lucky you this dream means that you have a pure soul and a good life

[@AnthroTeacher]

The best dream I ever had was after I stuck through a slight nightmare and went outdoors and it felt so amazing and warm and I was splashing in a puddle that was so clear.

[@jesserdannq.abella1468]

I had a very similar dream too. I was gliding along the shores of a beautiful, moonlit beach. Didn't want i to end.

[@bethanienettleton388]

I've dreamt of this place too.. always thought it was the afterlife

[@michaelberry3862]

@@bethanienettleton388 Maybe it is

[@Danthehorse]

This made me cry before I lost my dad. Even more now.

[@davecrupel2817]

I'm so sorry......😢

[@virgilio539]

always remember what does he thought you because is so proud of you and don’t worry keep it in your mind he is in you hart and memories.

[@virgilio539]

We believe we are alone but the heart unites us, we are alone in spice but unite in hearts.

[@virgilio539]

We believe we are alone and blind but we need time to raise the light or touch in your case maybe, just maybe we need to know that we were never alone alone confused, without knowing where to look.

[@ElAurian]

I lost mine 6 years ago. Still miss him so much. This scene always makes me cry.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

This is one scene we ALL wish could be true, with ourselves in it.

[@thelazyslowmotionlayover1414]

Indeed why not 😲😀

[@guillermovaccarezza7105]

The novel has such a powerful concept, Sagan defies the concept of God while at the same time reinforcing it…”we don’t know who built the machine that connects us” , then Ellie has to have pleople rely on “faith” to believe her… that ‘s clever writting!! Sagan was a genius and this movie adaptation is absolutely brilliant and beautiful. Life changing experience from watching this movie!!

[@user72974]

There's my favorite part of the movie (and the book, which I admit I haven't read). It's a sci fi movie that manages to make faith one of its central themes. That's a hell of an accomplishment. It's had an impact on my way of thinking.

[@riseandshinemrfriman5925]

Agreed. Just found this movie and was blown away by it. And the fact that it's a movie adaptation of a novel Carl Sagan wrote...incredibly well done. It's a gem.

[@motherbrain2000]

I think you may be the only person in these comments that understood the ending. If she went back with proof, civilization might Collapse. her story, and she her self, must be “canonized”. It Has to start as a religion of sorts, for who knows how many hundreds of years.

[@sjh3217]

You’re more on the nose than you think - in the book, his people discovered actual evidence left behind by the creator of the universe hiding deep inside the digits of Pi, and at the very end Ellie finds it herself as proof of her journey.

[@ilgwent1508]

Wow, I cry like a baby everytime when I see this scene.

[@rijin9460]

Me too mate 💗

[@georgemulford2910]

me three

[@graceelizabethedgin486]

the very beautiful message that the alien sends ❤

[@MarkBond1111]

Indeed

[@jesusalfredofernandezcruz1833]

X5

[@aaronsrok3422]

always loved how human the alien is. "the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other".

[@samsquanch1996]

One of the best scenes in any movie I've ever seen.

[@gordonpingenot1731]

Jodie is excellent in all her films, but this is my favorite. What a truly amazing actress she is.

[@jelanitarik7423]

I agree Contact is a superb film and the music supports the story so well it touches your soul.

[@gspendlove]

Notice one of the first things this representative from another civilization does is reach out and touch Ellie's face. It seems his experience of meeting one of us isn't complete. Speaking with Ellie simply isn't enough. He must have tactile sensation as well. He must make contact.

[@sskoog]

Something I take away from (and love about) the scene is that the aliens, too, understand the feeling of loneliness. They know what it is to be 'alone,' to desire contact, company, camaraderie. They may even understand the pain of loss, as suggested by the father-shapeshifting and 'I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, Princess.' It's a very novel and inspiring and not-much-used concept in science fiction: the aliens want to know us, because they find the companionship of mutual knowledge to be a warm, comforting, desirable thing. I'm not sure if this is how the galaxy really works, but I like the optimism.

[@marsel4812]

@@sskoog or those aliens could understand human's feeling simply because they are able to upload and read ellie's mind.. but I guess some feeling/psychological emotions are universal... like the capability to feel loneliness, to feel lost, and love.

[@shadowhunter6391]

I'd like to imagine this is what happens when we die

[@mr.barkyvonschnauzer1710]

Me too. I hope we live in a simulation and it's programmed to give us everlasting happiness after we died but sadly I don't think so.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

@@mr.barkyvonschnauzer1710By design all you can do is make the most of what you have. If you use this as your guiding principle in life and genuinely take its meaning seriously it actually leads to not only success but happiness. Stop dwelling on the impossible and start at least building the steps towards what makes the seemingly impossible possible. Thats how humanity has survived longer than the constellations. We keep going. Forward, Upward, Outward. As corny as that sounds its the path of our species right now. And who knows where it goes from there.

[@operationstayalive]

"No, no test." such a perfect scene, powerful beyond words.

[@trippyraspo542]

As soon as I started playing this video, I started tearing up...one of the best scenes of any movie, ever.

[@Bankable2790]

Amen, it really is. Certainly in the top 10

[@selinaogorman8380]

Mine to love this movie it’s beautiful well done.

[@gluecksdrache2054]

I am convinced that you will really like the "First Signal movie".

[@swperlindah]

This scene made me feel so many things when I was a kid, I was scared and felt cold but warm at the same time and it's so sad, humanity is still so lost some ways, there are lots of things to understand.

[@agnesreginaszabo9404]

The Earth is awakening by the help of Humanity. There are more and more people every day who realize what their true nature is. There is Hope ❤️🙏🌍

[@chrisbondio2394]

Best part of the movie.

[@kierano5496]

I will never forget watching Contact at the movies, and I have watched it quite a few times since. Such a beautiful, rich movie. I had heard bad reviews about it at the time, so I was surprised when I was blown away by it at the movies. I still remember watching when Ellie was walking out onto the space thing, and that big wheel was going around and around, and I could feel my seat vibrating. I was so excited. It was like I was strapped in the seat with her. And then when the wormhole started and that silent bit when she takes in the vista of this whole galaxy in front of her, so far from home. It truly felt that I was in the middle of the universe. Surreal. And I loved the ending on the celestial beach, so beautiful and meaningful. So great and satisfying rather than ending with little green men. A sophisticated beautiful experience. in fact I think I might have had this movie in my subconscious when I finished the camino at Finisterra and had the thought that it is the people in your life that give it meaning.

[@xman8157]

By far, one of the best scenes in this movie!

[@BartleyTroyan]

We didn't build it. We don't know who did. No, they were gone long before we ever got here. Maybe someday they'll come back. You have your mother's hands. You are an interesting species, an interesting mix. You are capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone. Only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other. Thank you Carl.

[@andrewk16]

I love how this scene illustrates the vastness of the cosmos and how insignificant we, on a individual level vs. the whole species, can seem on the great timeline of the "contact." I can feel that there is great wisdom in making this process deliberately long, which may take generations, for humans to fully become part of the larger intergalactic community (if they choose to) especially given how divided humans can be as the movie also shows us. The process must take its time and in "small moves." Happy 25th anniversary (released on 7/11/1997) to this great film!

[@Tradingdream11111]

That’s what satanists want you to believe That you are insignificant

[@fllmerp]

@@Tradingdream11111 lol even in the eyes of abrahamic faith we are insignificant before god. stfu

[@steveogle3679]

Everything is significant.

[@ninepuchar1]

I agree. The humility and the humbleness required to reach such stage requires time and effort. Human is still maturing.

[@nosferatu8530]

She should have gotten an Oscar for her role in this movie.....🙏🙏

[@chriswilson3126]

I love the optimism of this scene. It reminds me of Jor El's words to Superman in the original movie; "They are a great species Kal El and they wish to be, they only lack the light to show them the way". I'm not sure if Sagan wrote Contact before that movie or not, but either way it's a good message.

[@GrooveYouVerse]

The second she cracked when she said "dad?" and then hugged him. That's it, game over for me. It also makes me wonder how the aliens empathized for her so much to portray her father and see her reaction.

[@sitnspin1819]

You just know all of them were watching that first contact!

[@GrooveYouVerse]

@@sitnspin1819 with space popcorn lol

[@davecrupel2817]

They might be empathetic souls by nature. :)

[@nonconsensualopinion]

@@davecrupel2817 I think they have to be. It's like she said in the movie: "How did you survive this technological adolescence?" I think malicious civilizations destroy themselves when their technology gets sufficiently advanced. When an atomic bomb can fit in a suitcase or a biological agent can be carried in a pocket a civilization does not persist unless it is populated with benevolent individuals. Or if there are no individuals, but a unified consciousness. Though for that you need to have reached advanced technology. Same reason I don't believe in hell. Either gods don't exist which makes the idea of hell kind of impossible in my opinion, or gods do exists but they have to be benevolent. Otherwise I just feel that absolute power combined with evil or pettiness would lead to self destruction.

[@whale7515]

@@davecrupel2817 So Native Americans said when they saw Columbus at first.

[@F5Storm1]

Is it me or am I the only one that gets emotional at this scene? I miss my grandpa and I hope I meet him again one day

[@hanniballecter3685]

No you are not 😉

[@edd4816]

I'm sure you'll get to speak to him again one day

[@user-us2zg5uy5c]

Not at all. When she says, "Dad", I lose it.

[@jelanitarik7423]

You are not alone. 😢

[@TheRealAwesomePossum]

"Hi Sparks." What an emotional encounter with your loved one after they passed.

[@thejoeyd9207]

I would've been WAY more adamant about getting some more questions answered haha

[@MrDa55555]

She tried, small steps, this is the way it's been done for billions of years.

[@Jayyy667]

MrDa55555 no, it's a movie based off a book. Worse first contact movie ever

[@MrDa55555]

Obviously it's make believe! But the concept is a good one, assuming benevolent beings advanced beyond anything we will be in the next many thousand years.

[@livingforever6157]

@Universal Mother if you really want to be honest, the first interaction with the alien was a lie. They tried to deceive her by creating an image of her father. The woman spent her entire life wanting to prove that life exists outside of our solar system, only to be belittled as "not ready" by the alien. She didnt have to stay, but the least they could've done was introduced themselves in their natural state. I recognize the concern about our destructive nature. If we're destroying ourselves, why bother with any dialogue? I dont think that our species should be quarantined, especially if they believe that in this vast and bleak emptiness that "all we have is each other". I was glad that the choice was made for her to be the one to go. I'm glad we saw an opportunity to engage, however I didnt feel any hope in his message. I felt disappointment.

[@Kharmatos13]

read the book. there's actually like 5 people who go and meet the aliens and they all ask a shit ton of questions.

[@KotiChennayya]

I lost my dad when m 14 , and this scene makes sense.

[@nosferatu8530]

Hello, I am so sorry for your loss. Please keep in mind, your dad is only one single thought away from you 🙏

[@ImJiom]

this is exactly the kind of introduction I would expect from a space faring civilization who has their entire civilizations knowledge and thoughts behind a first contact

[@rijin9460]

No matter how many times i watch this... It always bring me tears 💖

[@thebadseed90]

The way she says dad is heart breaking

[@Benyikoko]

Scene always makes me cry when he starts talking about humanity and our species...

[@Locadel2003]

The Accused, Freaky Friday, Flightplan, Inside man, Maverick, Carnage, Only the Brave, Panic room, Taxi Driver, Silence of the lambs & Contact. These are what made Jodie Foster the legend she is now and Contact one of his most underrated interesting movies, I still get many chills at the last half of this movie

[@TerrillFischer]

"We didn't build it. We don't know who did."

[@nonconsensualopinion]

Possibly my favorite line. As a child it was the moment that I realized there could be multiple alien civilizations, not just the "aliens" I imagined from sci-fi. Civilizations on a spectrum of technological advancement, spread across billions of years with some overlapping in time and others long before any others.

[@selinaogorman8380]

My favorite scene I love when Ellie reunited with her dad reminds me of seeing my mom in a dream in heaven.

[@Splub]

@Reezy37 What a creepy alien. You couldn't trust anything they say with that level of emotional manipulation.

[@raviolipaw9015]

❤️

[@selinaogorman8380]

@Reezy37maybe to you but I believe that’s her passed on father it took her time to realize it’s her dad because our loved ones can be anywhere anyplace he passed away and one day I will return and reunite with my mom that passed away our loved ones that passed away are way higher then we are and more advanced intelligent they understand who they are and where they came from us are minds are limited to this understanding it will be more clear when we pass away someday!

[@MavericksDrone]

A wonderful film ,and a salute to those now slowly letting us know.

[@pauldow1648]

Carl Sagan imagined a beautifully fantastic encounter. Anthropomorphic, psychological, endearingly revealing an innermost love of faith and hope for us.

[@Alinktome]

This scene makes me emotional just because I have 2 daughters, and I love them.

[@thelocalfortuneteller]

I had... an experience. Of belonging. Of unconditional love. And for the first time in my life I wasn't terrified, and I wasn't alone.

[@darknightsoup]

This scene makes so much sense on many levels and dimensions without having the words to explain it.

[@robertjohnson1602]

It seemed to take forever to get to this point in the movie, but the wait was worth it. Whatever your thoughts about human life on other planets, one of the most visually beautiful scenes in cinema. The soundtrack only compliments how special this moment is.

[@Light_spot_]

Exactly

[@necsoiub]

Such a beautiful movie. Why can't they make movies like this anymore?...

[@mustang6172]

Ever notice the waves are moving away from the beach instead of towards it?

[@chrisstath8268]

astute observation in dreams everything usually is back to front..like fonts.

[@JR-ly2pu]

It’s pretty interesting to think about. How can we get along with another species out there if we cant even get along with each other on our own planet?

[@dominicksebastien2254]

You know, I think, at least until now (who knows what the future will bring) we got along pretty well, if you look at it objectively. Yes, there are wars, and evil things people do but most of the time in most of the places, people get along just fine. Most people show at least some level of respect, care, empathy, concern. Most people most of the time want peace and dislike war. We base too much of our perception on media, screens and news that never report on normal day to day things but only on extraordinary events and almost always bad ones. This cannot be our reference, it only makes us hate each other, it's not good.

[@ianmeade7441]

​@@dominicksebastien2254 also, a vast majority of our greed and conflict is product of scarcity. Not that we shouldn't strive for good-natured cooperation in the face of limited resources, but those limits in-and-of themselves exacerbate our worst qualities. A level of technology that removes scarcity would see less people born into over-stressed families, which would probably lead to a reduction of over-gaurded, hyper-competitive mindsets. How we behave as adults is shaped heavily by our childhood, which is so fragile under scarcity.

[@dominicksebastien2254]

@@ianmeade7441 Indeed, it's been said that it's basic problem in economy - limited resources, unlimited desires. But I wouldn't limit this only on natural resources. We also strive for power, for our decisions to have an impact. It's interesting to note that empires, precisely during their golden ages, also had need to expand even further precisely when, comparatively speaking, they had less problems with scarcity...

[@MAMP]

2:51 when he says "eachother", its the only part where his voice has reverb. I think the makers of the movie wanted that point to be made.

[@georgemulford2910]

It also emphasises the idea of loneliness in the universe. IE an echo in a vast place.

[@Jovian12]

One of those movies that hurts so much harder once you've experienced that grief for yourself. I love it when sci-fi stories allow themselves be sentimental.

[@Johnny_Thunder]

They picked the perfect actor for the role of her Father, David Morse is such a naturally sympathetic actor, it worked perfectly, pure magic. An underrated classic.

[@kirole7381]

Always loved this movie, and this scene. So mysterious, and so touching.

[@peregrinefalcon1254]

I lost my mother a few month ago… I see her smiling in my dreams very often… and I wake up crying. I hope in the day I die, I get the chance to see her, and hug her, even if just for a moment. This scene makes the existing wound in my heart bleed. Wherever you are mom, know that I miss you everyday, and it hurts… it hurts.

[@Powerhaus88]

I only wish that were true

[@samantharocker9694]

I lost my father 12 years ago. It hurt so badly. I would dream of him and hug him so tightly. The deep hurt goes away, only showing up randomly. Take as long as you need to heal. You will see her again, one day. God bless.

[@Robert44444444]

I saw this movie at a weekend matinee screening in Manhattan Beach on opening weekend in July '97. It remains one of my top 5 favorite movie going experiences ever. The theater was PACKED and when it came to this scene, you could hear a pin drop in that theater, everyone was just mesmerized by the scene.

[@1BrknHrtdRomeo]

I will never get tired of this movie

[@TurboBMRProjectLove]

You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone. Only you're not.

[@walterlithgow6644]

Love that movie... I had a huge spiritual experience after I watched it... I'll never forgot it. Watch how the water moves in this scene. The spiritual experiences I've had in my life felt like that looks. Everyone and every thing including me was a very mellow liquid all at once. I wish there was a button to push inside my head to recreate that whenever I needed it.

[@davecrupel2817]

Walter Lithgow you likely experienced Astral Travel. This movie is based on very real things, friend. From one Higher-Mind to another, blessings to you.

[@Jayyy667]

Walter Lithgow smoke another one geek

[@agnesreginaszabo9404]

There's a button indeed, you can create anything you want. You just have to find the switch 😉🗝️🌈❤️

[@TheCoolProfessor]

The only movie I've seen about a first contact situation with an extraterrestrial species that moved me this much was Starman.

[@AnthroTeacher]

Red light stop. Green light go. Yellow light go really fast.

[@Johnny_Thunder]

Starman another underrated classic that was so wonderfully moving.

[@maggs131]

I know there is no grey area with this movie. People either love it as I do or hate it but if any film ever should have a sequel it's this one. This was a first step, in time you'll take another. I'd like to see that next step

[@kevinsparks5611]

Lost my dad one year after watching that movie. I get it 😢

[@666thunderz]

What i would give to see my dad one more time.. i sometimes dream about him being alive somewhere and he is just angry, that he doesn't want to come back home.. and then i cry.. feels so real.. if only i could see him one more time and tell him how much i loved him

[@bijeliris183]

See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

[@きんぐクリムゾン]

宇宙観、宗教観、倫理観全てを含んで正解では無いかも知れないが決して間違っていない人の想いを本当に強く感じさせてくれる素晴らしい解釈、作品だと思います。

[@predatortheme]

whiter417 The tropical island is from her memory... its a picture she drew in her childhood before her dad died... you can actually see it ^^

[@rustynail3893]

I cry watching this. I first saw this movie in school. I'm thankful that my teacher showed us this. I held the tears in then but let them out now. Such an amazing movie.

[@mahdsaed]

Best scene that epitomizes the whole movie.unlike ugly looking aliens who are hostile and in belligerent state before any contact and who seek to to destroy earth or recolonise it,this one adopts a more realistic hypothesis. In just the same way we are curiuous about them, they are the same about us.i love it.

[@ls60fd]

I love it when she asks "Do we get to come back?" the way she moves/bobs her head like fishing/hoping for a yes.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Noticed how brief the alien kept that conversation. He was THAT uninterested. Like conversing with an 🐜.

[@thetruth2509]

“Small steps.” It wasn’t that he was uninterested. It’s simply that he knew we could only handle so much mind blowing information at one time.

[@ivyme5783]

Only a stupid egocentric primitive alien would think he is superior to another species We recognize intelligence in ants, don't we? Pretty sure a super advanced alien could know better

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

@@thetruth2509 Fair enough.

[@castafioreomg]

In the book she spent hours on the island discussed many things...

[@DerAdler82]

​@@castafioreomg I always thought that she was sent back quickly on purpose because of the space-time distortion compared to time on Earth. Very few minutes for her would be equivalent to dozens of hours on Earth. And in fact at the very end of the movie they say that the video-unit has recorded 18hrs of static, even tho people on Earth just saw the sphere fall straight into the water.

[@SilentKnight43]

Carl Sagan truly gifted us all with this magnificent story. Loved the movie...loved the book even more (IMO the book had a better, more satisfying ending).

[@georgenambo2685]

Beautiful powerful scene, can't help but shed especially😢 if you lost a loved one, still great scene that explains a possible explanation of intelligent species

[@skyguy1988]

in all our searching, the only thing that we found that made the emptiness bearable...was each other. *cries a lot*

[@Supernaut2000]

A timeless classic. Imagine if a sequel was made, referring to small steps in time...

[@fabiozatz8769]

I love this film. One of my personal favorites. This scene bring tears to my eyes every time I see it.

[@rickogden204]

God bless Mr Carl Sagan...Thank you for helping me understand my place in our wonderful universe

[@CLAUDIOILTEXANO]

This is just like a near death experience but it's not your time yet and you're sent back

[@RNJuiceable]

tears me to pieces every time I see this scene. Brilliant in every way... absolutely moving

[@gavindajyajya]

I've been *OK TO GO* for years! This film is definitely one of the better ones.

[@3putt548]

This is the greatest scene ever! Jody’s facial expression when she see’s her father again is ???? There are no words to describe it. Nobody could have played this scene better. David Morse was also a perfect fit as the father. What a tremendous acting duo these two were in this scene. It’s imprinted in my mind forever!

[@paulsbdul1757]

🤗

[@sergeantram1205]

One of the best movies ever and probably would be one of the most accurate one too

[@HotelAVJobs]

I named my Daughter Ellie after my love for this film. This scene makes my cry every time...

[@kilroy987]

You travel across the galaxy, hoping for some profound message, and you find a bunch of people, in a lot of civilizations, all in a giant cosmic community. When all this time, on earth, everyone, every country, is just trying to find their greatness.

[@ishaansejpal249]

BEAUTIFUL

[@kilroy987]

I'll admit the first time I saw this, I was disappointed. But it didn't take long for me to realize no alien design would have satisfied everyone and it would have just been another alien flavor of the week. The cosmic community aspect didn't mean a lot to me either. It was after I had adulted for a while that I felt the simplicity of what it meant and what is so easy for us as a people to forget.

[@sjh3217]

@@kilroy987 Fun fact: Carl Sagan is actually the reason that you never saw the aliens in _2001._ He was the one who suggested to Kubrick that they only ever be suggested rather than shown directly. So it only made sense that he put the same idea in his own story.