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| 05.17.04 (3:43 pm) [edit] |
The movie Contact is such a thought provoking film to show to high school students. This is my 3rd year showing the movie and I usually wait until the end of the year in my Physics class. We watch it in 3 parts, and I give them a 'questions' sheet for each day. An example question is "what is the significance of the porch scene (with the priest)" and/or "what drives Dr. Arroway in her search for life?"
Today we watched part 1, up the when the 'signal' first arrives. The scene with her on the car, headphones on, and the camera closing in on her eyes as the signal arrives is one of my favorite scenes ever. And this scene is a great example of the difference between widescreen and TV screen dimensions. In the "cut" video version which I rented when it first came out, that classic scene has the camera closing in on only ONE of her eyes. With the 'letterbox' (movie theater) version we get to see both eyes open in shock as she gets her first signs of the signal. There is such a difference in the impact that each screen version delivers that it is wirth debating on. How many years until all of the old TV "Boxes" are dead and we all have the wide flat digital screens? Think about how rare a black and white TV are. Will the old CRT tube boxes be as ancient in 10-15 years? I hope so. Then we will no longer have to view axed versions of classic cinematography.
One more thing. My students have the ultimate assignment. Write a major term paper that answers the following question: Did Dr. Arroway really go on the 'trip' inthe movie, or was it a hallucination?
What do you think?
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posted by: SheSpecies (reply)
post date: 05.18.04 (3:48 pm)
Ya know? That's one of those movies I always meant to watch but never got around to. I tend to have a short-ish attention span for movies anyhow.
I might check that one out at Blockbuster next time I pop in there...you've certainly piqued my interest in it.
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