Contact (1978 film)
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Running time | 9 min 47 sec |
Country | Soviet Union |
Contact or Kontakt (
Plot
During a beautiful summer day a painter walks around countryside. He stops by a butterfly thinking that some people would kill it to add to their collection, but the painter smiles and lets it fly away. Similarly, the painter watches a bird, but instead of capturing it, he lets it fly away as well. Going over a hill the painter finds a picturesque pond, and being extremely happy rushes towards it to have a rest next to the water.
While he is resting on the grass, humming the tune of
Unable to move further because of hurt leg, the painter covers his head with his hands, ready to accept his fate. The alien approaches the painter and tries to hum the same tune that the painter hummed earlier, but makes some mistakes. The painter understands that the alien is friendly, tries to teach him how to hum the tune, and they walk away together hand in hand.
The film has no
Influence and recognition
Even though The Godfather films were not distributed in the Soviet Union,[citation needed] the theme music was familiar to Soviet people thanks to this short film.[1]
Contact received awards at the following festivals:[2]
- XVIII Festival of science fiction films in Trieste, 1979
- VIII Festival of short and documentary films in Lille, 1979
References
- ^ a b Есть "Контакт"!.., Андрей Щербак-Жуков (in Russian)
- ^ Information about Vladimir Tarasov on animator.ru (in Russian)
Bibliography
- Soviet Film. 1979. p. 3.
- Soviet Film, Volumes 332-343. Sovexportfilm. 1985. p. 85.
- Soviet Film. 1986. p. 84.
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto (23 October 2015). Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 292. ISBN 9781317519911.
External links
- Kontakt (1978) at IMDb
- Contact at Letterboxd
- Information about the film Contact on animator.ru (in English)
- "Soviet dreams of the future". Sudo Null IT News. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "THE MAGIC OF THE TURNED LENS: CONTACT". Paneurasianist Weeb. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "Contact [2]". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 24 September 2021.