Art of Cinema on Instagram: "This film’s visual style has influenced many directors, including Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Denis Villeneuve, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone, Sam Peckinpah, and Steven Spielberg. Spielberg has often called it his favourite film of all time and the one that inspired him to become a filmmaker. He saw it four times in four consecutive weeks upon its release and later said, “It was the first time seeing a movie, I realized there are them

Science Art History Nature on Instagram: "At first, it looks like a simple shot — young Ellie running to help her father. But when she opens the medicine cabinet, everything changes. The camera pulls back, and suddenly you realize the entire sequence has been unfolding inside a mirror reflection. This seamless illusion from Contact (1997), directed by Robert Zemeckis, is one of cinema’s most brilliant hidden VFX tricks. Using precise digital compositing, the scene bends perspective without ever