Thank you. You described and elucidated the major themes of the film and I am deeply appreciative. I also wept when I first saw this film
This is the top film of the millennium for me. I have seen it it maybe 20 times and each time a new facet of Being is presented. I wish I could describe the feeling of being outside time and containing all of time.
In my avocation (interdimensional healing) I work outside time, so I found this story fascinating to say the least.
Even the aliens remind me of aliens I encountered billions of years before I incarnated on Earth, or maybe its just an accessed memory.
I have written many stories on time. Here is a link to the most recent one: if you are so inclined.