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CONTEXT NOTE: Topic: Film Review of Interstellar in the Style of Popular CONTEXT NOTE: Topic: Film review of Interstellar in the style of popular film review site Rotten Tomatoes. Audience: Mainly American males in their 20’s, but online film reviews do have a very broad audience demographically, so I will make it accessible to any potential reader. Persona: Professional/Technical while still being accessible to a general audience that is not necessarily educated on this specific film or in film language in general. Purpose: To inform a general audience about the film Interstellar, from empirical facts about the film and plot, to a critique of the film which is meant to help the reader decide whether or not to see the movie. Some readers will have already seen the movie, and will benefit from the review by hearing a different perspective on the film. I made sure not to put any spoilers in the review, which allows any reader to remain interested and captivated. - Jackson Hyland-Lipski INTERSTELLAR Directed by Christopher Nolan Written by Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan SYNOPSIS: With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. © Paramount Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi In Theaters: November 7, 2014 (Wide) Box Office: $120.9M Runtime: 2 hr. 49 min. (169 min.) Rating: PG-13 Production: Paramount Pictures Audience Score: 87% (4.2/5) CAST: Critic Score: 74% (7.4/10) Matthew McConaughey as Cooper SCREENSHOTS: Anne Hathaway as Amelia Brand Jessica Chastain as adult Murph Mackenzie Foy as child Murph Michael Caine as Professor Brand Timothée Chalamet as child Tom Casey Affleck as adult Tom Matt Damon as Dr. Mann John Lithgow as Donald Topher Grace as Getty Bill Irwin as TARS REVIEW: much smaller and covert formation of NASA to pilot a spacecraft in search of I first read about the film Interstellar in potentially habitable planets that are early 2013, when it was announced that only accessible through a newly for production they were carving out the manifested wormhole in our solar nose of a jet-plane, placing an IMAX system. Professor Brand’s daughter camera in the nose, and flying it around Amelia (played by Anne Hathaway) to create realistic imagery for sky scenes. accompanies Cooper along with two I closely followed the film’s production other astronauts on this journey, after this, and awaited its release with becoming a key figure in the developing great excitement. plot. Interstellar, directed by Christopher After a long introduction, the film Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight brings us to outer space, where most of Trilogy) takes place in the near future, the remaining scenes take place. This when an environmental disaster known setting is only left when the characters as “Blight” threatens all natural food land on new worlds or in brief scenes sources on Earth. Mankind’s new and flashbacks from Earth. Nolan is able necessary lifestyle focuses on survival and to seamlessly mix the intimacy and concentrating government resources comfort of home, being Earth, with the towards agriculture. Their volatile vastness, beauty, and inescapable situation results in a lack of funding for loneliness of deep space – both visually seemingly superfluous technologies such and audibly. After a while, the two as space exploration and other realities of the film seem to unify, technological developments that were evoking a sense of singularity felt by seen as unessential. This is an unsettling both the audience and the main and unfulfilling reality for Interstellar’s characters. In one brief scene, we see the main character, Cooper (played by spaceship passing by an immense and Matthew McConaughey), who as an ex- intimidating Saturn, while the only NASA pilot, was forced to become a sounds are of crickets, rushing water, corn farmer – a more productive and and leaves rustling – noises heard on one socially responsible occupation. A astronaut’s headset. This connection of widower, Cooper lives with his father in spaces allows a wholeness to be achieved law (played by John Lithgow) and two in the film. The dullness of Earth, young children. His relationship to his uniformed by the layers of dust on every like-minded daughter Murph proves to surface due to Blight, is enhanced and be a pivotal factor in the narrative of this contrasted by the stunning landscapes of film. So much important plot material is outer space and foreign planets. This constantly occurring, which makes it device allows the audience to feel more difficult to not give away any spoilers – connected to space due to the diegetic however, I will do my best. relationship between the unknown and the universally known. After meeting with Professor Brand (played by Michael Caine), Matthew Seeing these scenes in IMAX is McConaughey’s character is chosen by a unquestionably spectacular, as if the audience is experiencing these Gravity (directed by Alfonso Cuarón), discoveries first-hand. However, possibly another contemporary space blockbuster, due to a mistake in the theater or an the scenes in Interstellar were accurately unfortunate conscious decision, the silent when in space. This overbearing screen dimensions changed on numerous silence added to the isolation felt in occasions. For most of the film, the many of the space scenes – a feeling that screen had a black border on every side. was lacking in Gravity due to the loud However, during many space scenes, the noises and tense music. screen was larger – the black boarders on the top and bottom disappeared. This Also, while 2001: A Space Odyssey is able may be because of the dimensions of the to use time and patience to its IMAX camera, which was only used in advantage, Interstellar is unforgivably some shots. This subtracted from the fast-paced, feeling as though there is a beauty of the non-IMAX shots, which constant doomsday timer, ticking down seemed smaller and blurrier in to zero every chance it gets. While this comparison. It created a dichotomy makes the movie an exciting experience, between space and Earth, in opposition it doesn’t allow the audience to find the to the intended sentiments of the film importance of specific scenes and and lessened the impact and awe of moments, making the film monotonous many scenes. Whether intentional or in its persistent adrenaline-fueled plot. not, it was a very distracting effect, and So if you are in the mood to be visually hopefully was an error specific to the stunned, question your perception of theater. time and space, and feel mildly humbled afterward, you should see Interstellar Whereas many are comparing Interstellar before it leaves theaters and to Stanley Kubrick’s all-encompassing consequently loses its main appeal. film 2001: A Space Odyssey, I believe it was quite contrary in many respects. - Jackson Hyland-Lipski Rather than focusing on existence, mankind, and discovery, Interstellar focused on personal relationships and individual identity, guised by an adventurous plot and immense graphics. In terms of music, there were many scenes in Interstellar in which the film scorer, Hans Zimmer, seemed to attempt channeling the classical and ambitious sentiment of 2001 without being fully capable of the same emotional magnitude. Many scenes were diminished by Zimmer’s eerie score that would have been more appropriate for a horror film. However, the sound (besides the score) was very captivating and visually complimentary. Unlike in .
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