Interstellar (2014) review Christopher Nolan is one of the few directors who can appeal to cinema attendees from all walks of life, irrespective of where they sit on the gliding scale of cinematic sophistication. He achieves this by having a deep belief in the power of images in cinema, and through the transmission of simple, unadorned emotional messages through the films narratives. Nolan has always been fascinated with the relative but irreversible nature of time and we see this being reflected in Mememto (2000) and Inception (2010). In previous Nolan films however, time has been merely a prop, albeit an important one, to the structural parameters of his stories. In Interstellar, time has stepped up as one of the central characters of the film, the villain, the force which cannot be restrained by the acts of the protagonists, its forward movement undeterred by the changes in gravity and space, the other variables in the equation of our universal existence. Watch it on the biggest surrounding IMAX screen you can find. The images will amaze. All action consequences are tightly controlled by Nolan; there is hardly any loose bit to the film which would allow the viewer to escape from the carefully constructed 5-dimensional reality. Matthew McConaughey continues to deliver in his post-Mud (2012) renaissance and he brings to the screen the genuine, raw emotions of a parent. It is interesting to see him exploring parallel concepts in True Detectives, where similarly, scientific and emotional views of the human existence collide. The plot for Interstellar is adventurous, daring but a little clumsy at times. It does not have the elegance of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Nor does it have the tidiness of Gravity (2013) in terms of its horizontal consistency across the film’s imagery, sound and theme. Nonetheless, it greatly surpasses Gravity as a composite whole, by having a credible emotional core to the story. The film’s dialogue can be too much on the nose, such as when Brand, excellently portrayed by Anne Hathaway, delivers the line “Love is the one thing were capable of perceiving that transcends time and space.” These flaws can be forgiven however, when one shares the yearning to explore the unknown, to be humbled in the presence of a higher truth, whilst at the same time having the indispensable, primitive desire to be with the ones we love. Unquestionably one of the top 10 films of 2014. https://youtube/watch?v=zSWdZVtXT7E
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:35:37 +0000
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