Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed sci-fi epicInterstellarwill land on Netflix very soon, and if you haven’t seen it yet, now’s your chance to watch one of the best science fiction films ever made.
Interstellarfollows Joseph Cooper (McConaughey), a retired NASA test pilot who lives with his children on a farm, set in a future where humanity faces extinction. Cooper is recruited by NASA to lead a mission to find a habitable planet in another galaxy. Against his daughter’s wishes, Cooper gets on board, and departs on what’s surely a suicide mission.
What Cooper finds in outer space is unexpected; the mission partly fails, and Cooper sees his child, Murph, grow up. He witnesses her disappointment in him because he always told her he would be back. Ultimately, the mission leads to humans exploring the unknown as a result of going through a black hole. Needless to say,things get bizarre and mesmerizing.
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Interstellarstars McConaughey alongside a renowned cast, including Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, John Lithgow, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn, and Nolan regular Michael Caine. Upon release, it became one of 2014’s most notable blockbusters, grossing over $726 million at the global box office. It was also nominated for five Academy Awards, ultimately winning a single award in the Best Visual Effects category.
In 2024, the film was re-released in theaters asa celebration of its legacy. Some viewers were fortunate enough to see it again in theaters during a run that was so popular, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. expanded the release to other countries that weren’t originally going to see the re-release. This theatrical re-release included IMAX shows, which is, of course, the way Nolan wants you to see his films. We won’t exactly argue against the auteur’s wishes.
Christopher Nolan’s Vision is Unmatched, and ‘Interstellar’ was the Definite Proof
Ten years ago,Nolan released a film that would heavily change the way we experienced science fiction. Not only becauseInterstellarwas a deeply compelling feature, but because, as usual, Nolan bent the rules of cinematic storytelling and did his best to make a realistic sci-fi film. Yes, it’s a contradiction because, in theory, sci-fi is anythingbutreal. But somehow, he did it and achieved his vision ofa dystopian film that uses some real facts.
At least in theory. The script written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan (The Dark Knight) was originally set to be directed by Steven Spielberg, after he found the outline by theoretical physicist Kip Thorne to be fascinating. Nevertheless, the project landed in Nolan’s hands, who still followed Thorne’s rules to make a film based on the physicist’s original concept, plus Jonathan’s basic premise.
The result wasInterstellar, a beautiful journey that was Nolan’s way to pay tribute to his heroes, Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott, and Andrei Tarkovsky. As ambitious as he always is, Nolan also pushed to provide authenticity to the experience. From the soundscape to the production design and visual effects, everything inInterstellarfunctions in line with Nolan’s ultimate achievement: To make you believe in the impossible.
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