. All of them. And then of course, toward the end of his career, really starting in the early ’60s, when he did, and then he started doing some European productions, he did a conversation piece at the end of his career about Visconti, and that’s how I got into Visconti. I sawafter that, of course, and that was awesome. It is a magnificent movie.
So, knowing all of this, what I wanted to do was to do the opposite of what had come before, not because I don’t love those movies—I do—but that’s the point. You love them, so you don’t want to rip them off and copy them. DEADLINE: I can’t remember who it was that said it was terrifying to consider the prospect of extra-terrestrial life in our universe, but that it was just as terrifying to consider the absence of it.: It was Arthur C. Clarke. He said, “Either we’re not alone in the universe, or we are, and both are equally terrifying.” It’s amazing, and it’s true. That is a horrifying prospect.
DEADLINE: He feels the weight of his father’s legacy. H. Clifford McBride is revered on Earth as an astronaut, but he’s been absent from his son’s life since his Roy was 16. Meanwhile, Roy’s dreams of becoming an astronaut don’t get much further than a sub-orbital array.: Yeah. I mean, it implies he’s been to the moon a couple of times, but the moon is like a mall.
We did want to put some very red-meat things into it. I mean, I had never, obviously, seen a Lunar Rover sequence before. It’s only recently that the technology enables you to do that. I had also seen Felix Baumgartner perform this jump, and so I’d wanted to put a guy tumbling back down to the Earth at the opening of the movie. It was a real attempt to be both broad and subtle about it, and about what that meant.
The thing is, I didn’t play no gravity on the moon, which of course, is not right anyway, the moon has one-sixth gravity. But what we kind of thought was maybe there would be weighted shoes that would give you the same feeling. Mars is one-third gravity. Mars has an atmosphere. Mars has sound. That’s, in some ways, like the Earth with climate change gone awry. So that, in a way, is the much more plausible Earth-like conditions.
No sci-fi is totally original. Almost everything has been written or filmed before. And haven't you seen BR2049, Interstellar, Arrival...and don't tell me they aren't 'original' because Ad Astra sure is neither.
I think I will like this, but I can tell you for a fact, without even seeing it yet, that it will not be better than Nolan's Interstellar (under-rated for sure). Maybe the best. I built a 180' x 240' projector screen just for that movie - nothing like 70mm. I hope I'm wrong.
High Life. Arrival. Annihilation.
This is a terrible, terrible, terrible headline.
Short answer, no. Long answer n o
Ummm, Interstellar?
Not a science article, but I think it applies
what? we got Nolan breh
The trailer certainly wants me to believe that. To which I say 'Relax, of course I'll see Space Cowboys 2. I have a cineworld card.'
Hollywood is too petrified of working with contemporary trends in written Science Fiction to do anything but more astronaut stories.
Aside from the hideous headline, the article says that THE MARTIAN was the last adult sci-fi film to “truly hit”. What about ARRIVAL, which made over $200 million?
...Apart from Arrival, Interstellar, Gravity, Ex Machina, Annhilation etc. etc.
no
Annihilation came out last year
No, and the question itself is preposterous. Please delete your publication.
This is a massive clickbait headline
No.
Delete
1. congratulations for writing a headline without the word 'slams' in it 2. calm it with the drama
Eddie Murphy would beg to differ. Ever hear of Pluto Nash.
To respond to deadline, 'Ad Astra' is not last hope for original films. We still have hope indie and world of animation with Disney & Pixar plus Nolan and Rian is coming out with original film. Also, there is foreign cinema.
It's not 'grown up' sci fi if it has either space men or space ships
Interstellar would disagree I think...
Nope. No, it isn’t. Next.
Movie looks like a fucking pretentious snooze fest, so no
Y’all should read the interview instead of just listing movies beneath it—it’s fantastic.
This is a bad headline.
No. Next question, and make it a difficult one this time.
As a big sci-fi fan - I dislike this headline. That being said, I hope they keep making these wonderful sci-fi films of late.... we enjoy the silly GotG and such - but Arrival, Interstellar, and the dozens of other outstanding films from recent have been my fave films.
ctellallsports ChrisRyan77 regardless of the absurd headline - this is a fascinating interview with one of my favorite filmmakers and an amazing read!
Wow that's a pretentious headline! Also that movie looks hecka dumb
Can yall actually research a bit and not ignore other movies? There’s a few that came out already but were smaller films and were “grown up”. High life, Lucy in the sky(wish y’all would give it more promo too), prospect, aniara, the wandering earth, Diamantino, freaks etc etc
Arrival, Interstellar, Gravity, the upcoming Lucy in the Sky, High Life, Ex Machina, First Man, Her, Snowpiercer, Inception, Annihilation, Okja, Looper, Midnight Special, etc.
'What is 'no'?' - Natalie Portman's Lucy in the Sky, which comes out two weeks after Ad Astra. 'Thanks, Alex. I'll take 'Are original stories in Hollywood dead' for $800.'
Your headline exhibits a shocking lack of awareness of recent film history.
There’s at least one almost every single year. It’s honestly becoming a trend.
I'll save you the click: the answer is 'no'.
Ray She OOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh
No SavedYouAClick
ok, that is just lazy reporting ...and sick bait. Keep alienating the people you want to read these articles by doing this.
Ok so Lucy in the Sky And PROXIMA?
I'm pretty sure lots of filmmakers are doing original science fiction. Check out Netflix. Check out indies. Check out countries not named the United States. Check out studios not owned by Disney.
Don’t disrespect Alex Garland like that..
Arrival.... Snowpiercer.... Ex Machina.... I Am Mother (HIGHLY underrated!).... Inception.... Interstellar.....
Look, I am planning to see this, but y’all sound like a bunch of uppity snobs.
Lots of people misinterpreting the headline here. Read the dang article.
It is not. But! We should all go see it like it is though.
Arrival anyone?
Yeah, Gravity's $720 million box office was a total bomb.
There's plenty of grown up sci fi that doesn't have Brad Pitt in it.
This headline is a joke.
Have you considered watching recent science fiction movies? That might help here
No.
No
ARRIVAL SAYS HI
What a weird take to have when Arrival exist. (Amy Adams should have won every single awards in existence just for this movie stillbitter)
This headline is ridiculous
No.
I’m so proud of my friend JimDangerGray for making this thought provoking, inspirational, and visually thrilling film.
If it fails, we'll have Tenet next year.
Yes. If this movie flops, then 'grown-up sci-fi' will never be produced again. These are the ancient rules of Hollywood.
Didn't Gravity just come out a few years ago & win all the Oscars? Interstellar was a massive sci fi 'grown-up' hit. TheArrival, TheMartian, ExMachina, annihilation, Inception, Snowpiercer Her
Denis Villeneuve would like a word.
Only until the next one you decide to put too much pressure on for the sake of manufacturing drama
What? No? Just b/c studio heads criterion is highly biased towards profit vs storytelling, does not mean that the storytellers are not ready with stories to tell. The talent shortage we have actually resides at the executive level, not the creative level.
What the hell do you call “Interstellar” then?
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