Tag: Interstellar
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‘Foe’ Review: Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal Star in a Muddled Dystopian Replicant Love Triangle
“Foe” is a grandly muddled dystopian sci-fi movie starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as a Midwestern farm couple in 2065 (they appear to be the only Midwestern farm couple left). When you hear the film’s premise, which makes it sound like a cross between “Interstellar” and “Blade Runner,” you may think it’s going to…
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‘Oppenheimer’ Producer Reveals “Pipe Dream” to Beat ‘Dunkirk’s Box Office
Oppenheimer producer Emma Thomas has revealed that, while the movie went on to gross over $900 million and counting, initial expectations for the film were much more tempered and conservative. Thomas, who is married to Nolan, has been the producer behind all of Nolan’s films, starting with the short film Doodlebug. Their collaborative journey, from…
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‘Oppenheimer’ Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema to Be Honored With Variety’s Creative Impact Award at Scad Savannah Film Festival
“Oppenheimer” cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Cinematography award at the Scad Savannah Film Festival.In addition to this summer’s Christopher Nolan blockbuster, the Dutch cinematographer has worked as Nolan’s Dp on “Tenet,” “Interstellar” and Dunkirk” along with Jordan Peele for “Nope” and Spike Jonze for “Her.”“Scad is proud to…
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‘Interstellar’s Original Ending Was Much Bleaker
Interstellar is one of the most impactful films released in the past few decades, masterfully balancing unflattering pessimism about Earth’s future with inspirational optimism about the capacity of human ingenuity. The movie was a visual marvel that gave audiences a glimpse into some of the most mysterious and otherworldly aspects of our physical universe. Though…
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Making Rebel Moon Required Zack Snyder To Learn A Shocking Amount About Wheat
Consider it a rite of passage for all the most ambitious productions. In order to film all the scenes set in the Shire for “The Lord of the Rings,” Peter Jackson had his production crew plant vast amounts of gardens and vegetation in New Zealand over a year before filming even commenced to help transform…
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Oppenheimer’s Opening Scene Broke One Of Christopher Nolan’s Own Filmmaking Rules
If there’s any one thing Christopher Nolan has shown throughout his last several movies, it’s that he’s a constantly evolving filmmaker. After getting “The Dark Knight” trilogy out of his system, his approach on the introspective and achingly heartfelt “Interstellar” couldn’t feel more different from the operatic heroics of “Dunkirk.” In the same way, “Tenet”…
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‘Oppenheimer’ Global Box Office Poised to Overtake ‘Interstellar’
As of today, director Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a member of the $700 million club at the worldwide box office. And in the next few days, it’ll break a couple more Nolan-centric records. First, Oppenheimer will pass Interstellar’s lifetime global haul, and then, it’ll overtake the lifetime domestic haul of Inception to become his third-biggest…
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Oppenheimer And The Big Bang Theory Share A Small But Significant Connection
Christopher Nolan is a very smart man who makes very smart movies (and “The Dark Knight Rises“), so it’s fitting that he would be drawn to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who led the Manhattan Project and created the most awesomely destructive weapon in human history. It’s also not surprising that a man who’s…
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Cillian Murphy Says ‘Interstellar’ Is a Christopher Nolan Movie He Would’ve Liked to Star In: ‘I Find It So Emotional. It Broke My Heart’
Cillian Murphy’s decades-long collaboration with Christopher Nolan hit a new peak with “Oppenheimer,” his first leading role in a Nolan feature that has garnered him the best reviews of his career and Oscar buzz for best actor. “Oppenheimer” follows Murphy’s supporting turns in three Batman films, “Inception” and “Interstellar.” Recently asked by The Independent if…