"Interstellar" (2014) Directed by Christopher Nolan

“We used to look up into the stars and wonder”.Show more

Well the wait is finally over! Two interminably long years since wrapping “his” Batman trilogy, Christopher Nolan has finally gone into space and off world via the unexplainable scientific mediums of the space time continuum, wormholes and black holes. Co-written with his brother Jonathan, Nolan also served as Producer as well as helming this latest cinematic wonder and a wonder it is, lest it has numerous minor flaws. Watching from the dark confines of your local picture house is the only place to see Interstellar, and on the biggest screen possible for it is a magnificent, immersive and an almost operatic achievement.

However it’s the first Christopher Nolan film that I haven’t instantly fallen in love with but I do greatly admire the astounding cinematic achievement in yet again producing a film that continues to break boundaries and expand the sense of what is possible as well as challenging an audience, filling it full of wonder, adventure and dreams whilst juxtaposing these themes with frustration, isolation, desolation and the eerie silence of outer space. There are clearly nods to M Night Shyamalan’s mysterious Signs, Robert Zemeckis’ Contact and huge inspiration has been taken from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey but Nolan has also referenced back to his own incredible film of four years previously, Inception, with it’s continuous time shifts whilst challenging the possibility of time itself, it’s constituents and it’s limitations.

Interstellar is far more than a simple dying earth/outer space story as Nolan again leans on many of the themes he’s employed in his previous films as he explores the concepts of reality, time and the Machiavellian principle of the end justifying the means. But above all it’s another Nolan film with human beings and the human spirit at the core of his film, of a Father’s love for his family and his determination for their continued survival.

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The above opening paragraphs are taken from my very first opus film blog article on the entire career of Christopher Nolan which I originally penned and published over a decade ago, added to with his releases of "Dunkirk" and "Tenet" and which was transferred to my Medium blog site on 27th January 2023 and can now be read in full and for free via my Substack blog site and original article linked immediately below. I have also linked my original opus blog article on the entire career of the London born filmmaker here too:

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/interstellar-2014-14c3836b9767

https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/christopher-nolan-and-his-entire-cinematic-catalogue-ed5c07e44a67

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