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Tears coming from the eyes and innocently wondering how someone could make something so beautiful. The tears weren’t due to the plot but because of the simple happiness one experiences when he sees something that is beyond his life, much larger than that. It was the rush of emotions you feel when there is so much to absorb along with the satisfaction that there exists something like this.
10 years! Can you believe it? It has been ten years since Interstellar first hit the cinema theatres. I remember the first time I watched it. It was in 2018. I liked the movie, but my limited knowledge (about the scientific concepts) made me completely confused. But today was a completely different experience. I was pleasantly surprised that I did not once check my watch. I just did not want to miss any of those beautiful frames that were being shown on the screen. And those 169 minutes went by much faster than I expected.
Interstellar takes place in a world where every technical job has come to an end. At the end of the day, nutrition is what a man needs to survive. Survival has stripped down all the professions and has forced every man to grow food. Cooper, an engineer by passion and profession, has to go through the same circumstances as any other man on the planet. He is a farmer now. But he always wanted more. He despises the situation he has ended up in. “We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.” says Cooper as he sits on his wooden porch along with the grandfather of his children.
When the ‘ghost’ (the explanation of which you will get in the film) in his daughter’s room leads him to some specific coordinates, he ends up in a secret location. A research facility that is working towards finding a new planet for habitation. As an ex-pilot, he is proposed to join the mission but what about the people here? What about his children? On one hand, he sees his kids’ faces but on the other an opportunity where he could do something he really wanted. To be an explorer! I think we also face a similar existential question at some point in our lives. To do the logical thing or to sacrifice for the greater good.
I won’t even blabber about how beautiful the movie is. I already told you how I made sure not to blink so that I don’t miss watching any frame on the Imax screen. Just kidding, that was exaggerated, but you get the point. But what I would like to talk about is the score by Hans Zimmer. It has raw emotions. And one thing I noticed was, whenever I felt overwhelmed by emotions, Zimmer’s beautiful piano piece was playing in the background. It is just too touching which amplifies the emotions excessively. There are very few scores that makeup so much of the movie’s essence. When Nolan went to Zimmer for a soundtrack, he just gave him a paper which was about the relationship between a father and his son. Zimmer was never really told what the story was about during the process of creation. Nolan did not want a cliché piece for his sci-fi movie. He wanted something that would have the emotions of the heart of the film – the relationship between Cooper and Murph (his daughter).
Zimmer made this piece by keeping in mind his son. And that authenticity is felt when you hear those striking piano pieces during scenes like the docking scene. Another scene I love is McConaughey’s scene where he sees his children’s messages for him. That is when he realizes how he has missed everything as a father of his children. The fact that the first take of the scene was added to the film brings those natural emotions to the screen. There is just no denying that McConaughey remains one of the most integral parts of the film. Along with the fun he pulls out with Tars (his exploration robot), he carries his emotional scenes as well phenomenally. How did he not get nominated for the Academy Awards? How did Birdman win the Oscars that year while Interstellar was not even nominated for Best Picture? I have no idea.
Interstellar leaves you with a feeling of emptiness which I was discussing with one of my readers. A feeling where you are left with overwhelming emotions of realization that there is so much beauty out there. The mere concept of higher dimensions and the fabric of time and space has always been very intriguing to me. This film satiates all my yearning to watch a gorgeous film that makes you contemplate the vastness of the universe and our tiny place within it. Even in the vastness of the universe, ‘Interstellar’ never forgets the heart of the film- the humans and the love that transcends space and time.
Interstellar doesn’t just tell a story; it immerses you in an emotional experience that lingers long after the credits roll. In the end, it leaves you with a profound sense of wonder along with melancholy at the same time.
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