Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is one of the most remarkable films the acclaimed director ever made, and the film set a benchmark for all science fiction movies to come. This film was one of the most monumental pieces of cinema to ever come out of Hollywood, the acting, the plot. The premise in the signs was all top-notch, and it boosted the careers of many people that were working in it.
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However, apart from being a fantastic piece of cinema, it also helped further the boundaries of science. It inspired and helped research scientists in pushing the boundaries of current knowledge and help them write research papers that won critical acclaim. This goes on to show that cinema is much beyond entertainment and is an art that is quite special.
How Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar Helped Scientific Research
Christopher Nolan and Kip Thorne
Christopher Nolan used his creative power in the best way possible with every film he directed. He always manages to leave the audience stunned with his unthinkable vision and art, and his projects often grossed millions of dollars at the box office, making him one of the most successful directors in Hollywood.
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In 2014, he received critical acclaim for his epic science fiction movie Interstellar, which he co-wrote with his brother, Jonathan Nolan, and directed with his wife, Emma Thomas. The film served the audience with mind-blowing visuals and strong storylines. The same year, Nolan said at ComicCon,
“For me, [Interstellar is] about harking back to films I saw when I was a child.”
According to reports, the film director wanted the moviegoers to experience the actual science behind his screenplay rather than depicting fictional things in his passion project. Alongside the Inception movie director, it was Kip Thorne, a Caltech theoretical physicist who served as the executive producer and a scientific consultant for the titular film.
He made the black hole Gargantua scene in the movie possible with his mathetics and scientific paperwork. The movie had a profound impact on society, resulting in discoveries, and many scientific papers were since published on the subject of black holes.
Christopher Nolan Talks About His Epic Science Fiction Movie
Christopher Nolan
The British-American filmmaker has won many prominent awards and has worked with enough A-list talents in showbiz. Directors like him have this unique talent to make even small-budget films into award-winning masterpieces. In a candid interview, Christopher Nolan opened up about his 2014 sci-fi drama Interstellar and how the film was initially given to director Stephen Spielberg.
“For me, the inception of it was talking to Jonah about the script he was working on. He was working on it for Stephen Spielberg at the time, but we always bounce ideas off each other. What it was that got me was the way Jonah originally explained it to me, that it’s really about an inevitability,” he said.
Christopher Nolan on the sets of Interstellar
Nolan continued, “So there’s an inevitability to human evolution, this being the next step. The idea being that with this story, you could view the earth as the nest, and one day, we leave the nest, or the earth is the egg, and the egg hatches, and we go. That seemed like a massive thing that hadn’t been addressed in movies, and that’s the kind of opportunity you’re looking for.”
Christopher Nolan’s 2014 directorial Interstellar had an all-star-studded ensemble cast and won many awards upon its release. It was even considered the tenth-highest-grossing film of that year earning $677 million worldwide. Nolan is making headlines for his upcoming directorial Oppenheimer starring Cillian Murphy, which will soon hit theaters.
Interstellar is available for streaming on Netflix.
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