Chapter 17: Ecocritical Archaelogies of Global Ecocide in Twenty-First-Centurty Post-Apocalyptic Films". Describing Nolan as a "merchant of awe," Tim Robey of The Telegraph thought that Interstellar was "agonisingly" close to a masterpiece, highlighting the conceptual boldness and "deep-digging intelligence" of the film. Nolan, who is known for keeping details of his productions secret, strove to ensure secrecy for Interstellar. com gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, saying that despite his usual quibbles regarding Nolan's excessive dialogue and its lack of a sense of composition, "[ Interstellar] is still an impressive, at times astonishing movie that overwhelmed me to the point where my usual objections to Nolan's work melted away . Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film co-written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan.

This is because the end credits are played in an abbreviated slide-show form (rather than scrolling from bottom to top), due to the size capacity of the IMAX platters, which can hold a maximum of 167 minutes of film. The models were then attached to a six-axis gimbal on a motion control system that allowed an operator to manipulate their movements, which were filmed against background plates of space using VistaVision cameras on a smaller motion control rig. As a result, ex- NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is forced to work as a farmer, with his son Tom, daughter Murph and father-in-law Donald. What you need to know is that these images that you add will neither increase nor decrease the speed of your computer.

A 70 mm IMAX projector was installed at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles to display the format. Paramount then showed Interstellar to some of the industry's filmmakers and actors in a first-look screening at the California Science Center on October 22. Kip Thorne, a Caltech theoretical physicist and 2017 Nobel laureate in Physics, [4] was an executive producer, acted as a scientific consultant, and wrote a tie-in book, The Science of Interstellar.

sought a stake in Nolan's production of Interstellar from Paramount, despite their traditional rivalry, and agreed to give Paramount its rights to co-finance the next film in the Friday the 13th horror franchise, with a stake in a future film based on the television series South Park. At one point, Thorne spent two weeks arguing Nolan out of having a character traveling faster than light before Nolan finally gave up.

Exclusive: Matt Damon Joins Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar,' Lines Up Directorial Debut 'The Foreigner' ". The premise for Interstellar was conceived by the producer Lynda Obst and the theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, who collaborated on the film Contact (1997), and had known each other since Carl Sagan set them up on a blind date. Universal Pictures' Furious 7 Poised To Ignite Worldwide Box Office With Widest-Ever Global IMAX® Release Beginning April 1 (Press Release)".

Nolan said he wanted to encourage the goal of human spaceflight, [18] and intended to merge his brother's screenplay with his own. Metacritic assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100 based on 46 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".After Spielberg moved his production studio, DreamWorks, from Paramount to Walt Disney Studios in 2009, Paramount needed a new director for Interstellar.