On Prime Video there is only for a short time a sci-fi epic with spectacular images and incredible action scenes, which is on the one hand a typical Christopher Nolan film, but on the other hand also tells an emotional family story: “Interstellar”.
Christopher Nolan almost always deals with highly complex themes in his films, whether it’s dreams and reality in “Inception” or time running forward and backward in “Tenet.” “Interstellar” is no exception, as in it Nolan paints such a realistic portrait of interstellar travel as you’re unlikely to see on the big screen otherwise.
But even if you’re not interested in wormholes and the distorted passage of time due to relativity, you shouldn’t miss “Interstellar,” which can currently be streamed on Amazon Prime Video at no extra cost. However, only for a short time! On September 21, 2023, the science fiction milestone will disappear from the Prime subscription and can then only be streamed for an additional charge.
Nolan breaks down his complex, highly scientific themes to incredibly touching and deeply human moments in some of the film’s best scenes. But “Interstellar” is also worthwhile on its own for Nolan’s impossibly exciting production, Hans Zimmer’s superb music and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema’s striking images.
No wonder “Interstellar” also made it onto our list of the Best Science Fiction Movies of All Time, where Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi opus is currently ranked 47th:
Lo que hizo Hans Zimmer para “Interstellar” es de otro mundo.
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PICTURES LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
“Interstellar” is set in a near future where humanity is on the verge of extinction as the Earth becomes increasingly uninhabitable. Former test pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) discovers that NASA is secretly working on a plan to relocate humanity to another planet. At NASA’s request, he joins an exploratory mission himself, although he has to leave his children Murph (Mackenzie Foy) and Tom (Timothée Chalamet) behind to do so.
So Cooper ends up traveling in a spaceship through a wormhole to reach the galaxy where NASA suspects there are habitable planets – with cinematographer van Hoytema creating images that awe. The same goes for a later scene in which a black hole plays an important role.
WHAT A SOUNDTRACK!
A not inconsiderable part of the effect of “Interstellar” is also contributed by the film music of Hans Zimmer (“Pirates of the Caribbean”, “The Lion King”), who comes up here less with driving rhythms and catchy themes than with tremendous organ sounds – in our review of “Interstellar” the film is called a “sacred space opera”, which sums it up perfectly:
When astronaut Cooper says goodbye to his children before the journey into space and makes his way to the rocket that will carry him into space, Zimmer’s music soars to an overwhelming soundscape, next to which the subsequent thunder of the engines sounds almost quiet.
And when, later in the film, Cooper must dock with a space station that is hurtling out of control through space, Nolan’s staging, van Hoytema’s imagery and Zimmer’s music come together in perfect harmony – an impossibly thrilling scene that makes for moist palms even on repeated viewings.
