Dont panic, and remember: In space no one can hear you scream.)
The directors works are received with critical adulation and commandeer colossal box office numbers.
(And possibly even more widely understood than the word Inception).
This is epic science fiction cinema setting its sights on space deep outer space beyond our native planetary system.
I maintain that thats true even if the movie is actually a bit crappy.
Cinema was invented to send the masses into space and give them extraterrestrial, alien experiences.
(More on2001: A Space Odysseyand the evolutionary leap via a clever jump-cut into space later).
(Professor Brian Cox being employed on Danny BoylesSunshineis probably the most famous example.)
Films can wrap audiences up in unlikely romances, warzones, fantasy realms and encounters with gods and monsters.
In real life, there are a lot limits on those in search of space.
As far as Im aware, tickets for an ultra-exclusive tourist jaunt into space dont come cheap.
So what are simple, humble dreamers like us to do?
Ive deliberately avoided spoilers and tried to distance myself from heavy advance detail in the lead-up toInterstellar.
Even if it doesnt,Interstellarwill provide a shot of cosmic perspective.
The human race needs to continue to reach out into space.
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