"Interstellar"!

Listening carefully to Andy's explanation of the ins and outs, combined with the fit of the time point, Lan Li immediately deduced the whole picture of this "Christopher Nolan" project.

Officially released in 2014, "Interstellar" is a science fiction work that Christopher spent two years creating after finishing the filming of the "Batman" trilogy.

The movie tells the story of the near future, the earth's environment is becoming more and more harsh, and human beings are almost unable to survive, but at the same time, human beings still have not given up the plan to find a suitable planet in outer space.

Cooper, a retired astronaut who lives a quiet and peaceful life on a farm, is persuaded by his professor to rejoin the astronauts and explore three potentially suitable planets for human life.

In the process of shuttling through the interstellar galaxy, they feel that one hour is equal to seven years, the dislocation of time has completely exploded, and when they return again, the world is completely different: the father is still young, but the child is old, and the class relations defined by human society have been reversed, how should they get along?

To put it simply, the story included under the shell of science fiction adventure is, in the final analysis, about a magnificent theme about time and emotion, human nature and the universe -

The energy burst out of the emotional bond between the male protagonist Cooper and his son and daughter in the vast universe, and then reflects the majesty and insignificance between life and time and space dimensions, especially after stripping away the constraints brought by the fixed order such as age and appearance, returning to the purest emotional communication in the depths of the soul, which also reveals a lingering loneliness.

Human beings, come alone and leave alone, is everyone still lonely after all in their lives?

The movie does not give an answer, but leaves it to the audience to savor. Undoubtedly, this is a bold attempt by Christopher Nolan, using the emotional bonds in "Inception" as a branch line as the main line of "Interstellar" to tell the story, from the dimension and height of science fiction and the universe to re-settle on the most fundamental and essential emotions of human beings.

Is this Christopher's best work?

Apparently not.

After the release of the movie, it caused a lot of controversy, and many people began to question the rationality of the theoretical basis of the film, thinking that there were many flaws and loopholes in the second half of the story, and then began to attack the entire framework and concept of the film with theoretical knowledge, and even reprimanded the idea of the film as absurd.

But in fact, all the theories of the whole film - including the theory of the story plot and the theory of computer special effects, all come from Kip Thorne's deduction and calculation, in other words, every story direction and every picture change, the 2017 Nobel Prize winner in physics has personally calculated and had in-depth discussions with his colleagues, and finally presented the finished product as the audience sees it on the big screen.

Of course, there are inherently disagreements and controversies in scientific discussions, and Kip Thorne is not necessarily 100% right, but it is undeniable that the film represents a branch of theory in the current research results, which is justified and well-founded, which is beyond doubt, all theories can stand up to scrutiny and testing, and those self-righteous doubts and complaints, standing in front of giants, only add to the laughter.

Aside from these controversies, the reputation of the movie has not been able to surpass works such as "The Dark Knight" and "Inception", and it is even slightly inferior to the later "Dunkirk", with a comprehensive media evaluation of 74 points, a Rotten Tomatoes freshness index of 71 percent, an average score of 7 points, a popcorn index of 85 percent, and a theater score of B+.

But it is worth mentioning that "Interstellar" is still warmly sought after in the ratings of IMDB's veteran fans, with a high score of 8.6, making it successfully ranked in the top 30 of the 250 classics list in film history, becoming Christopher Nolan's third directorial work to be among the top 30.

It can be seen from the score alone that this is not a work with extremely strong box office appeal.

Ultimately, the global box office figures prove it.

The North American box office is 188 million, compared with Christopher's previous works, "Interstellar" has not even been able to cross the 200 million threshold, which is a disappointing achievement, and the global box office is 677 million, and the excellent performance in the overseas market still shows Christopher's rare appeal at the moment.

However, compared to the production cost of 165 million and the global publicity cost of more than 30 million, the film's income and expenditure account can only be regarded as a small profit, less than 40 million US dollars, although the tragedy of losing money has been avoided, it is far from satisfactory.

But objectively speaking, this is a work that Lan Li personally likes very much, and it can be ranked fourth or fifth among Christopher's personal directorial works, and he likes it more than "Memory Fragments" and "Deadly Magic", because Lan Li believes that this is Christopher's exploration and challenge on the road of directing.

Prior to this, Christopher was a master of playing with form, and aside from the whimsical works of "following", "memory fragments" and "Inception", the fragmented editing in the "Batman" trilogy is also impressive, through the sharpness of the lens and editing, to a certain extent, the weakness of the script and the thinness of the characters are weakened, and the shock brought by the visual effects and narrative suspense itself is amplified.

The only exception to the "Dark Knight" can be regarded as a classic in film history, even ten years later, it is still an insurmountable pinnacle of superhero comic book adaptations, is that the three characters of Batman, Joker and Two-Face have made their own choices and decisions between good and evil, "from the light to the dark, but in order to better protect the light", this philosophical reflection gives the charm of the characters is incomparable.

"Interstellar" and "The Dark Knight" have something in common, and Christopher goes one step further by making the shots and editing, special effects and images all serve emotions, trying to create a sense of contrast between the grandeur of time and the insignificance of human beings, and finally settle on human beings themselves.

This is an important exploration and attempt for Christopher, on the road of director's growth, he is getting rid of the shackles of structure and technology, but letting structure and technology serve the plot, after "Interstellar", Christopher filmed "Dunkirk" again, and obviously made progress again, step by step in the direction of the master.

At the same time, this is also the one that relies most on actors among all Christopher's works.

In the last life, "Interstellar" can be described as a star-studded group, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Kane (Michael-Caine), Cassie Affleck, Matt Damon, etc., regardless of the weight of the role, they all gladly accepted Christopher's invitation to star in this production.

The leading actor is played by Matthew McConaughey.

Matthew, who was once a famous vase in Hollywood, has always starred in romantic comedies The prodigal son, the same image has never changed, and the performance style of flamboyant tongue and hippie smiley face is constantly repeating itself, he is the most hated and most rejected type of actor in the academy, just like Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and other idol actors.

However, after many years of ups and downs in Hollywood, almost two years without any work invitations, Matthew finally learned from the pain and completed a reborn change, and in 2012 ushered in a comprehensive transformation of his acting skills, his outstanding performances can be seen in "Sludge", "Newsboy" and "Magic Mike", and reached the peak in the "Dallas Buyers Club" in 2013.

If the trajectory of history is consistent, then Matthew won the best actor at the Oscars in February 2014 with the "Dallas Buyers Club", which is also his only Oscar nomination.

Then, the 2014 TV series "True Detective" made people witness his superb performance again.

It is no exaggeration to say that 2012 to 2014 was the heyday of Matthew's acting, during which time his performances had a powerful power that burst from the inside out, which is truly impressive.

And after that, he gradually fell into the routine, unable to break through himself or surpass himself, and under the influence of the magic of the little golden man, the selection of works also seemed a little confused, until Lan Li was reborn, he was not able to appear in the works worth mentioning again.

"Interstellar" is a work released in 2014.

It stands to reason that this should be Matthew's peak, and the performance is naturally worth affirming and looking forward to, but the actual situation needs to be seen in two.

From a positive point of view, Matthew's performance is still delicate and vivid, especially the helplessness and bitterness in several scenes that are out of reach in the time and space tunnel, Matthew's eyes are vividly displayed, making people see the demeanor of the actor, which is worthy of applause, but from a negative point of view, Matthew's performance does not match the tone of the whole movie.

Strictly speaking, Matthew is not a methodist acting, but a performanceist acting, his performance is traceable, biting words and small movements are his performance methods, such as the action of chewing gum in the mouth, the action of unconsciously fiddling with small objects with both hands, the flickering between the flickering of his eyes, especially the biting of words when speaking, these details are the focus of the role-

The focus of the details is carefully set through expressive acting.

The problem lies in the overall style of the film "Interstellar", which is magnificent and majestic, Matthew's detailed actions are too redundant and cumbersome, destroying the integrity of the whole shot, but if those "superfluous" actions are stripped away, the emotional rendering of the performance is not enough, and it cannot achieve Christopher's original intention.

Matthew was indeed excellent, but in Lan Li's opinion, it was a failed casting.