Christopher Nolan
Interstellar

Warning: SPOILER

Nolan, a man of tin. Yet in this film, he seems to have discovered the power of love, but is it his choice or an attempt to create a Spielbergian product that Hollywood loves so much?

It is said that industry and cinema must go hand in hand, but in front of such expensive films that will be watched by such a large audience, here comes the Hollywood machine starting to infiltrate the ideas, to flatten them, to make them more standard. So the best moments of the film, like the Kubrickian contemplations of the void and the magnificence of the universe, are, in the almost three-hour film, dosed more than necessary to leave space, especially in the final part, for lengthy explanations that focus on human emotions, to make everything fit. Having come so far into the unknown, Nolan must have thought, "oh oh, what now?", but of course, a bit of good feelings and here comes our protagonist returns home safe and sound. With this irony, I want to emphasize that Nolan, being an intelligent director and not a fool, managed to blend even this final theory quite well, making it digestible even for someone like me who hates this kind of stuff; if at that point he had taken the path of total abstraction like 2001 I would have been happier, but the ending in the future colony (American, of course) is not bad at all, sensorily the last part of the journey is excellent.

The little faith in humanity and a certain cosmic fear of death clearly emerge in this Nolan film, although not with the sincerity of Memento or The Prestige, it is noticeable once again that with a smaller ambition, less desire to overdo it, and a more fluid storytelling, Nolan could have truly created a film that over the years would have become a cult for an entire generation, don't get me wrong, it will become a cult anyway, perhaps even for me, but I will always be left with a bitter taste. Now, the question is whether it was the enormous production machine behind this film that cut back a bit on its scope or if, and this would disappoint me greatly, it is Nolan himself who has Hollywoodized, abandoning his more independent vein to embrace an idea of cinema that is easier and more accessible. My hope? That he takes a small budget and makes a film that kicks ass, Nolan, I’m waiting for you at the gate.

Three and a half dots rounded up to four.