The Cinematic Feeling of Interstellar

[@StoryStreet]

New Bespoke Post subscribers get 20% off their first box of awesome - go to bespokepost.com/storystreet20 and enter code STORYSTREET20 at checkout. Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring! PATREON: www.patreon.com/storystreet INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/storystreets/ Engagement Question: What's your favorite Christopher Nolan movie? I think it's pretty obvious mine is Interstellar, but Oppenheimer definitely gave it some competition. And as always, thank you so much for watching! I hope it meant something to you.

[@donaldzylalaj1570]

P9

[@salmonofknowledge3229]

The Prestige. The problem is, interstellar is better on rewatches for me, but nothing can rival that one moment in the prestige where you get it for the first time. I felt amazing when I realized. I was amazed.

[@bionicleone]

Interstellar is the only movie that I’ve ever watched that I thought “I wish I could completely forget this movie just so that I could watch it for the first time again.” Just to experience what I did the first time. I watched it out of curiosity on Netflix when it was new on there and I so wish I could have seen it in theaters.

[@salmonofknowledge3229]

I feel that way about the prestige. I wish I could have the experience of getting it for the first time again

[@ITSNICKMELLO]

This is my sentiment with every single Christopher Nolan film. Every watch is amazing, but the first is always beguiling and full of wonder.

[@HundoBundo]

I had the privilege of feeling like experiencing the movie Arrival for the first time 2 times. The first time I saw it was when it released in 2017, and again a few months ago. Only a 5-6 year difference and I had completely forgotten what it felt like to experience the movie when I watched it the first time.

[@josiah3820]

Me too. In my opinion thou I like Tenet alot, this is Nolan's masterpiece.

[@anonymous891]

same here another movie is arrival for me.

[@TA-qw8vs]

I normally do not comment on videos. But this video managed to make me understand why i love this movie THAT much. This video made me understand that it is okay to like this movie despite its obvious flaws in terms of storyboard and such. Thank you so so much.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

I've seen dozens, nay hundreds of your comments already!

[@TA-qw8vs]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 oh really? Then maybe you could Show me one of those? Because I never commented on a Video before lol

[@daytradersanonymous9955]

Too much NEED for public enabling in this culture

[@jasonberg7644]

I honestly never understood why people get so bent out of shape when a movie gets criticized for plot holes or flaws. Enjoy movies for what they're worth and give them a chance. Too often I see people trying to find issues with a movie instead of just sitting back and letting themselves get immersed in the story. Maybe, just maybe, if viewers did that they might actually have a good time.

[@fulcrum8583]

In act 4 the movie cleverly uses what we can already extrapolate hypothetically about the physics inside a black hole (beyond the threshold of its event horizon, to be precise). Here, the dimensions of space and time change places - time becomes space-like as in you can move back and forth and sideways in it, while space becomes time-like, as in you are always pulled along with space-time towards the singularity, which is now your unescapable future and destination. The beings who build the "artifact" which allows Cooper to communicate with Murph in the past clearly use these physics within the black hole, which is neat. On annother note: I will never understand how someone could watch and perceive a movie solely from an objective angle, only becoming involved in the logistics of plot and plausibility and logic. It is like exclusively using one of your senses to observe and explore the world. It is the antithesis of cinema and art in general.

[@gonzfd]

The thing that those who loose themselves in feelings and-the-things-that-were-actually-happening-at-the-moment are those who maybe get a resilient mind (adaptation, healing, experience over some past event). And the one who -we thought- was the main character… finds a way to engineer a leap of faith… and somehow it was the ying for his yang… the balance… The “That’s a polar bear”, also maybe just light traveling around time and space, also the most reliable navigation system (GPS), also a new checkpoint to go to… also a song… or that loved person who passed away. Every time I see Interstellar there’s a whole new world to see, discover and dream! Thank you for this great work! ✨

[@brett_zesty]

I have an issue with your framing of the "blight" as a poor allegory for human-induced climate change. There is a reason Nolan chose crops like corn and okra to highlight -- we HAVE real corollaries to this, specifically in monoculture farming. One notorious example is the banana. The ONLY commonly available species of banana in supermarkets everywhere is the Cavendish banana. All it will take is ONE strain of virus or fungus developing resistance to antibiotics and selective gene modification and we will forever lose the global crop to 'blight.' So, i do not think Nolan was reaching at all implying that near future humanity would be faced with the consequences of us permanently destroying Earth's biodiversity -- we already live the early effects of it.

[@oharakatie14]

I always took the blight at face value because for these characters, it’s already here. It doesn’t matter why it happened. It’s just now something they have to deal with.

[@martinrheaume5393]

I have a problem with a framing too but a different one. As far as I know nobody ever claimed it was an allegory for climate change so it seems unreasonable to force it into that box and then complain that it doesn't meet all the criteria

[@AuraSparks]

yes. why does it need to be climate change? it's a movie, it's fantasy. the criticism makes no sense to me

[@ChloePrice92]

I refuse to hear any slander against Interstellar, it's one of my absolute favourite films. Great video.

[@wowza5758]

now only if Nolan could learn to mix audio

[@blizz2128]

55:57 real nice job

[@yanyaz7742]

@2:36 bc now that everyone realized how good of a movie it was, that’s why you “like” it now

[@jackifspades1973]

Still my favorite movie of all time.

[@pastlife960]

What’s even more tragic about their time on the wave planet is that even if Brandt managed to get the data from the last expedition it would have been worthless. Because of the powerful time dilation, Miller and her ship had only been on the planet for a few minutes by the time the Ranger arrives, not long enough to collect any usable data. In fact, the swell that they see moving away from them is probably the one that killed her.

[@Priyovizion]

bloody hell man

[@Elizacoco]

I always figured what does it matter anyway you already know you can’t live on that planet with the waves. I don’t need data to tell me that.

[@ItsMoorbinTime]

​@@ElizacocoI suppose it's easy for us to say that when we're not in that situation. In the moment the stress would get to you and you'd just focus on getting the data.

[@EL-ISS]

​​@@ElizacocoWe can only say that because hindsight is 20/20 Miller had no idea that it was a super massive wave ... she probably thought it was mountains just as the ones after her did and by the time she realised the danger it was, too, late and she was wiped out. She got excited that there was water, and thought that the planet was a viable candidate for humanity. Remember the main crew only barely made it out by the skin of their teeth and lost one of their own during the wave.

[@blue_ig1]

But she confidently takes of her helmet and takes a breath, implying that they have found a planet with breathable air

[@erikcarrillo7378]

I feel so so bad for Romley. He waited alone for so long and when they finally returned to the ship he seemed to just want a hug or something but it seemed like everyone forgot he made one of the most selfless sacrifices.

[@sern1225]

knowint about this, his death fkin destroyed me

[@AnilKumar-xl2te]

Nolan wanted to end those characters...they are just supporting characters.... Main characters Father Cooper/Daughter Cooper Father Brand/Daughter Brand

[@meatisomalley]

Romley deserved more than what he got. Man was an absolute unit.

[@eenayeah]

Why would it be a sacrifice if it was involuntary? He didn't really choose to be alone for 20+ years, didn't he (as evidenced by his surprise when they come back)? And if you count him not commiting sui as sacrificing, not killing oneself is a sacrifice, then is everyone alive right now just sacrificing themselves?

[@erikcarrillo7378]

@eenayeah He volunteered to stay behind knowing what could've happened. Why are you so angry?

[@phoenix3589]

"because my dad promised me" has been the one single scene in all of media that consistently makes me cry

[@Frankje01]

it's amazing how a line can make your eyes roll right out of your skull if done wrong and make you cry like a new born baby when it is done right.

[@ericmartinez1665]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jasonberg7644]

@@Frankje01 Right?! I can't help but cringe when I hear that line. But I guess I'm glad some people enjoy it.

[@frog2538]

@@jasonberg7644when you're a daughter or a father you understand instantly

[@wesleyleach2793]

@@jasonberg7644do you have a dad?

[@OscarGT25]

I wish this movie was rereleased on theaters again. I believe I saw it twice when it did. It's a unique experience that can't be replicated at home.

[@janellelives5158]

I saw it in theaters when I was in middle school. It left quite the impression on me. Pretty much it has somewhat influenced the major I’m currently pursuing 😅. Definitely one of my favorite films.

[@geekygecko1849]

I actually just saw it in theaters a month ago at the Alamo Drafthouse

[@tonybambino1445]

​@@janellelives5158same, became a mechanical engineer and a numerous amount of my peers reference interstellar as their favorite movie

[@savory_bacon]

@@geekygecko1849 yep in my city it was rereleased for a classic movies showing about a month ago. i was so happy to get to see it on the big screen again! :)

[@youtubeaddict9393]

I watched it for the first time on my PC with noise canceling headphones When the turned on at the end I let the entire credits play, reclined my chair, turned up the volume and just sat there. Listened. And cried.

[@Felicity_D._Shroom]

This video made me think of how Hans Zimmer was told to write the score for this movie. Nolan didn’t initially give him a synopsis or breakdown of the plot. Instead he described to him the emotional turmoil of the relationship between a father and daughter as depicted in the story and had Zimmer take inspiration from that.

[@cory9919]

According to an interview I think with either Hans or Nolan, he actually told him to make a song between a father and son. Nolan didn't disclose that it was between a father and daughter.

[@Felicity_D._Shroom]

@@cory9919 That may be the case I just don’t remember

[@flshcrd]

people make fun of the acting of him watching the tapes back from his trip to the wave planet, but it genuinely made me cry the first time and i felt it coming watching it again to refresh myself for this video. it truly does to me feel like the breaking down of someone who’s decision cost him an entire life with his kids and the regret a father would feel for that choice

[@moonman8450]

How can you make fun of that? It tears me apart every time….

[@DaniF-0621]

I love Mathew, he reminds of Jeff Bridges

[@DavidRYates-tk2tq]

People make fun of that? Why? It's amazing acting!

[@Theeclarencebird]

It’s not making fun of it, it’s just become a meme, it’s a good reaction

[@joshreyes3624]

As a father of two girls myself, I can 100% guarantee I'd be crying even worse than he did. People shouldn't make fun of it, it's not something they have even imagined. I have, and the weight of the pain of regret and damaging the irreplaceable strings of relationships, coupled with the desperation of wanting to fix it when you have no power to do so... being at the mercy of the fate that lies outside your control, propagated by your own choices, makes you feel the strongest guilt, shame, and self hatred you will ever experience. I can tell you exactly what he was thinking. "I will never see her smile again. I'll never see her eyes light up when I walk into the room, I'll never hear her call me daddy, I'll never feel those tiny arms wrapped around my neck in an embrace of safety and trust... I'll never see my baby girl again." People who make fun of a father over the loss of his children, physically or spiritually, _DON'T_ know that pain.

[@joshdyer3270]

I've always wondered what causes certain movies too make me feel something so deeply. I actually cried when the main character was in the tesseract watching his daughter... shits powerful as hell

[@daytradersanonymous9955]

You spend too much time "imagining" life

[@dora3743]

@@daytradersanonymous9955 No, he doesn't.

[@clarapilier]

If it helps, Jessica Chastain said that Interstellar was Nolan's love letter to his daughter.

[@dmitrihoule7866]

To back up this statement; there's some pictures of Christopher Nolan and his daughter behind the scenes of Interstellar and she looks a LOT like young Murph

[@NoCluYT]

If he has a son, all I can tell him is "I'm so sorry"

[@ozla3489]

Just like Interstellar, I wish I could forget this video just to watch it all over again for the first time. You did a truly spectacular job, one of the best comprehensive breakdowns of Interstellar that I have seen.

[@shayharvey1174]

I just want to take some time to let you know how much I appreciate your work. My God! Not very many videos on KZbin bring me to tears but your videos always manage to get me there. Thank you once again and if it's a team, thanks to everyone. These videos are simply beautiful.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

My God! Lol

[@IHamilton9320]

There are so many film analysis channels on youtube now but yours has always stuck out, only one I’ve got notifications for besides PBS Space Time. Thank you for the delicious content I am starved 🍖

[@seank218]

I think that people like The Nostalgia Critic strangled internet cinema discourse for about a decade. He and his peers contributed to a cynical, nitpicky, and adversarial trend of armchair film analysis. I think that acclaimed masterpieces such as Everything Everywhere All At Once would have been mercilessly shat upon by internet pseudointellectuals ten years ago.

[@HowardWimshurst]

We're making our way out of those dark ages now

[@izzyb1662]

Definitely. There is comedy in cynicism and over exaggeration but we need to to be careful to not let that bleed into our perceptions of all movies. I’m reminded of Cinema Sins- they claim to be satire but their fans sure do take every “sin” or “error” for gospel, and I don’t want to imagine what they feel, or the lack thereof, watching movies with that mindset.

[@katiehorneshaw995]

Totally. Armchair critics should consider their mistakes: Interstellar, for instance, was panned because people were not yet open minded enough to truly apprehend the vastness of its imagination, its ideology... critics called it stupid because that's all they were capable of perceiving... So much of the time, a superior critique is actually just an admission that the author wasn't able to grasp the themes

[@paddyq3235]

I hardcore disagree about interstellar being a bad allegory for climate change. Actually I disgree with that being a negative of the film. Climate change, and more importantly human's part in it has very little to do with the narrative. The movie explores themes of love, and reality (my struggle to meaningfully identify themes beyond a very basic level is 100% an issue with this film and tbh Nolan's film as a whole). Anways I would agree it is a bad allegory but how does that affect the narrative. Human kind causing the blight vs not causing it doesnt change the narrative or the meaning of it whatsoever.

[@Almost_Savvy]

It's crazy this channel isn't bigger. Great job.

[@jamestolbert1856]

I know right! I love this channel

[@smartwater598]

Remember when every insecure yt males was complaining about interstellar theme being about love?😂

[@johnnybhoff226]

Bro I can’t even start to explain how much I love this movie. It’s an absolute theatrical masterpiece. So happy so see a video essay on it!

[@Doofwarrior88]

Interstellar is Christopher Nolans 2001 A space odyssey. This movie is by far my most favorite of his.

[@vrikt0r427]

I didnt know, i needed this video, but now i know i have. This is my Favourite movie of all time and FINALLY i can say that someone expressed the feeling that i always have when i see it. Thank you for This video, just gained a sub.

[@pagejames8754]

I'm beyond glad that the movie DOESN'T address humans being the cause of the blight. A) we don't know that they are. B) People generally go to movies to escape reality, not to be preached at. The obsession with adding causes and current events to movies and shows anymore is why many people don't watch.

[@searsino]

the soundtrack is so vital to the impact of Nolan's films... Every time I finish a film where he collabs with Zimmer, I find myself in awe. The way Hans manages to draw out so much genuine emotion on screen has me dumbfounded every single time.

[@MarkEleve]

I can’t remember a cinema experience, where I felt more invested and on the edge of my seat. I had goosebumps so many times. I loved the music and all the performances. And I will never forget the ending, where I literally stood up in the cinema and shouted „It was him!“. I was just so moved by this movie that I could not control my body in this moment. Interstellar is to this day my favorite movie of all time.

[@robynmarler1951]

You must have been quite the spectacle😂

[@morganleanderblake678]

I feel like Nolan movies are best absorbed if you accept that he is creating a whole story for you, and the "pat" and "weirdly foreshadowed" parts are just part of his created mythos for this one tale. He's creating one whole story, so yeah, obviously everything is connected.

[@morganleanderblake678]

Coming back to this because it haunts my brain: I see Nolan as a modern fable author or storyteller. Take the hare and the tortoise, which is probably the most famous. We're told in a cheeky way that the tortoise still wants to race and despite the obvious, that we should disregard him, we keep checking back in with the tortoise and seeing his progress as the hare is lazy. The foreshadowing doesn't undercut the message - those stories are intended to impart the lesson so obviously the information is structured to do that. It would be weird to be like, "god why are we focused on the tortoise isn't that just a little pat and expected?" Because... yes, it is. It is expected because fables are a self contained lesson. Because why would someone tell you a story with attention to specific parts unless they cared that you noticed them? A lot of screenplays and movies seem to suffer analysis around an idea of forced realism or a responsibility to be believable. I don't go to movies to see reality; that would be boring. I really appreciate a whole story.

[@draig8259]

This video essay is sublime, beautiful, and perfect, just like its subject matter. You get everything that the film is trying to do and replicate exactly the feeling it gave me when I first watched it a year ago. When this film first came out, I was 14 years old, deeply cynical and skeptical, above any kind of sappy storytelling and perhaps even a bit personally distrustful of writers who prioritized feeling over "logic". I think if I had seen this film back then, I would have mocked it and insulted it just for the sake of feeling smart; now I realize, as you seem to, that this is an immature and defensive attitude that stops us from connecting to and understanding other people, and ourselves, through stories - and why else do we write stories in the first place? I'm trying in earnest to be a writer right now, and working slowly on a novel (this isn't a self-plug of any kind, just some context) and it's content like this that helps me contextualize my feelings about stories, dig into what I find important about narratives and how I have to tell them. I think you touched on the vulnerability of writing and of listening to stories perfectly in part IV; there's a part of us that wants to resist being too honest with ourselves about our emotions, and treat stories as some kind of calculative process, like how Mann tries to cover up the guilt he's feeling with stories about biological instincts. It's really a difficult thing to give oneself over completely to *feeling* a story, because it means accepting whatever part of yourself the story truly speaks to rather than trying to fight it, and I think the same goes for writing a story. I hope every day that myself and all other aspiring writers can find the courage to write and experience stories as they come to us, not how we *think* they ought to be. Anyway, I hope you got something out of this comment; your devotion to storytelling just made me want to spill my thoughts out here.

[@guist_]

incredible video. you might have seen the one from I believe Thomas Flight on metamodernism ? like him I believe we have entered an era of newfound sincerity in art production and consumption and I am so so here for it. The cinemasins, ultra rationalist brainrot damaged the way millions of people have experienced movies in the past 10-15 years and it makes me so sad. But attitudes evolve and EEAA and its success were a great example of that. I think we've started as audiences to be a bit less concerned with heartfeltness and oversentimentaly as negatives in stories. I think we can observe the gears shifting and the public opinion moving towards a more poetic and compassionate look on everything and that's wonderful. Thankyou for your video you captured those ideas wonderfully. Nolan was pretty hurt by the reception of Tenet and I think Oppenheimer and the messaging he had about that movie is really much a response to the way Tenet was perceived. He's a feelings' man contrary to what people try to put on him and I believe there are multiple lines in Openheimer that are in direct response to his detractors I need to get my hands on a copy of the film to look at it more closely.. maybe I'll write an addendum to this comment. anyway thanks again for your work. I discovered you during the Planet of the Apes essays and I think those, the KungFuPanda video and now this are the crown jewels of your channel. thank you for all your hard work, craft and vision have a very good day, anne

[@K4F0]

inception and interstellar are two of the best movies i have ever watched

[@christiangeisner2928]

I fell asleep the first time I saw it cause I was too young, but once I've gotten older, I rewatched it, and it became one of my favorite movies ever.

[@Runningheartluvsart]

I remember my friend, convincing me to sit down and watch this with him, and as my brain kind of blanked at the ending, trying to process what I just watched, I heard him quietly sobbing to himself, tears streaming down his face at this wonderful movie

[@IamLotion]

Damn bro. This made me tear up.

[@Rindiculousfun]

I hate the idea that people knock the movie as an imperfect allegory for climate change. I think the movie perfectly represented what a 'end of the world' type scenario would look like. No doomsday news, it's just sort of a new normal people have accepted over years of this happening because it is slow. Why do we have to associate everything with something in the real world rather than accept the story for how it's told? Movies SHOULD take us out of reality, not be forced to parallel it or send some sort of political message (which so many movies do today and it really is the worst thing about a lot of movies today). I thought the rest of the analysis was great, but that point just kinda irked me.

[@AuraSparks]

100% agree. the blight was a super compelling fantasy extinction scenario, very beautiful as a piece of film

[@gallifrog6144]

Watching this video helped me understand why I love Interstellar so much. It's a film to be felt and experienced, not to simply be watched. Interstellar's stunning score and cinematography pick me up and sweep me along through an emotional journey. It's not about the story as such, it's about the feelings the movie evokes in you Hans Zimmer's score is probably the greatets strength of this movie, along with the masterful use of silence in suspenseful scenes give sgoosebumps every time. The soundscaping and the stunning visuals mesh together to create something truly beautiful. The first time I watched this movie I was swept up by it, my heart was in my throat and I just felt. I felt this movie like no other An amazing video!

[@Vi_Vi_1]

Thank you for putting into words why I love this movie so much. I've always been very scientific and logical but there's something about the way you have to have the logic and still FEEL this movie that's so powerful. I love all the scientific accuracy in this but I also love how at the end you need the emotion to drive it forward, and make it make sense. Brand's speech about love makes me emotional every time because doesn't love feel so profound and transcendent to us? Don't we fight hardest for those we love? Isn't that the thing that drives us above all else? Utterly beautiful, thank you for this great analysis of one of my favorite movies

[@eileensnow6153]

“Love is the one thing we’re capable of perceiving that can transcend time and space.” “We love people that have died. Where’s the social utility in that?”

[@laggywarrior9014]

I cannot wait to watch this after work, one of my fav movies

[@Ag_33]

Oh hell yeah my one of my favorite video essayists making a video on the movie perhaps closest to my heart and mind.

[@AnilKumar-xl2te]

This movie can also be made making Dr Brand and his daughter as main characters.... Cooper as supporting character Dr Mann Edmund Dr Brand s objective is to save his daughter by sending her to safe plannet Daughter Brand loves Edmund and wanted to meet him

[@jvanek8512]

Disagree on climate change. More complex than "it's humans fault"

[@Sugar3Glider]

The volume difference when you switch between talking about the video and listening to the video is a little jarring.

[@andrewdzierwa1270]

thank you so much for this. this is my favorite movie of all time. the whole idea of the movie, time love hope faith it always brings me to tears. thank you so much.

[@AI-3279]

The blight is caused by humans. Farming too many of the same breed of crop causes a lack of biodiversity, leading to one illness wiping the entire breed. The irish potato famine was caused by a blight, which wrecked havoc because the potatoes had no immunity. There was no genetic diversity. This has happened with other crops, too. There was a type of banana that got wiped off the face of the earth. There was no biodiversty in the breed, so they all had the same weakness. In this hypothetical, humanity had too many crops of the same breed and no diversity in that breed. The crops all shared a weakness, and so a disease was able to easily wipe them out. It got worse with every crop wiped, as there was even less diversity.

[@martinrheaume5393]

Who said blight is an allegory for climate change? You can't just claim something is an allegory and then complain that it's not a good one.

[@fayem4091]

Because dad promised me still made me ugly cry

[@kristoamadeus4441]

I know right lol 😭😭

[@crionidel]

Same brother 😭😭

[@CLLily1]

Thank you. Every video you make truly makes me feel something profound. It helps me think that things in this life do matter. So thanks for sharing your art with us ❤

[@wa-uf4qq]

Dude... great video, might sound unusual but you kinda saved my life with that video. I was hopeless and was trying to find a purpose and you explayning that movie so well and saying the things you did made a lot of things in my head clear, opened my self for love again and understand myself. thank you for that even tho, it might have not been intentional.

[@_ZenMF]

I'm glad you're here

[@hvadkant6066]

This was iincredible. Loved your reflections on art and human purpose at the end. Thank you!

[@benjaminwaters241]

Thanks for such a wonderful video. I really enjoyed Interstellar when it came out but I never engaged with it like I did with Inception or The Dark Knight. Almost a decade later I've rewatched it now that I'm a father and suddenly it's one of my favourite movies of all time.

[@ducky2039]

He’s fucked for leaving in the first place, honestly. He should have never left his kids.

[@lorddoinkus9912]

I would like to note that it's not called "the blight" it's just blight and it's a very real thing today. It refers to the browning and eventually death of the plant and is caused by fungal spores. Interstellar is dealing with a potentially roided up version of blight hence the extinction of crop species. Just putting that out there.

[@g.williamwoodward6676]

The blight was refreshing. Any modern theories of climate change brought on by humans would have been eye rolling. That’s why Nolan is amazing. It’s like he knows the top 100 eye roll issues of Hollywood and either avoids them or thinks of another take. TDKR was anti Occupy Wall Street, it was about villains who read too much Rules of Radicals. Oppenheimer wasn’t anti bombing Japan, it was anti making the bomb. Interstellar wasn’t anti human, it was pro adaption. Thank God for Nolan saving Hollywood.

[@martinrheaume5393]

So glad he didn't make a climate change allegory.

[@SANTAtheGREY]

simply beautiful to watch, another fantastic essay! 😍

[@lionsxxden]

My guy Wtf just happened to me... I... feel so warm and inspired how dare you

[@htbabookwrm]

I think that the imperfections of interstellar are what make it an incredible movie. it's all so human, it's grounded in the simplicity of its themes and still reaches for something greater. rather than staying strictly a sci-fi, spacy odyssey type story, interstellar is a story of the human spirit. that's why i don't mind the plot holes, or the unexplained science phenomenons, because the story isn't fully focused there. it's a means to an end to tell a story of the lengths a father would go to secure a future for his daughter. it's a movie that forces you to feel, to sit with your emotions and realize them in their entirety and recognize your own humanity. as an author and storyteller, interstellar is so important to me because it taught me how to tell a story that feels real. it taught me how to reckon with mortality, and what it means to leave an impact on the world we will one day leave behind.

[@crickash19]

Please do Spirited Away!

[@bobnavonvictorsteyn9017]

this is the best analysis video i’ve ever seen

[@hvadkant6066]

same

[@DavidRYates-tk2tq]

I mean, Edmonds' planet DID have the more promising data despite the fact that he wasn't transmitting anymore, so Brand's reasoning isn't entirely subjective, which is interesting. And, as we all know, she did turn out to be right.

[@jaycarby6866]

Christopher Nolan is just Michael Bay with a software update

[@sainuudotcom]

Version 9000 😂

[@cherb0675]

Dude wtf this was incredible subbing and going through the catalog this was a masterpiece in itself

[@MakeMoney-zh7uc]

Bro people are so weird criticizing Interstellar and then saying 2000 space odyssey is better,better how exactly ? Better for the same thing you criticized interstellar for,spectacle over story ?

[@rogerpeixsoler8178]

Fucking hell mate, what a banger of a review! The work that has been put into this must be colossal, and the result is outstanding. It also helps that I love this movie, as it is the most intense experience I've had on a cinema in my adulthood. I don't want to ask for much, but I would love to see a similar analysis of another one that got me glued to my seat from min1 and that I feel is very underappreciated: Prisoners, the Villenueve one. Like Interstellar, it may not be perfect, but it makes you feel like you're trapped in there, like another character in the story.

[@rottensquid]

Apropos of your last point, I don't think it's as simple as people having an adversarial relationship with movies. I think it's more complex. Malcolm Gladwell had an interesting little think piece about the development of All in the Family. The network that originally commissioned the pilot ran it through the routine process of test audiences, and it tested very poorly, at 40%. The network that picked it up also ran it by a test audience, and got a similar result. It only went to series because the CEO of CBS just had a feeling the test audience wasn't telling the whole story. And within six months, it was the number one show in TV. The conclusion Malcolm came to was that people can't tell the difference between something they don't like, and something they find emotionally challenging. And these days, people can't just dislike something, be re-exposed to it a few times, and eventually change their tune about it in private. Now, we announce to the peanut gallery what we think, and so sticking to our guns becomes a matter of pride. Some people really don't want to admit they were wrong. And they also think that, even for something as subjective as liking a movie or a show, their opinion is objective truth. They can't just dislike it, it has to be objectively bad. And they can't change their mind about it, because then seeing it as bad was their mistake, rather than the show's fault. So all these weird attitudes combine to mean that a huge section of the audience thinks their first hot take on anything and everything is the last word. And they take any other opinion as a challenge to them personally. So they defend their opinion about a movie as stubbornly as if it was their very identity they're defending. It's insanely unreasonable. And let's be very clear, here, we have all done this. All of us. I think this issue is particularly poignant with a movie like Interstellar, because the thing that people struggle with the most about it is its "sentimentality." And of course, I think this is no accident on the part of Chris Nolan. Whether he's aware of it or not, he designs movies to challenge the audience through their own reaction, even their resistance, to the movie. Brandt's speech about the "power of love," just the way it's written and its placement in the story, is designed specifically to trigger a rational rejection. And that rational rejection places us in the role of Cooper, the self-described "explorer" who dares not even speculate beyond the known physical forces of the universe. In the language of another great Nolan film, Brandt's speech is Interstellar's pledge. The rest of the film delivers on that pledge, proving the hard truth of this sentimental notion. Nolan films don't want to, or need to, develop the characters beyond these basic concepts and drives. We don't need to get to know Cooper, or Dom Cobb, or The Protagonist as multi-layered human beings, because their sole purpose is to contain the basic wants, needs, and biases established within the movie. As those things are established in the character, they're established inside us. We want to see them get what they want. That's just how stories work. They don't need Carmy Berzatto's hang-ups, or Don Draper's paranoia and self-loathing, or Midge Maisel's unexamined privilege. That would only complicate the issue, making us second-guess their desires before they do. That's not what Nolan's stories are for. His characters need only one simple dramatic desire to create a direct link between the character and the viewer. And as their quest transforms them, it transforms us. So when Brandt delivers her speech, we hear it the way Cooper hears it, as unscientific sentiment. And when the movie proves it to be the universe's guiding principle, the movie transforms us, showing us the power of love as a hard, scientific fact. All this is to say that what people think of as plot holes in this film are a necessary part of the film's experience. They're the point. We don't have to understand things to feel the truth of them. It's only when our intellect steps in to explain it all, but comes up short, that we begin an adversarial relationship with the film. We're not demanding the film prove itself, we're demanding it explain its meaning to us on a level we can intellectually understand. And with the subject matter of Nolan films, that's not always possible. Not does he regard it as entirely necessary. The reason he's still the most celebrated filmmaker of our time is that, even if we don't understand his films, we go anyway, trying to get to the bottom of what they make us feel. My favorite quote from Neil Gaiman, brilliantly quotable and an all around nice guy, is as follows: "Don't trust the storyteller, only the story." I took that to mean we should spend less time second-guessing what the storyteller meant, and more time trying to find the story's meaning in our own reaction to it. We love picking apart stories, what we think they're trying to accomplish, and how well it worked. But I think all too often, if we don't know why a story is doing something, our first assumption is that it made a mistake, rather than imagining that it might be saying something we don't yet understand. I think our first duty to a story is to trust it, to accept everything it's doing as part of its plan, even if we can't understand that plan. Otherwise, we dismiss what we don't understand as the film's failure, when really, it's just a step in our own journey.

[@b.m.3944]

Reading this was an absolute pleasure and you should either pick up writing or start your own channel

[@harryscarry6064]

This is the second movie I’ve walked out of. The other one was the matrix. Just don’t care about the people

[@tylermcwilliams9141]

It’s a representation of the differences between men and women. There is nothing wrong with that. One of the biggest issues with todays culture is saying it’s a negative thing that it’s the case.

[@haydenturner9680]

fine, ill watch interstellar again

[@areyoutheregoditsmedave]

to make your art about something other than your art (political statements) is insulting to the art itself. nolan would have ruined the timelessness of this film had he made it about something other than this story.

[@roochiee]

wow as soon as i rewatch this movie i get this video recommended to me absolutely amazing video dude

[@kmsknight6600]

🎉For me too man

[@trollol2215]

I am a macho man with literally 50 kills, and this movie still makes me cry.

[@KasDlonewolf]

When I saw Interstellar in theatres, as a younger engineering student, most of my engineering fellows decried the movie for it's focus on "Love". Vindication!!!!

[@harshac.7908]

Man, this movie review is nearly a decade late. But this is a very well-done, and a very much needed review of this movie. Some of the points you made were very insightful, and thank you for that! Made me see the movie in a new perspective. And rewatch it. AGAIN!! The idea that cooper and brandt being foils of one another is very interesting. Also, comparing this movie with another favorite movie of mine - Don't Look Up (2021) - with respect to the scientist vs engineer and subjectivity vs objectivity themes, made me consider for a second - if these two movies are foils of eachother...

[@jesusislord229]

One thing to note, the song played during the time that the "mountains" are discovered on Millers planet, rightfully named 'Mountains', each of the ticks in the song represents an hour passing on Earth. Playing in the song every 1.25 seconds. Really drops your stomach to think about.

[@christopheredge9002]

I loved this movie since I first saw it. But hearing this perspective on it made me appreciate it even more. Made me love art even more. And your art is something magical as well

[@aleppo1]

Cannot wait for this to be re-released next month

[@drdouchenozzle3556]

My dad and I saw this in theaters when I was a teenager and it was a great movie definitely a long one but glad I saw the whole thing thru and thru

[@anthonymarchetta8796]

How on earth is not being an allegory any sort of criticism? I don't get why he needs to be obligated, when including any sort of disaster involving food, to make it allegorical to the modern day. That's not even a criticism, just an observation.

[@vpardude]

You have done an excellent job in narrating this amazing movie for us. Thank you!!

[@ryryhc]

Please make a video on Oppenheimer

[@OMGoobero]

55:30 this scene made my jaw drop, the intensity before and the silence that ensues after.

[@joeybruh916]

This is one of the most beautiful videos I have ever watched and it’s about a movie I cherish so much. Thank you for all your time and effort in creating this amazing video. Love, Love, Love.

[@davidfort1261]

So ten years on we are still passionately discussing the pro's and cons of a film . If that doesn't fit lthe definition of an EPIC FILM I don't know what does. By the way does ANYONE know if the teasers ,rumors, speculations, of a sequel to INTERSTELLAR are credible or juat bulllshit Yeah, i know, most seques to classic movies suck but I would really like to see one

[@rachel933]

Thank you for articulating what Interstellar is all about. Your explanation on love and emotions is awe-inspiring and is truly a masterpiece! Made me cry happy tears.

[@ThorlovesAyana]

37:13 Matthew McConaughey is such a good actor

[@Rmanzss48]

amazing um great job

[@joshdyer3270]

Feeling connected too characters is definitely the thing that makes me love a movie. Feeling something deep within yourself is getting more and more rare nowadays in films

[@aetherfukz]

I've always really liked Interstellar, but always found it a bit dry too. This video made me appreciate it much more than before though! Great stuff, very well put.

[@ducky2039]

“Happiness only real when shared.” - Chris McCandless

[@efernandes8763]

This video made me feel. Thank you!

[@aretnap3653]

TheOnly Part of TheFilm I Questioned or Didn't "Feel", Was How TheSecondHand on TheWatch *CONTINUED* To Move or "Transmit TheData", While *OutSide* & Away From "Murph's" Room.🤷 (Her Room Contained "TheGravitationalAnomoly"🤔)

[@ShaunTo9]

Thank you for this. Just watched Interstellar for the first time and it broke my mind. This video is helping me piece it all back together.

[@aretnap3653]

33:28... On "Miller's Planet", I Woulda Told "Dr.Brand"... "Look Around, You Can *SEE* TheData!"

[@kaye3739]

That was beautiful I’m laying on my bed crying.

[@NotAlwaysBilly]

I love this so much. Thank you for making this video. I love it.

[@peepokiss]

one of my favorite movies and watching your video reinforced that even more. thank you for such a beautiful analysis and for making me cry at 8 am. 😂