Director Christopher Nolan’s 2014 science fiction feature “Interstellar”, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway will be re-rereleased in new 70mm IMAX prints, September 27, 2024 in theaters:
“…a group of explorers make use of a newly discovered 'wormhole' to surpass the limitations on human space travel…
“…and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
"'Interstellar' details the toll climate change has taken on agriculture, with corn the last crop to be cultivated.
"The scientists embark on a journey through a worm hole into other dimensions in search of somewhere other crops can be grown...".
"Interstellar" also stars Bill Irwin, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, David Gyasi, Wes Bentley, Mackenzie Foy, Timothée Chalamet, Topher Grace, David Oyelowo, Ellen Burstyn and Michael Caine.
The film is produced by Emma Thomas and Lynda Obst, with 'theoretical physicist' Kip Thorne in a consulting, executive producer capacity, alongside executive producers Jake Myers and Jordan Goldberg.
“…a group of explorers make use of a newly discovered 'wormhole' to surpass the limitations on human space travel…
“…and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
"'Interstellar' details the toll climate change has taken on agriculture, with corn the last crop to be cultivated.
"The scientists embark on a journey through a worm hole into other dimensions in search of somewhere other crops can be grown...".
"Interstellar" also stars Bill Irwin, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, David Gyasi, Wes Bentley, Mackenzie Foy, Timothée Chalamet, Topher Grace, David Oyelowo, Ellen Burstyn and Michael Caine.
The film is produced by Emma Thomas and Lynda Obst, with 'theoretical physicist' Kip Thorne in a consulting, executive producer capacity, alongside executive producers Jake Myers and Jordan Goldberg.
- 4/14/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It didn’t happen at Universal’s presentation, but we finally got a Christopher Nolan announcement at CinemaCon 2024.
On Thursday morning, Paramount Pictures’ President of Domestic Distribution Chris Aronson revealed that Nolan’s “Interstellar” will return to theaters on September 27, 2024 in both 70mm and IMAX formats. The re-release is a celebration of the film’s 10-year anniversary. It is probably also — at least somewhat — a continued celebration of Nolan’s Best Picture-winner “Oppenheimer.”
Of course, the “Oppenheimer” victory isn’t for Paramount to tout, and its studio Universal took a brief victory lap (or two) during its own Wednesday afternoon Colosseum presentation. The on-stage champagne-popping split time with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and included a prerecorded message from Nolan. (He did not touch on “Mario.”)
In the package played for a packed house of (mostly) exhibitors, Nolan said he had been “very nervous” about showing “Oppenheimer” footage to the same CinemaCon audience last year.
On Thursday morning, Paramount Pictures’ President of Domestic Distribution Chris Aronson revealed that Nolan’s “Interstellar” will return to theaters on September 27, 2024 in both 70mm and IMAX formats. The re-release is a celebration of the film’s 10-year anniversary. It is probably also — at least somewhat — a continued celebration of Nolan’s Best Picture-winner “Oppenheimer.”
Of course, the “Oppenheimer” victory isn’t for Paramount to tout, and its studio Universal took a brief victory lap (or two) during its own Wednesday afternoon Colosseum presentation. The on-stage champagne-popping split time with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and included a prerecorded message from Nolan. (He did not touch on “Mario.”)
In the package played for a packed house of (mostly) exhibitors, Nolan said he had been “very nervous” about showing “Oppenheimer” footage to the same CinemaCon audience last year.
- 4/11/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
In a historic feat of mankind, scientists captured the first image of a black hole in 2019 piercing through space to reach the heart of the massive galaxy Messier 87 where the supermassive black hole, M87* lies. Located about 55 million light-years away from Earth, the image of the black hole has created history, but it was not similar to Christopher Nolan’s depiction of the epic visual of the same.
Interstellar‘s fictional black hole with the first ever black hole image of M87*. Image: Warner Brothers | Medeiros et al. 2023
Nobel-winning theoretical physicist Kip Thorne was assigned to formulate the near-perfect visual of a black hole. Interestingly, the general mass did not have any idea of how the monstrous space giant was supposed to look. Surprisingly, Nolan and Thorne, with the visual effects team, created the astounding near-accurate black hole before the image of M87* was released.
Suggested“A last ditch...
Interstellar‘s fictional black hole with the first ever black hole image of M87*. Image: Warner Brothers | Medeiros et al. 2023
Nobel-winning theoretical physicist Kip Thorne was assigned to formulate the near-perfect visual of a black hole. Interestingly, the general mass did not have any idea of how the monstrous space giant was supposed to look. Surprisingly, Nolan and Thorne, with the visual effects team, created the astounding near-accurate black hole before the image of M87* was released.
Suggested“A last ditch...
- 2/20/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
This article contains Oppenheimer spoilers.
It can be said that Christopher Nolan has always known how to end a movie. From Leonard Shelby concluding his journey where it began and asking “now where was I?” in Memento to the topper that wouldn’t stop spinning in Inception, this is a filmmaker who looks for the most potent image that will burrow its way into audiences’ heads.
Yet the final scene of his most ambitious film to date is something more impressive, if altogether disquieting. Oppenheimer definitely implants a grim idea in the viewer’s mind, but it does so by giving the uncanny impression that we are seeing it through J. Robert Oppenheimer’s eyes first. Standing by the duck pond that Albert Einstein (Tom Conti) has been consigned to by posterity, and where Oppie will be joining him in exile sooner than he realizes, the man credited with fathering...
It can be said that Christopher Nolan has always known how to end a movie. From Leonard Shelby concluding his journey where it began and asking “now where was I?” in Memento to the topper that wouldn’t stop spinning in Inception, this is a filmmaker who looks for the most potent image that will burrow its way into audiences’ heads.
Yet the final scene of his most ambitious film to date is something more impressive, if altogether disquieting. Oppenheimer definitely implants a grim idea in the viewer’s mind, but it does so by giving the uncanny impression that we are seeing it through J. Robert Oppenheimer’s eyes first. Standing by the duck pond that Albert Einstein (Tom Conti) has been consigned to by posterity, and where Oppie will be joining him in exile sooner than he realizes, the man credited with fathering...
- 2/1/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
For Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy plunged deep into the mind and physicality of an iconic scientist that irrevocably changed our world. At once complex, conflicting, stylish and brilliant, Oppenheimer’s life and work is not an immediately obvious choice for an epic blockbuster subject. And yet, Christopher Nolan’s decision to ask his longtime collaborator Murphy to step into the physicist’s shoes resulted in a cinematic experience that would outstrip every superhero movie at the box office last year. Here, Murphy describes inhabiting the man behind the atom bomb and why he always delights in working with Nolan.
Deadline: Obviously, there are 20 years of trust between you and Christopher Nolan — this is your sixth film together. When he asked you to play this huge lead role, did he reveal exactly why he thought of you for it?
Cillian Murphy: This is another example of his kind of brilliance, but when he writes parts,...
Deadline: Obviously, there are 20 years of trust between you and Christopher Nolan — this is your sixth film together. When he asked you to play this huge lead role, did he reveal exactly why he thought of you for it?
Cillian Murphy: This is another example of his kind of brilliance, but when he writes parts,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Win Oppenheimer on Blu-Ray! From celebrated writer and director Christopher Nolan comes the must-see cinematic masterpiece about the man and the moment that changed the world forever. As it continues its dominant global box-office run, Oppenheimer will be available to own just in time for the holidays on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD & Digital on November 22, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. We have a Blu-Ray copy to give away to one lucky winner!
Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer, thrusts audiences into the mind of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work as the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory created the first atomic bomb. An unprecedented cinematic event, Oppenheimer features an all-star cast that includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.
The film was produced by Emma Thomas,...
Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer, thrusts audiences into the mind of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work as the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory created the first atomic bomb. An unprecedented cinematic event, Oppenheimer features an all-star cast that includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.
The film was produced by Emma Thomas,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
When Oppenheimer filmmaker Christopher Nolan received the Federation of American Scientists’ Public Service Award earlier this month, in recognition of his cultural contribution by bringing J. Robert Oppenheimer’s story to broader attention through cinema, he made a “plea” to scientists.
At the heart of his speech was a dichotomy between the scientist and the artist, in terms of their relationship to, and dialogue with society at large. As a filmmaker, he explained, you’re given a certain license to manufacture meaning by making a “dramatic choice.” This happened for him on Oppenheimer when grappling with the ending of his story on the invention of the atomic bomb, which depending on his framing, could lean either toward hope for the future of the world, or toward despair. Truthfully, Nolan suggested, the full story of nuclear power continues to be written, well beyond the years his film covers, as geopolitical power...
At the heart of his speech was a dichotomy between the scientist and the artist, in terms of their relationship to, and dialogue with society at large. As a filmmaker, he explained, you’re given a certain license to manufacture meaning by making a “dramatic choice.” This happened for him on Oppenheimer when grappling with the ending of his story on the invention of the atomic bomb, which depending on his framing, could lean either toward hope for the future of the world, or toward despair. Truthfully, Nolan suggested, the full story of nuclear power continues to be written, well beyond the years his film covers, as geopolitical power...
- 11/22/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, here we are, about to officially enter the holiday season. That means you might find yourself with some holiday weekends where you're in need of something to watch. And if you collect Blu-rays, you've come to the right place! Because, as usual, I've rounded up some of the best new Blu-ray releases just for you, dear reader. This installment features what might be Christopher Nolan's masterpiece, an early Martin Scorsese picture, a pretty darn good horror sequel, a new Poirot mystery, Denzel Washington kicking ass, and a bonafide classic starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. So let's get to it! And remember to keep spinning those discs.
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The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward declaring Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" the best movie of the year. At the very least, it's a monumental achievement...
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The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward declaring Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" the best movie of the year. At the very least, it's a monumental achievement...
- 11/21/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
One of the biggest movies of the summer is about to come to home release. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer premiered to great acclaim and huge crowds filed into 70mm IMAX screenings. Universal has now released details for the 4K Uhd, Blu-ray, DVD and digital releases. The epic drama will be available on all of those formats on November 21, 2023.
The press release from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment reads,
“Experience the breathtaking global phenomenon that has captivated audiences around the world. Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer thrusts audiences into the mind of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work on the Manhattan Project created the first atomic bomb. An unprecedented cinematic event, Oppenheimer features an all-star cast that includes Emily Blunt, Oscar® winner Matt Damon, Oscar® nominee Robert Downey Jr., Oscar® nominee Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, and Oscar® winners Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.
The press release from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment reads,
“Experience the breathtaking global phenomenon that has captivated audiences around the world. Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer thrusts audiences into the mind of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work on the Manhattan Project created the first atomic bomb. An unprecedented cinematic event, Oppenheimer features an all-star cast that includes Emily Blunt, Oscar® winner Matt Damon, Oscar® nominee Robert Downey Jr., Oscar® nominee Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, and Oscar® winners Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.
- 10/17/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
At long last, you’ll be able to watch “Oppenheimer” at home. Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster drama will arrive on Digital, 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD just in time for the holidays on Nov. 21. The Universal Pictures Home Entertainment release boasts over three hours of bonus features that dive into the making of Nolan’s film, including a featurette on the invention of 65mm black-and-white film stock.
Nolan’s epic opened in July and was an immediate success, going on to gross over $940 million worldwide – a stunning feat for a three-hour drama about the invention of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy drew raves for his performance as J. Robert Oppenheimer, but the entire cast – which includes Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and Matt Damon – was lauded. “Oppenheimer” is expected to be a major play on the upcoming awards circuit.
The home video release includes over three hours of...
Nolan’s epic opened in July and was an immediate success, going on to gross over $940 million worldwide – a stunning feat for a three-hour drama about the invention of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy drew raves for his performance as J. Robert Oppenheimer, but the entire cast – which includes Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and Matt Damon – was lauded. “Oppenheimer” is expected to be a major play on the upcoming awards circuit.
The home video release includes over three hours of...
- 10/17/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Finally, Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is coming home. One of the best pictures of the year, Nolan's sprawling, stunning work will be making its way to Blu-ray and digital next month, ending a phenomenal box office run that hauled in $942 million globally so far. This home media release won't skimp on the special features, either. There's going to be over 3 hours of bonus material, including "The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer," a 70+ minute making-of documentary that delves into several aspects of the production. The film arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital on November 21, 2023. "Barbie" will already be on Blu-ray and digital by then, too, so if you want to recreate the magic of "Barbenheimer" at home, feel free.
In "Oppenheimer," Cillian Murphy plays physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who spearheads the creation of the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. Eventually, though, the horrifying...
In "Oppenheimer," Cillian Murphy plays physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who spearheads the creation of the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. Eventually, though, the horrifying...
- 10/17/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
While Greta Gerwig’s Barbie arrives on disc today, the wait is a bit longer for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has now unveiled a November 21 release on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital for the nearly billion-dollar-grossing biopic, along with over three hours of special features. Pre-orders are now available here.
Here’s the technical blurb for the presentation as well, which includes multiple aspect ratios: 4K Ultra HD features “vibrant visuals, four-times-sharper picture than HD, the color brilliance of High Dynamic Range (Hdr) and multi-channel audio that delivers an enveloping sound. Plus, the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray discs are uniquely designed to include mixed 2.20 and 1.78 aspect ratios that enables viewers to experience the shift in aspect ratio as viewed in select theatrical locations, for the ultimate in-home viewing.”
See the full list of special features below along with the cover.
The Story Of Our...
Here’s the technical blurb for the presentation as well, which includes multiple aspect ratios: 4K Ultra HD features “vibrant visuals, four-times-sharper picture than HD, the color brilliance of High Dynamic Range (Hdr) and multi-channel audio that delivers an enveloping sound. Plus, the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray discs are uniquely designed to include mixed 2.20 and 1.78 aspect ratios that enables viewers to experience the shift in aspect ratio as viewed in select theatrical locations, for the ultimate in-home viewing.”
See the full list of special features below along with the cover.
The Story Of Our...
- 10/17/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Christopher Nolan is a very smart man who makes very smart movies (and "The Dark Knight Rises"), so it's fitting that he would be drawn to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who led the Manhattan Project and created the most awesomely destructive weapon in human history. It's also not surprising that a man who's never made a bad movie (save for "The Dark Knight Rises) aced his biopic assignment with "Oppenheimer," which is currently torching the global box office and looking an awful lot like this year's Best Picture frontrunner.
Part of what makes Nolan one of the finest filmmakers of his generation is his respect for expertise. When, for instance, he makes a movie about astronauts traveling through a wormhole, he collaborates with the man who wrote the literal, and thus-far definitive, book on the subject (theoretical physicist Kip Thorne). And when the payoff is a brainy masterpiece like "Interstellar,...
Part of what makes Nolan one of the finest filmmakers of his generation is his respect for expertise. When, for instance, he makes a movie about astronauts traveling through a wormhole, he collaborates with the man who wrote the literal, and thus-far definitive, book on the subject (theoretical physicist Kip Thorne). And when the payoff is a brainy masterpiece like "Interstellar,...
- 8/20/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Once the "Oppenheimer" hype dies down, you'll likely hear more of that nagging criticism of the movie being about men talking in offices and classrooms. There's no doubt large chunks of the film's three-hour runtime focus on Cillian Murphy's J. Robert Oppenheimer conversing with political leaders and his colleagues as they work their way towards creating the atom bomb. But by his own admission, Christopher Nolan's approach to filmmaking almost necessitates this kind of verbosity. As the filmmaker previously told BAFTA:
"I chose to take the path of incorporating that desire for a layered approach into the narrative itself, into the story. And so I've made films that have some ambiguity to them, or some layering to them narratively, so that if you see them a second time you're going to watch them a slightly different way. And that was my approach. There are other filmmakers who approached...
"I chose to take the path of incorporating that desire for a layered approach into the narrative itself, into the story. And so I've made films that have some ambiguity to them, or some layering to them narratively, so that if you see them a second time you're going to watch them a slightly different way. And that was my approach. There are other filmmakers who approached...
- 8/5/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Potential "Oppenheimer" spoilers follow.
In most auteur filmmakers' bodies of work, there exists a movie that functions as the summation of their particular themes and interests, a film that essentially "unlocks" all of their other movies, throwing them into a new light. Sometimes these movies arrive late in a director's career, acting as more of a true culmination, such as Steven Spielberg's revelatory "The Fabelmans" from just last year. Other times, these films act as statements of intent right out of the gate, as I'd argue Steven Soderbergh's first feature "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" does.
It's not unusual, however, for such a movie to arrive somewhere near the middle or back half of a director's career; after all, Martin Scorsese didn't make "The Last Temptation of Christ" until he was 46 years old and 11 films deep. In other words, these kinds of films arrive when such an artist feels...
In most auteur filmmakers' bodies of work, there exists a movie that functions as the summation of their particular themes and interests, a film that essentially "unlocks" all of their other movies, throwing them into a new light. Sometimes these movies arrive late in a director's career, acting as more of a true culmination, such as Steven Spielberg's revelatory "The Fabelmans" from just last year. Other times, these films act as statements of intent right out of the gate, as I'd argue Steven Soderbergh's first feature "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" does.
It's not unusual, however, for such a movie to arrive somewhere near the middle or back half of a director's career; after all, Martin Scorsese didn't make "The Last Temptation of Christ" until he was 46 years old and 11 films deep. In other words, these kinds of films arrive when such an artist feels...
- 7/21/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Few filmmakers stoke the kind of loyalty and obsessive deconstruction as Christopher Nolan does.
Over 12 films and 25 years, he has made head-spinning, intricately constructed journeys into the mind, time, magic and Gotham City. And audiences have been more than happy to go along for the ride. He is one of the few filmmakers working today who can also get hugely expensive, original movies made.
And this week he’s back with his latest film, “Oppenheimer,” a historical epic about J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the man who oversaw the construction of the first nuclear weapon in the waning days of World War II. Full of gorgeous, IMAX-captured imagery and structural ingeniousness, it feels in many ways like the ultimate Nolan movie. That is, of course, until the next Nolan movie.
In celebration of “Oppenheimer” and because it’s fun to talk about his movies, we’ve decided to rank Nolan’s movies,...
Over 12 films and 25 years, he has made head-spinning, intricately constructed journeys into the mind, time, magic and Gotham City. And audiences have been more than happy to go along for the ride. He is one of the few filmmakers working today who can also get hugely expensive, original movies made.
And this week he’s back with his latest film, “Oppenheimer,” a historical epic about J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the man who oversaw the construction of the first nuclear weapon in the waning days of World War II. Full of gorgeous, IMAX-captured imagery and structural ingeniousness, it feels in many ways like the ultimate Nolan movie. That is, of course, until the next Nolan movie.
In celebration of “Oppenheimer” and because it’s fun to talk about his movies, we’ve decided to rank Nolan’s movies,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
In the new MSNBC documentary “To End All War: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb,” the impact of the 1945 nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are seen in grisly detail: Archival footage from the U.S. military recorded days after the bombings show survivors covered in horrific burns, with sagging flesh and clothing seared to their bodies, as they stand in the wreckage of cities leveled to the ground. Although the documentary, which is now streaming on Peacock, was released in part to drum up hype for Christopher Nolan’s Universal-produced “Oppenheimer,” no such footage appears in his own movie.
Nolan defended the decision during a conversation after a screening of the movie in New York over the weekend. His depiction of Manhattan Project chief scientist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) doesn’t show Hiroshima or Nagasaki, he said, not to sanitize the subject, but because the movie extends from its...
Nolan defended the decision during a conversation after a screening of the movie in New York over the weekend. His depiction of Manhattan Project chief scientist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) doesn’t show Hiroshima or Nagasaki, he said, not to sanitize the subject, but because the movie extends from its...
- 7/18/2023
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Writer, director, and filmmaker Christopher Nolan has been reassured by researchers working in the development of artificial intelligence (A.I.) that they recognize parallels between their work and when J. Robert Oppenheimer “fathered” the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1945. The filmmaker takes this modicum of self-awareness as a hopeful sign, but it is not necessarily a comforting one for those who know the Oppenheimer story—including Christopher Nolan.
The director seemed to suggest as much during a panel in New York City that commemorated the 78th anniversary of the Trinity test in New Mexico—the first time a nuclear bomb was successfully detonated. After the test, Oppenheimer famously quoted the Bhagavad Gita when he reflected, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
That legacy and so much more was carefully discussed, and perhaps lightly debated, during the Trinity anniversary panel, where Den of Geek was in attendance.
The director seemed to suggest as much during a panel in New York City that commemorated the 78th anniversary of the Trinity test in New Mexico—the first time a nuclear bomb was successfully detonated. After the test, Oppenheimer famously quoted the Bhagavad Gita when he reflected, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
That legacy and so much more was carefully discussed, and perhaps lightly debated, during the Trinity anniversary panel, where Den of Geek was in attendance.
- 7/17/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Los Angeles, July 16 (Ians) Director Christopher Nolan has expressed caution at the rapidly developing pace of artificial intelligence technology in the wake of a special screening of his upcoming biopic ‘Oppenheimer’ which deals with the building of the very first atomic bomb.
As reported by Variety, the ‘Inception’ director made these comments during a conversation which followed a preview screening of ‘Oppenheimer’ in New York.
The conversation was moderated by ‘Meet the Press’ anchor Chuck Todd and the panel included Nolan, as well as Los Alamos National Laboratory director Dr. Thom Mason, physicists Dr. Carlo Rovelli and Dr. Kip Thorne and author Kai Bird, who co-wrote the book ‘American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer’, on which the film is based on.
Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, USA is where the Trinity Test and the Manhattan Project happened which led to the construction of the nuclear...
As reported by Variety, the ‘Inception’ director made these comments during a conversation which followed a preview screening of ‘Oppenheimer’ in New York.
The conversation was moderated by ‘Meet the Press’ anchor Chuck Todd and the panel included Nolan, as well as Los Alamos National Laboratory director Dr. Thom Mason, physicists Dr. Carlo Rovelli and Dr. Kip Thorne and author Kai Bird, who co-wrote the book ‘American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer’, on which the film is based on.
Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, USA is where the Trinity Test and the Manhattan Project happened which led to the construction of the nuclear...
- 7/16/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Christopher Nolan sees the insistence by striking SAG-AFTRA and WGA members that studios and streamers limit the use of artificial intelligence stems directly from the explosion of streaming over the past decade-plus.
Referring to the current “labor dispute” without getting more specific, the Oppenheimer writer-director drew a parallel between recent actions by Hollywood and Big Tech and his film’s protagonist grappling with the thorny ethical dilemmas of nuclear science.
“When you innovate through technology, you have to make sure there is accountability,” he said at a post-screening panel in New York. “A lot of companies for 15 years have bandied about terms like ‘algorithm,’ not knowing what they really mean in any meaningful, technical sense. These guys don’t really know what an algorithm is or what it does. People in my business talking about it, they just don’t want to take responsibility for whatever that algorithm does. Applied to AI,...
Referring to the current “labor dispute” without getting more specific, the Oppenheimer writer-director drew a parallel between recent actions by Hollywood and Big Tech and his film’s protagonist grappling with the thorny ethical dilemmas of nuclear science.
“When you innovate through technology, you have to make sure there is accountability,” he said at a post-screening panel in New York. “A lot of companies for 15 years have bandied about terms like ‘algorithm,’ not knowing what they really mean in any meaningful, technical sense. These guys don’t really know what an algorithm is or what it does. People in my business talking about it, they just don’t want to take responsibility for whatever that algorithm does. Applied to AI,...
- 7/16/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Christopher Nolan expressed caution about artificial intelligence after a special screening of “Oppenheimer,” drawing a comparison between the rapidly developing technology and his new dramatic feature about the creation of the atomic bomb.
Nolan’s remarks came during a conversation following a preview screening of “Oppenheimer” in New York. Moderated by “Meet the Press” anchor Chuck Todd, the panel included Nolan, as well as Los Alamos National Laboratory director Dr. Thom Mason, physicists Dr. Carlo Rovelli and Dr. Kip Thorne, plus author Kai Bird, who co-wrote “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” which Nolan’s film is based on.
“The rise of companies in the last 15 years bandying words like algorithm — not knowing what they mean in any kind of meaningful, mathematical sense — these guys don’t know what an algorithm is,” Nolan shared at the screening. “People in my business talking about it, they just...
Nolan’s remarks came during a conversation following a preview screening of “Oppenheimer” in New York. Moderated by “Meet the Press” anchor Chuck Todd, the panel included Nolan, as well as Los Alamos National Laboratory director Dr. Thom Mason, physicists Dr. Carlo Rovelli and Dr. Kip Thorne, plus author Kai Bird, who co-wrote “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” which Nolan’s film is based on.
“The rise of companies in the last 15 years bandying words like algorithm — not knowing what they mean in any kind of meaningful, mathematical sense — these guys don’t know what an algorithm is,” Nolan shared at the screening. “People in my business talking about it, they just...
- 7/15/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers for “Second Contact.”
Individual episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks will only be about 30-minutes, sometimes a little bit less. But don’t let that fool you. This series has Trekkie Easter eggs the way the Deep Space Station K-7 has Tribbles. Just when you think you’ve found the last one, there’s another one. The new animated comedy series is clearly lovingly crafted with the fans in mind, and showrunner Mike McMahan has slipped in more than just a few loving nods to the giant Trek canon.
Because Lower Decks is so meta and self-referential, it’s very possible we didn’t catch everything. But, just like Mariner and her buds, we tried to be scrappy underdogs and do our own research. So, at the risk of being wrong, here’s (probably) every Easter egg and reference we spotted in...
Individual episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks will only be about 30-minutes, sometimes a little bit less. But don’t let that fool you. This series has Trekkie Easter eggs the way the Deep Space Station K-7 has Tribbles. Just when you think you’ve found the last one, there’s another one. The new animated comedy series is clearly lovingly crafted with the fans in mind, and showrunner Mike McMahan has slipped in more than just a few loving nods to the giant Trek canon.
Because Lower Decks is so meta and self-referential, it’s very possible we didn’t catch everything. But, just like Mariner and her buds, we tried to be scrappy underdogs and do our own research. So, at the risk of being wrong, here’s (probably) every Easter egg and reference we spotted in...
- 8/6/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
TheWrap and the Breakthrough Prize Foundation on Monday announced the launch of a new film competition created to promote and support the development of films dedicated exclusively to science and scientists.
Heroes of Science: Breakthrough Filmmakers Challenge represents an unprecedented partnership between leading digital entertainment news outlet TheWrap and Breakthrough Prize, the world’s largest monetary science prize, as well as the coming together of two pursuits that are too often at odds in popular culture — art and science.
Through the competition, Breakthrough Prize and TheWrap hope to identify talented filmmakers who are passionate about bringing scientific ideas to life and who have the visual storytelling skill to create short films that express the beauty and significance of these ideas, as well as the characters of the scientists who discover them. Winning candidates will have the possibility of making a film for this year’s internationally broadcast Breakthrough Prize ceremony.
Heroes of Science: Breakthrough Filmmakers Challenge represents an unprecedented partnership between leading digital entertainment news outlet TheWrap and Breakthrough Prize, the world’s largest monetary science prize, as well as the coming together of two pursuits that are too often at odds in popular culture — art and science.
Through the competition, Breakthrough Prize and TheWrap hope to identify talented filmmakers who are passionate about bringing scientific ideas to life and who have the visual storytelling skill to create short films that express the beauty and significance of these ideas, as well as the characters of the scientists who discover them. Winning candidates will have the possibility of making a film for this year’s internationally broadcast Breakthrough Prize ceremony.
- 1/28/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
Back when Warner Bros. released Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar,” the film’s scientific accuracy was championed by the cast and crew. Nolan wanted to ensure that “Interstellar” adhered as closely as possible to Real Science when it came to depicting wormholes and black holes, so he hired Caltech theoretical physicist Kip Thorne as an executive producer and scientific consultant on the movie. Thorne worked closely with the VFX team to nail the look of the film’s black hole, named Gargantua.
With the recent groundbreaking release of the first real black hole photo, it appears Thorne and the “Interstellar” team favorably predicted the the world’s first look at the space phenomena. Astronomers captured the first image of a real black hole and made the image public on April 10.
The photograph shows a red-orange circle made out of dust and gas that forms the outline to the black hole, which...
With the recent groundbreaking release of the first real black hole photo, it appears Thorne and the “Interstellar” team favorably predicted the the world’s first look at the space phenomena. Astronomers captured the first image of a real black hole and made the image public on April 10.
The photograph shows a red-orange circle made out of dust and gas that forms the outline to the black hole, which...
- 4/10/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Star Wars Dialogue is a 5-part dialog between Mike Thorn, Isiah Medina, Chelsea Phillips-Carr, Isaac Goes, and Neil Bahadur about George Lucas's first six films in the Star Wars franchise.Mike Thorn: Of particular interest in the Star Wars franchise is the relationship between Lucas’s avant-garde roots, and the way his experimental tendencies work with (and/or against) classicism. Do any of you think these films should be read more intently in terms of either one formal category or another (classical or avant-garde)? That is, do you think they’re “more” avant-garde than classical, or vice versa? Would your answer differ from film to film?Isiah Medina: Continuing the theme of revision, what is avant-garde can be revised as well, but I don’t think there is value in calling Star Wars avant-garde other than a provocation. It’s classical through and through. In terms of artistic movements within moviemaking,...
- 1/15/2018
- MUBI
"What is documentary?" Little White Lies puts the question to Joshua Oppenheimer, Jeanie Finlay, Marc Isaacs, Kim Longinotto, Lucy Walker, Elizabeth Wood and Robert Green. Also in today's roundup: David Bordwell on Paolo Gioli and Jonathan Rosenbaum on American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson and Confirmation. Plus, the Time 100 includes Christopher Nolan on Kip Thorne, Rita Moreno on Gina Rodriguez, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson on Aziz Ansari, Tony Kushner on Kathleen Kennedy, Dwayne Johnson on Priyanka Chopra, Steven Spielberg on Mark Rylance, Lena Dunham on Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Paul Haggis on Oscar Isaac, David Simon on Idris Elba, Guillermo del Toro on Alejandro González Iñárritu—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/24/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
"What is documentary?" Little White Lies puts the question to Joshua Oppenheimer, Jeanie Finlay, Marc Isaacs, Kim Longinotto, Lucy Walker, Elizabeth Wood and Robert Green. Also in today's roundup: David Bordwell on Paolo Gioli and Jonathan Rosenbaum on American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson and Confirmation. Plus, the Time 100 includes Christopher Nolan on Kip Thorne, Rita Moreno on Gina Rodriguez, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson on Aziz Ansari, Tony Kushner on Kathleen Kennedy, Dwayne Johnson on Priyanka Chopra, Steven Spielberg on Mark Rylance, Lena Dunham on Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Paul Haggis on Oscar Isaac, David Simon on Idris Elba, Guillermo del Toro on Alejandro González Iñárritu—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/24/2016
- Keyframe
Steve Aoki’s third studio album, Neon Future II, brings listeners on a cinematic journey with a dark twist. It’s the sequel to his previous release, Neon Future, and features a star-studded list of artists like Linkin Park, Nervo, and Snoop Lion. In contrast to its predecessor, this album’s sound is more emotion-driven and dives deeper into the concept of futurism. Embracing the idea of various genres coming together, Aoki combines electro bangers with country, pop and rock influences. While the jumping across genres can cause a disconnect, all of the tracks here are united by the album’s theme – by means of darker tones, voiceovers and sounds that you might expect to hear in the future.
Much like the beginning of a science fiction flick, a robotic voice briefly introduces the Neon Future concept. As if we were opening a “Time Capsule” as the track’s title suggests,...
Much like the beginning of a science fiction flick, a robotic voice briefly introduces the Neon Future concept. As if we were opening a “Time Capsule” as the track’s title suggests,...
- 5/12/2015
- by Krista De Leon
- We Got This Covered
Jonathan Nolan is one of the most in-demand screenwriters in Hollywood today. His first four screenplays, which he co-wrote with brother Christopher Nolan, are among the top #100 most-loved films according to the Internet Movie Database (The Prestige, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and, now, Interstellar). You could even count a fifth title in that grouping if you include his story credit for Memento, for which he received an Oscar nomination.
Still, Nolan is not just a potent creative collaborator of one of the world’s biggest directors. He has branched off to become a creative force on the small screen, too. He created the hit CBS drama Person of Interest, which draws in around 10 million viewers a week, and is also hard at work on Westworld, an HBO sci-fi drama set to air later this year based on Michael Crichton’s novel. With an ensemble cast including Anthony Hopkins,...
Still, Nolan is not just a potent creative collaborator of one of the world’s biggest directors. He has branched off to become a creative force on the small screen, too. He created the hit CBS drama Person of Interest, which draws in around 10 million viewers a week, and is also hard at work on Westworld, an HBO sci-fi drama set to air later this year based on Michael Crichton’s novel. With an ensemble cast including Anthony Hopkins,...
- 4/1/2015
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Interstellar confirms beyond all doubt that there is no blockbuster filmmaker working today more ambitious than Christopher Nolan. An almost three-hour space epic that combines the theoretical physics of Kip Thorne, cutting-edge visual effects, a dynamite cast led by Matthew McConaughey and a deeply personal, emotional core concerned with the transcendent power of love, Interstellar is a striking anomaly.
It’s certainly the most far-reaching work by a mainstream director since the Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas and may well bear comparisons to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (one of the many films Nolan openly cited as an influence). Its story is a jaw-droppingly enthusiastic one, spanning generations and pushing into the further reaches of the universe even as it attempts to tell the much more intimate tale of how one father’s love for his daughter can cut across all of time and space. Interstellar is also, perhaps unavoidably given its goals,...
It’s certainly the most far-reaching work by a mainstream director since the Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas and may well bear comparisons to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (one of the many films Nolan openly cited as an influence). Its story is a jaw-droppingly enthusiastic one, spanning generations and pushing into the further reaches of the universe even as it attempts to tell the much more intimate tale of how one father’s love for his daughter can cut across all of time and space. Interstellar is also, perhaps unavoidably given its goals,...
- 3/28/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Christopher Nolan thinks big. There’s little question he has an impressive imagination and his body of work speaks to those larger issues. Often writing with his brother Jonathan, they have produced a series of films with a polish and gravitas that few other big budget spectacles can match.
And yet…
And yet, in almost every case, the lapses in story logic rob the movie of its power so you always walk out of the theater shaking your head in bewilderment. The great ideas and execution found in Memento and again in Inception are spoiled in his other films, notably The Dark Knight Rises. Such was the case with Interstellar, coming to home video via Paramount Home Entertainment this Tuesday. The larger theme of where we do go when we ruin the Earth beyond repair is a timely one as more and more reports indicate this is the century we hit the ecological tipping point.
And yet…
And yet, in almost every case, the lapses in story logic rob the movie of its power so you always walk out of the theater shaking your head in bewilderment. The great ideas and execution found in Memento and again in Inception are spoiled in his other films, notably The Dark Knight Rises. Such was the case with Interstellar, coming to home video via Paramount Home Entertainment this Tuesday. The larger theme of where we do go when we ruin the Earth beyond repair is a timely one as more and more reports indicate this is the century we hit the ecological tipping point.
- 3/27/2015
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Contrary to popular belief, Christopher Nolan was not the first Nolan involved with Interstellar. Before the Dark Knight helmer came aboard, Steven Spielberg was mulling taking the reins and would have worked from a script by Jonathan Nolan. Of course, that didn’t happen, and viewers ended up with a visually jaw-dropping and narratively ambitious (if not entirely successful) space epic that explored universal themes of time, love and the human drive to survive. The Christopher Nolan touch made the pic soar in some ways and fall short in others, but now it has come out that if Jonathan Nolan had his way, Interstellar would have been a very, very different film altogether.
Promoting the movie’s upcoming Blu-Ray release, the younger Nolan recently let slip that his original ending for Interstellar would have divided public opinion even more than the final one.
Spoiler Alert!
Interstellar ends with a bit...
Promoting the movie’s upcoming Blu-Ray release, the younger Nolan recently let slip that his original ending for Interstellar would have divided public opinion even more than the final one.
Spoiler Alert!
Interstellar ends with a bit...
- 3/21/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
There's been much debate about the quality of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar," with the film's third act in particular coming under fire for abandoning its more grounded science fiction tropes in favor of straight-up fantasy (and overly sentimental fantasy at that). But it turns out Jonathan Nolan's original script had not just a more straight forward and believable ending, but one with slightly darker and more bleak overtones.
Speaking about the original script ending during interviews for the film's release on DVD, VOD and Blu-ray, Nolan tells The Nerdist that originally the ending saw the wormhole collapse when Cooper tries to send the data back.
As a result the film would've had no tesseract and no return home, Anne Hathaway’s character would be left on her own, Matthew McConaughey's character would've been crushed like a bug in the black hole, and we wouldn't be sure if the...
Speaking about the original script ending during interviews for the film's release on DVD, VOD and Blu-ray, Nolan tells The Nerdist that originally the ending saw the wormhole collapse when Cooper tries to send the data back.
As a result the film would've had no tesseract and no return home, Anne Hathaway’s character would be left on her own, Matthew McConaughey's character would've been crushed like a bug in the black hole, and we wouldn't be sure if the...
- 3/20/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
As anyone who followed the run-up to the release of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" last year knows, the project didn't start with him. It was actually eyed by Steven Spielberg long before Nolan came on board, and had a script by Jonathan Nolan, with input from science brain Kip Thorne. Once the older Nolan came onboard to direct, he made significant changes his brother's script (among them, Murph was a boy in the first drafts of the screenplay), and what you saw on the big screen was Christopher's take on the material. According to Jonathan, his version had a conclusion that was less cerebral and more science based. **Spoilers ahead** Okay, so we know that in "Interstellar" Matthew McConaughy's Cooper flung himself into the black hole, Gargantua, and landed in the fifth dimensional Galactic Bookcase of timelines, which he uses to speak to his daughter with sand. Or something. At that point in the movie,...
- 3/19/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The finalists for the first Raw Science Film Festival were screened at Caltech, which received a nod for its contribution to film during the recent Academy Awards, and the awards presented to winners in the Zanuck Theater at Fox Studios on December 8, 2014. The festival honors talented filmmakers, both student and professional, and gives them the opportunity to receive recognition in front of a worldwide audience of leaders in entertainment, science, and technology.
In addition to this, the jury is comprised of longstanding members of the Academy. Andy Hendrickson (Cto, Disney Animation Studios) accepted an award for "Big Hero 6," which recently became the winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
The 2014 Raw Science Film Festival was created by the Raw Science Foundation in association with Raw Science TV. The festival was made possible by the premiere sponsor and partner Science and Entertainment Exchange , which connects entertainment industry professionals with top scientists and engineers to create a synergy between accurate science and engaging storylines in both film and TV programming. $20,000 in cash prizes were awarded to winning filmmakers.
The festival was curated by Mitchell Block, the Executive Director of Programming for Raw Science TV, and produced by Yokeena Jamar.
The Jury included Academy Award winning & nominated filmmakers Luke Matheny (Best Short Film, “God of Love”), Randal Kleiser (“Grease” and “Honey I Blew up the Kid”), Martha Coolidge (“Real Genius” and “The Twilight Zone” TV Series), and John Singleton (“Boyz n the Hood” and “Tupac”), Liz Keim ( The Exploratorium), and Iram Parveen Bilal (“Josh”).
Presenters included Martha Coolidge and Martin Gunderson ("Real Genius"), S&Ee’s Kevin Grazier ("Gravity," "Battlestar Galactica"), Rick Loverd (Science and Entertainment Exchange), and filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal.
Attendees included Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely (Un Ambassador of Goodwill to Africa, New Future Foundation, Inc.) and First Robotics Team 980 for a screening of the film "Spare Parts" starring George Lopez.
“Filmmakers inspire and balance our advancing society" said Keri Kukral, Founder/CEO of Raw Science. "We want to honor them."
The awards were specially designed and created by 3D Systems.
Watch a video of the award creation process here: Raw Science Awards
Film Festival Winners:
"Number 32," directed by Linnea Langkammer
"The Heart Thief," directed by Ella Rubeli
"Consider the Ant," directed by Emily Fraser
"Ballet Meets Robotics," directed by Ashley Rodholm
"Beyond the Spheres," directed by Meghdad Asadi Lari
"Nzara '76," directed by Jon Noble
"The Nostalgist," directed by Giacomo Cimini
"Habana," directed by Edouard Salier
"Channeling," directed by Andrew Thomas.
Special Awards:
Kip Thorne Gravity Award for Best Depiction of a Scientific Principle :
Kip Thorne ("Interstellar")
Technical Innovation in Media :
Andy Hendrickson and Walt Disney Animation Studios Team ("Big Hero 6")
Best Documentary :
Brian Knappenberger ("The Internet's Own Boy")
Best University Prank :
Dwight Berg a.k.a. “Calvin Techer” (Caltech & The Hollywood Sign, 1987)
The USA Science & Engineering Festival Youth Award :
Tim Eddy ("A-z of Zombies")
The series DIYsect by Benjamin Welmond and Mary Tsang was noted as one-to-watch. The Looking Planet by Eric Law Anderson was an audience favorite.
Best University Prank:
The identity of legendary prankster “Calvin Techer” (aka Dwight Berg) was revealed by his surprise appearance at the festival. Berg described (video) the technical details behind one of the most legendary college pranks of all time – the changing of the Hollywood sign to read “Caltech” in 1987.
In addition to this, the jury is comprised of longstanding members of the Academy. Andy Hendrickson (Cto, Disney Animation Studios) accepted an award for "Big Hero 6," which recently became the winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
The 2014 Raw Science Film Festival was created by the Raw Science Foundation in association with Raw Science TV. The festival was made possible by the premiere sponsor and partner Science and Entertainment Exchange , which connects entertainment industry professionals with top scientists and engineers to create a synergy between accurate science and engaging storylines in both film and TV programming. $20,000 in cash prizes were awarded to winning filmmakers.
The festival was curated by Mitchell Block, the Executive Director of Programming for Raw Science TV, and produced by Yokeena Jamar.
The Jury included Academy Award winning & nominated filmmakers Luke Matheny (Best Short Film, “God of Love”), Randal Kleiser (“Grease” and “Honey I Blew up the Kid”), Martha Coolidge (“Real Genius” and “The Twilight Zone” TV Series), and John Singleton (“Boyz n the Hood” and “Tupac”), Liz Keim ( The Exploratorium), and Iram Parveen Bilal (“Josh”).
Presenters included Martha Coolidge and Martin Gunderson ("Real Genius"), S&Ee’s Kevin Grazier ("Gravity," "Battlestar Galactica"), Rick Loverd (Science and Entertainment Exchange), and filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal.
Attendees included Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely (Un Ambassador of Goodwill to Africa, New Future Foundation, Inc.) and First Robotics Team 980 for a screening of the film "Spare Parts" starring George Lopez.
“Filmmakers inspire and balance our advancing society" said Keri Kukral, Founder/CEO of Raw Science. "We want to honor them."
The awards were specially designed and created by 3D Systems.
Watch a video of the award creation process here: Raw Science Awards
Film Festival Winners:
"Number 32," directed by Linnea Langkammer
"The Heart Thief," directed by Ella Rubeli
"Consider the Ant," directed by Emily Fraser
"Ballet Meets Robotics," directed by Ashley Rodholm
"Beyond the Spheres," directed by Meghdad Asadi Lari
"Nzara '76," directed by Jon Noble
"The Nostalgist," directed by Giacomo Cimini
"Habana," directed by Edouard Salier
"Channeling," directed by Andrew Thomas.
Special Awards:
Kip Thorne Gravity Award for Best Depiction of a Scientific Principle :
Kip Thorne ("Interstellar")
Technical Innovation in Media :
Andy Hendrickson and Walt Disney Animation Studios Team ("Big Hero 6")
Best Documentary :
Brian Knappenberger ("The Internet's Own Boy")
Best University Prank :
Dwight Berg a.k.a. “Calvin Techer” (Caltech & The Hollywood Sign, 1987)
The USA Science & Engineering Festival Youth Award :
Tim Eddy ("A-z of Zombies")
The series DIYsect by Benjamin Welmond and Mary Tsang was noted as one-to-watch. The Looking Planet by Eric Law Anderson was an audience favorite.
Best University Prank:
The identity of legendary prankster “Calvin Techer” (aka Dwight Berg) was revealed by his surprise appearance at the festival. Berg described (video) the technical details behind one of the most legendary college pranks of all time – the changing of the Hollywood sign to read “Caltech” in 1987.
- 3/4/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Another Oscars season, and Christopher Nolan is overlooked again. With Interstellar getting a mixed reaction, we look at the Nolan backlash.
This article contains a spoiler for the ending of Interstellar.
In case you missed it, the Oscars were this past weekend and Birdman was the big winner. The Academy’s choice to award Alejandro González Iñárritu's fever dream was a genuine shock, with Boyhood the running favourite for many months. Nonetheless, some things never change, and in that vein it's certainly a non-surprise the Academy also hardly noticed the most ambitious blockbuster of 2014: the Christopher Nolan space epic, Interstellar. Indeed, I use the phrase "non-surprise", because how could it be a winner when it was only nominated for the bare minimum of five Oscars in technical categories that are reserved as consolation prizes?
This is by all means par for the course with a film that has...
This article contains a spoiler for the ending of Interstellar.
In case you missed it, the Oscars were this past weekend and Birdman was the big winner. The Academy’s choice to award Alejandro González Iñárritu's fever dream was a genuine shock, with Boyhood the running favourite for many months. Nonetheless, some things never change, and in that vein it's certainly a non-surprise the Academy also hardly noticed the most ambitious blockbuster of 2014: the Christopher Nolan space epic, Interstellar. Indeed, I use the phrase "non-surprise", because how could it be a winner when it was only nominated for the bare minimum of five Oscars in technical categories that are reserved as consolation prizes?
This is by all means par for the course with a film that has...
- 2/24/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Just after we learned that Interstellar would return to IMAX screens for one showing only this weekend on Saturday afternoon, you can dive back into the sci-fi epic in another way. Last month, Looper and future Star Wars director Rian Johnson hosted an interview with Christopher Nolan following a screening of Interstellar at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, California. And all the cinephiles out there will be glad to hear that this is a 32-minute discussion between the two filmmakers talking about the inception of the script, technical details of production, and much more. It's definitely worth listening to in its entirety. Here's the 32-minute discussion between Rian Johnson and Christopher Nolan (via The Playlist): Interstellar is directed by British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, of the films Doodlebug, Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises. The screenplay is by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan,...
- 2/17/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Hailed as “the most exhilarating film this century”, director Christopher Nolan’s “must-see masterpiece” (New York Post) Interstellar makes its highly anticipated debut on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand March 31, 2015, from Paramount Home Media Distribution.
The film arrives two weeks early on Digital HD March 17, 2015.
A breathtaking filmmaking achievement, Interstellar has been named one of the Top Ten movies of the year by Rolling Stone, Esquire, theNew York Post and more, and has received five Academy Award nominations including Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Original Score. Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey1 stars as ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper, who must leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. The film also stars Academy Award-winners Anne Hathaway2 and Michael Caine3 and Academy Award-nominees Jessica Chastain4 and...
The film arrives two weeks early on Digital HD March 17, 2015.
A breathtaking filmmaking achievement, Interstellar has been named one of the Top Ten movies of the year by Rolling Stone, Esquire, theNew York Post and more, and has received five Academy Award nominations including Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Original Score. Academy Award-winner Matthew McConaughey1 stars as ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper, who must leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. The film also stars Academy Award-winners Anne Hathaway2 and Michael Caine3 and Academy Award-nominees Jessica Chastain4 and...
- 1/23/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Christopher Nolan has a secret.
“You know, this is basically a film about the end of the world,” Nolan told TheWrap of his blockbuster Interstellar. “We don’t advertise it as that so much, because that makes it sound like it’s not necessarily the kind of popcorn movie people want to see during the Christmas season. But it is a film about the end of the world.”
Of course, Interstellar is about more than that. It’s about a space expedition to find a new planet for the human race as Earth is in its death throes. It’s...
“You know, this is basically a film about the end of the world,” Nolan told TheWrap of his blockbuster Interstellar. “We don’t advertise it as that so much, because that makes it sound like it’s not necessarily the kind of popcorn movie people want to see during the Christmas season. But it is a film about the end of the world.”
Of course, Interstellar is about more than that. It’s about a space expedition to find a new planet for the human race as Earth is in its death throes. It’s...
- 12/31/2014
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Discovery Channel has released The Science of Interstellar, a 42 minute documentary about the Cosmology and science behind Christopher Nolan‘s sci-fi epic. The documentary is narrated by Interstellar star Matthew McConaughey and takes us behind the sci-fact of the sci-fi. The film’s producer and consultant Kip Thorne (Cal Tech theoretical physicist) guides us through how Nolan adapted science and […]
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- 12/26/2014
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
After a summer season of blockbusters that gave the cinematic landscape of jewels and gems worthy of inspection a shake, “awards season,” from which some worthy contenders showed themselves, came roaring. Likewise, a backlog of more movies in the thick of this holiday season growing, certain timely realities proved elusive, in terms of getting to see everything 2014 — a year with more discoveries on my part than planned anticipation — had to offer. For that reason, potential favorites may turn up by the time some people, including myself, get to see those.
Yet, among the larger blockbusters (Interstellar, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy) and widely lauded releases (Gone Girl, Boyhood, Whiplash, Birdman), surveying every crevice of that landscape, there were a lot of movies that were released, watched, podcasted about and reviewed here on Sound on Sight.
(Look for Sound on Sight’s finalized, staff-wide list of this year’s best on December 28.)
In fact,...
Yet, among the larger blockbusters (Interstellar, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy) and widely lauded releases (Gone Girl, Boyhood, Whiplash, Birdman), surveying every crevice of that landscape, there were a lot of movies that were released, watched, podcasted about and reviewed here on Sound on Sight.
(Look for Sound on Sight’s finalized, staff-wide list of this year’s best on December 28.)
In fact,...
- 12/26/2014
- by Fiman Jafari
- SoundOnSight
At the second VFX + Animation Summit Dublin, international experts and growing local companies gathered to talk about issues such as global competition, tight schedules and training needs. Wendy Mitchell reports.
As Ireland’s VFX and animation industries continue to grow steadily, international experts have reminded the sector that competing in a global marketplace is not just about skills and technical prowess.
“The role of the VFX industry is to help stories; it’s important we embed storytelling from the beginning,” said Darren O’Kelly, MD of London-based The Mill, in his keynote address that kicked off the VFX + Animation Summit Dublin (November 29-30). “We must not let VFX and animation become a substitute for great stories.”
He continued: “I feel for some of our comrades who worked on projects like John Carter; there were absolutely breathtaking effects but a film like that gets neglected after a poor opening weekend… Unless we’re connecting with audiences we’re irrelevant...
As Ireland’s VFX and animation industries continue to grow steadily, international experts have reminded the sector that competing in a global marketplace is not just about skills and technical prowess.
“The role of the VFX industry is to help stories; it’s important we embed storytelling from the beginning,” said Darren O’Kelly, MD of London-based The Mill, in his keynote address that kicked off the VFX + Animation Summit Dublin (November 29-30). “We must not let VFX and animation become a substitute for great stories.”
He continued: “I feel for some of our comrades who worked on projects like John Carter; there were absolutely breathtaking effects but a film like that gets neglected after a poor opening weekend… Unless we’re connecting with audiences we’re irrelevant...
- 12/14/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
This is where Matthew McConaughey's Cooper encounters the Tesseract: an artificial construct that allows him to perceive time as a physical dimension. The design and execution was a total collaboration between Nolan, theoretical physicist and exec producer Kip Thorne, the art department led by production designer Nathan Crowley, and VFX studio Double Negative led by co-owner/supervisor Paul Franklin. "We looked at works from Gerhard Richter, who has this technique of scraping the paint across the canvas and leaving these trails, so there's this sense of a historical record," Franklin explains. "The other thing I looked at was slit scan photography, and of, course, the Stargate in '2001,' but it goes back a lot further than that. "Slit scan is this process that records one specific location across a whole range of moments. You have a slit and an aperture and you move the negative behind it so...
- 12/10/2014
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Christmas is fast approaching, and the Digital Spy movies team has scoured high and low to find some cool gifts for those who love everything silver screen-related.
You'll find everything from Guardians of the Galaxy's Dancing Groot to Harry Potter's wand and beyond in our Yuletide rundown below...
All prices are current as of December 10, but may change between now and Christmas Day.
1. Stanley Kubrick: 8-Film Masterpiece Collection - £92.30
Here's a box set for true cinephiles. Like a toppled Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey, this collection includes eight of Stanley Kubrick's very best films from a career spanning more than forty years. From the jet-black comedy of Dr Strangelove to the erotica of Eyes Wide Shut, this dips in to let you re-live the legendary filmmaker's best work.
2. Interstellar: Beyond Time And Space - £20.39
Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster Interstellar was one of the...
You'll find everything from Guardians of the Galaxy's Dancing Groot to Harry Potter's wand and beyond in our Yuletide rundown below...
All prices are current as of December 10, but may change between now and Christmas Day.
1. Stanley Kubrick: 8-Film Masterpiece Collection - £92.30
Here's a box set for true cinephiles. Like a toppled Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey, this collection includes eight of Stanley Kubrick's very best films from a career spanning more than forty years. From the jet-black comedy of Dr Strangelove to the erotica of Eyes Wide Shut, this dips in to let you re-live the legendary filmmaker's best work.
2. Interstellar: Beyond Time And Space - £20.39
Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster Interstellar was one of the...
- 12/9/2014
- Digital Spy
I've been trying to put my finger on just what it is about 2014 that has me reticent to embrace the "it's weak" narrative. First and foremost, it's a narrative that I do understand. Maybe there's something about the overall cultural impact of film product this year that feels beneath bars set in the past, I don't know. But as I've worked through my personal assessment of the year's best over the last few weeks, I've found that I'm revisiting films more often than usual. I'm finding that my favorites are a funky bunch and that the old top 10 isn't clicking into place as fluidly as it has before (not a bad thing). I'm basically just finding my passion for the year in interesting places. And then it finally dawned on me. The reason 2014 doesn't feel "thin" or "weak" to me is less big picture than nuts and bolts: On a purely craft level,...
- 12/8/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin faced a sizeable challenge with "Interstellar," a special-effects extravaganza that takes place in the farthest reaches of outer space. Yet the old pro, who won the Oscar for "Inception" (2010) and was nominated for "The Dark Knight" (2008), found assistance from an unlikely source. Kip Thorne, a leading theoretical physicist, was brought onboard early on to assist Franklin and his team with the creation of the wormhole that Matthew McConaughey travels through in his search for new worlds. Production designer Nathan Crowley creates new worlds for 'Interstellar' -Break- "What Kip did…was he gave me what I call ‘Space-Time 101,’" Franklin tells us in our video interview (watch below). "He took me through all the really important basic concepts of what a wormhole is, how space and time are warped by these things, and really sort of brought..."...
- 12/6/2014
- Gold Derby
One of the most hotly debated things about Christopher Nolan's latest film Interstellar is the science behind it. Is it scientifically accuratec Is it notc What liberties do they takec And so on and so forth. Personally, I come down on the side of "Who caresc" I am not going to a Nolan film for a science lesson. I am going for the story, the characters, and the spectacle. As long as they make the science seem plausible in the context of the film, I am fine with whatever they want to do. However, a lot of people want to be pedantic and pick apart what is accurate and inaccurate. If that is fun for you, then by all means. amz asin="0393351378" size="small"Because of this highly publicized debate on the scientific accuracy of Interstellar, Nolan and physicist Kip Thorne, who was a scientific consultant on the film...
- 11/25/2014
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
In a new interview with “Interstellar” director Christopher Nolan and his scientific consultant and co-producer on the film, Kip Thorne, the artistic visionary and the decorated theoretical physicist sit down to discuss their partnership and how they worked through challenges like being unable to justify characters moving faster than the speed of light. (Apparently Nolan was attached to the idea.) Thorne is the author of “Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy,” and a leading expert on the theory of relativity. He is largely to thank for the impressive verisimilitude of “Interstellar” that you’ve likely heard so much about. The movie might have made you cringe with its clichéd dialogue and melodramatic existentialism, but Nolan was commendably ambitious, and faithful to the science to boot. To really hammer home the Discovery Channel-esque angle, Thorne also published a book -- “The Science of Interstellar,” with a foreword by Nolan,...
- 11/25/2014
- by Tess Hofmann
- The Playlist
Warning: major spoilers ahead. Christopher Nolan doesn't do director's cuts or deleted scenes, but "Interstellar" seems to be allowing him to find ways to expand both the science and story behind the movie (which has already changed considerably since the days when Steven Spielberg was set to direct). In stores right now, you can snap up the companion book "The Science of Interstellar" by theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, who has a been a key part of the movie for years. And in the December issue of Wired, among the many treats waiting for you in the Nolan-edited edition will be a new comic expanding on a central subplot to the film. For many, the appearance of Matt Damon in the film's midsection was a surprise, and his duplicitous character helps throttle "Interstellar" into the third act. When Cooper and Brand arrive on the icy planet where Dr. Mann has been...
- 11/18/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Have you seen Interstellar yet? Have you ever wondered if the wormhole was real?
Well it is, in theory. Wormholes and black holes have never been depicted in cinema the way the science community has always thought they would look...until now.
Director, Christopher Nolan enlisted the help of physicist, Kip Thorne to come up with an equation to visually show what a wormhole would truly look like. Based on Einstein's General Relativity equations Kip was able to draw up the mathematical blueprints of how science believes a wormhole would act if light were to pass through it.
The team at Double Negative took his equations and entered them into their graphics software and could not believe what they were seeing so they asked Kip and he assured them it was exactly how he envisioned it through his equations.
Take a look at this video and see for yourself:
InterstellarMOVIE...
Well it is, in theory. Wormholes and black holes have never been depicted in cinema the way the science community has always thought they would look...until now.
Director, Christopher Nolan enlisted the help of physicist, Kip Thorne to come up with an equation to visually show what a wormhole would truly look like. Based on Einstein's General Relativity equations Kip was able to draw up the mathematical blueprints of how science believes a wormhole would act if light were to pass through it.
The team at Double Negative took his equations and entered them into their graphics software and could not believe what they were seeing so they asked Kip and he assured them it was exactly how he envisioned it through his equations.
Take a look at this video and see for yourself:
InterstellarMOVIE...
- 11/18/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Mike Petty)
- Cinelinx
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