If you’re an imaginative filmmaker in the present day, Stanley Kubrick is your father and Maya Deren is your mother, to paraphrase something a writing teacher once told me. Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar‘ was one fairly huge example of that; the film wore its ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ influences on its sleeve in grand fashion. Nevertheless, seeing the similarities spelled out cleverly and with brevity, as Jorge Luengo has done with this video essay, is unsettling and entertaining, in equal parts.
Watch: How Are Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ and Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Linked? Let Us Count the Ways…
Watch: How Are Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ and Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Linked?
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Yes I do love Nolan’s work but this demonstrates the difference between an excellent director who can adapt and re-invent existing material and a genius who invented it.
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