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Interstellar (Original title)Flora's Letter (Working title)
Dates: 2014 (Copyright), 07 November 2014 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Christopher Nolan

Synopsis: As life on Earth becomes increasingly jeopardized, a group of astronauts set out to find an alternative planet where the human race could live.

Genre:
Science Fiction

Subjects:
Space missions, Earth (as astronomical body), Time dilation
Releases
Date: 07 November 2014Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Foto-Kem - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 169 mins Length: 4630.65 MetresDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures
Date: 07 November 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Foto-Kem - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 168 mins 49 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)
Date: 07 November 2014Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Imax - Colour - Foto-Kem - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.39:1Runtime: 169 mins Length: 4630.65 MetresDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures
Date: 07 November 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Imax - Colour - Foto-Kem - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.39:1Runtime: 167 mins 31 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures
Date: 07 November 2014Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Imax - Colour - Foto-Kem - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.39:1Runtime: 169 mins Length: 4630.65 MetresDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures
Date: 07 November 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Imax - Colour - Foto-Kem - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.39:1Runtime: 167 mins 31 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 169 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
In: Science fiction film and television v12 n1 Spring 2019  Pages: 53-72
Title: Square-jawed strength: gender and resilience in the female astronaut filmAuthor: PURSE, LisaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article examines the female astronaut as an example of the ‘strong female protagonist’ trope in sf. Looks at the consistency of visual depiction of the female astronaut in the films ‘Event Horizon’ (1997), ‘Mission to Mars’ (2000), ‘Red Planet’ (2000), ‘Supernova’ (2000), ‘Sunshine’ (2007), ‘Gravity’ (2013), ‘Europa Report’ (2013), ‘Interstellar’ (2014), ‘Life’ (2017), and ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ (2018), commenting on to what extent female representation in this genre remains gendered.

In: Science fiction film and television v12 n3 Autumn 2019  Pages: 343-363
Title: Screening Cosmos-politanism: The Anthropocenic politics of outer space mediaAuthor: Boyle, KirkArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article examines the outer space media cycle in the United States, and how the anxieties surrounding space exploration are represented. The paper posits four differing stances on the US’s future in outer space, including reactionary state imperialism, progressive state socialism, corporatist-libertarian cosmopolitanism, and a utopian vision of an international space agenda dubbed ‘cosmos-politanism’. The paper uses films such as 'Gravity' (2013), 'Interstellar' (2014), 'Orphans of Apollo' (2008), 'Elysium' (2013), 'Oblivion' (2013), and 'The Martian' (2015), to exemplify these different perspectives.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (8)
Title: political Christopher Nolan: liberalism and the Anglo-American vision
Author: Russell, Jesse  Pages: xvii, 153 pages

Title: After Kubrick: a filmmaker's legacy
Author: Szaniawski, Jeremi  Pages: vii, 312 pages

Title: Digital image and reality: affect, metaphysics, and post-cinema
Author: Strutt, Dan  Pages: 247 pages

Title: Media heterotopias: digital effects and material labor in global film production
Author: CHUNG, Hye Jean [article]  Pages: xi, 228 pages

Title: cinema of Christopher Nolan: a critical study of the films
Author: Mooney, Darren  Pages: v, 212 pages

Title: cinema of Christopher Nolan: imagining the impossible
Author: FURBY, Jacqueline  Pages: xiii, 274 pages

Title: Interstellar
Author: NOLAN, Jonathan  Pages: xix, 380 pages

Title: Interstellar: beyond time and space: inside Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic
Author: VAZ, Mark Cotta  Pages: 153 pages