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Interstellar at 10: Transcending Time
At its core, Interstellar is a story about love
Has any sci-fi director challenged our understanding of time, space, and emotion quite like Christopher Nolan? As Interstellar turns 10, its cosmic brilliance proves that Nolan may be the greatest sci-fi filmmaker of our time.
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is one of the most influential and emotionally charged science fiction films of the 21st century, blending high-concept science with deeply human storytelling. It has been a decade since the film was released in the fall of 2014, and its reputation only seems to grow with time.
Interstellar is a sci-fi epic but there have been many sci-fi epics, so what makes Interstellar stand out? What makes it a modern-day great?
What sets Interstellar apart from countless other sci-fi epics isn’t its technical mastery, though that’s impressive. It’s the emotional core — the idea that human connection, specifically love, can transcend the boundaries of time and space.
Christopher Nolan is a master of manipulating perceptions, and a perfect example of this is Inception. In the film, each layer of a dream runs at different speeds, altering our perception of time. Time moves exponentially slower…
