The Saltburn Drainpipe’s review published on Letterboxd:
Today I had the chance to watch one of my Boxd top 4 in 70mm IMAX for the first time. Mind blown.
Now it’s no secret that I think interstellar is Nolan’s best movie. The story just transcends everything else he has put to screen. A story of family bonds and love spanning a galaxy. Add on top of that musings on the meaning of life and time. Whether love goes beyond the forces of nature that we recognise. What sits beyond our perceived dimensions. Nolan films do often pose big questions but I genuinely feel like this one of the most profound.
And the acting? I mean Mathew McConaughey gives his best performance by a country mile. We all know by now the scene where he sits and watches messages through time and it’s not an exaggeration to say it’s one of the single best bits of acting ever produced. Anne Hathaway is of course stellar (pun intended). Sir Michael Caine is awesome. One surprise cameo that I don’t want to ruin for all 6 of you that haven’t seen this is great too.
Now I don’t often talk about scores that heavily in reviews, but this score is genuinely my favourite of all time. Hans Zimmer went to bloody space on this one (pun still intended). The use of the organ is special, and whilst people talk about ‘day one’ or ‘cornfield chase’ all the time, ‘stay’ is by far the best track for me, especially given what it truly means when you’ve seen the movie more than once! Of course Zimmer’s score contributes to the ‘docking’ scene which is genuinely one of the best scenes in sci-fi history.
So yeah seeing this on the biggest possible screen with the best audio in the best quality was mind blowing. May be my favourite film. Almost definitely the most visually stunning (think gargantua in IMAX). Definitely deserves to be in the top 4.
Can you tell I love interstellar?
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