The challenge for Damien Chazelle in dramatizing the historic moon landing was taking us where we had never been before — inside Neil Armstrong’s (Ryan Gosling) mind as he walked along the alien surface in a state of serenity. The decision, therefore, to shoot the climactic sequence in IMAX (see the video below) was a no brainer, since the large-format brand has long been associated with the documentary space movie.
However, the director and his Oscar-winning cinematographer Linus Sandgren (“La La Land”) had a new twist: make it a subjective, ghostly experience so that we’re one with Armstrong on the moon. “Damien wanted to travel to the planet of the dead so he could say goodbye to his daughter,” said Sandgren. “It was an opportunity to reflect on life…a story of the humanity that matters most, and the loss and cost to get there.”
Nasa’s mission to...
However, the director and his Oscar-winning cinematographer Linus Sandgren (“La La Land”) had a new twist: make it a subjective, ghostly experience so that we’re one with Armstrong on the moon. “Damien wanted to travel to the planet of the dead so he could say goodbye to his daughter,” said Sandgren. “It was an opportunity to reflect on life…a story of the humanity that matters most, and the loss and cost to get there.”
Nasa’s mission to...
- 10/10/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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