Moon

Moon

Sam's contract is coming to an end, having spent three years on the moon monitoring an automated liquefied natural gas extraction station. Three long years in complete solitude, if you don't count the work of HERTY, can change anyone. Two weeks before returning to earth, Sam meets his replacement - a man who looks like him like two drops of water. Maybe it's a hallucination? Or the fruit of his sick imagination? Maybe something happened on Earth and the video messages from home that have been supporting Sam all these years are lies? Read more Comments from director Duncan Jones: "Luna 2112" is a modern interpretation of the sci-fi films of the late 1960s and 70s that I loved so much; movies like Silent Escape, Alien Land, Alien, and of course the most iconic of all, 2001 A Space Odyssey. Like all of them, "Luna 2112" is an intelligent, remarkable, and - most importantly - very human film. It's quite funny; in science fiction, a huge theoretical leap of imagination is often used, an attempt to surpass oneself in increasing the distance between some object and the real world, but sometimes the most interesting science fiction stories are much closer to us than it seems. Sometimes the action is right above our heads! I think that's largely what interests me about this project. On the one hand, this is pure fantasy, the roots of which are in science, which solves modern issues. It weaves together our need to develop new energy resources with such moral issues as cloning, the creation of robots, and corporate responsibility. Moreover, there are questions that concern human nature, and one of the most important questions that anyone asks himself is, am I a good person? Sam Bell, who after three years of loneliness on the moon base, goes home and meets an early version of himself. It turns out that he has nowhere else to go. Sam is far from ideal, but in the process of testing, he discovers that he is not so bad. It's strange, the pure sealing of the struggle with oneself that happens to everyone throughout life. This is what helps a person to reconcile with himself or to hate the whole world. I always thought of Sam Rockwell when I thought of this challenging role, and I was incredibly happy that he agreed to be in the film. Rockwell managed to find the golden mean between strength and vulnerability - exactly what seems to me to be the main character. Visually, "Luna 2112" is the result of the interaction of three completely different trends. From the outside, the barren beauty of the moon has never been better captured than in Michael Light's book Full Moon Pictures. It shows the desert and space of the Earth's satellite, which makes wave-like movements. A surface the size of Africa, where there is no wind, no rain, and everything remains the same. Only sharp shadows outlining the details of the landscape as an impenetrable darkness, like an expressionist engraving. The interior of the lunar base is amalgam. From the sleek, functional world of Japanese robotics, so beautifully captured in Chris Cunningham's music video. Everything is filled with love for the winding walls and multifunctional dwelling of the Alien, created by Ridley Scott. Kubrick undoubtedly also made an impact, not only through the plots of 2001, but as a master of asceticism. In both "A Space Odyssey 2001" and "The Shining" he creates images and designs scenery that emphasize the loneliness of the main character. I would like to combine all these elements to create something that is not only visually beautiful, but also incredibly impressive, which would enhance the drama of our story. In addition, there are also our machine heroes and Gertie, a robot created to watch over each of the Sams that wakes up on the base. Sid Maid in this case is a brilliant inspiration. His principle is to create things that look like they actually work. Maybe it's pretty obvious, but I think that's what separates a regular sci-fi movie from a cult one, and that's what I'd like to do with all the mechanical elements in the picture. "Luna 2112" should be stunning on the outside. But more than that, this film is an opportunity to tell a very human story about how people struggle with the changes we all experience throughout our lives. In Sam Bell and his clone, we use science fiction at its most impressive to illuminate certain aspects of human nature. This film raises questions that affect each of us; our experience. For it to mean something to everyone and at the same time to everyone, in a film that is so visually beautiful, you really don't see that often. I can't wait to watch it."