Review of Gravity (2013) by Joe C — 04 Jan 2015
When your idea for an interstellar thriller can't be created due to technology's limits, what do you do? If you're Alfonso Cuaron, you wait patiently for technology to advance, then invent a whole new kind of filmmaking.
Years in the making, Cuaron's intimate epic about being lost in space synergizes disarming beauty and white-knuckle suspense to create a film that's both purely cinematic and unlike anything else before it.
As Sandra Bullock (in a career best) and George Clooney fight for survival after a space disaster, the hyper-concentrated script throws every form of symbolism for the meaning of life at you, and Alfonso Cuaron's trademark excruciatingly long, uncut scenes with swooping, panoramic camera keeps thing unbearably tense.
Few films are so richly rewarding to those willing to immerse themselves in the experience and unlock the symbolism.
This review of Gravity (2013) was written by Joe C on 04 Jan 2015.
Gravity has generally received very positive reviews.
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