In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.
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- TriviaDirector Drake Doremus envisioned Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart as the leads, but only together and if either one of them were unable to do the film, neither would be in it.
- GoofsAn "interstellar" news report says a space probe is preparing to land on planet TK-14 which is 798 million miles from Earth, but that distance is not interstellar. It is roughly the distance from the Sun to Saturn.
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Silas: [propped up on his arm in bed with Nia] I never could have imagined what love felt like. It's... strange... like a tornado going around and...
Nia: Yeah
[laughs shyly, then turns serious]
Nia: That's why I was scared of it at first.
Silas: [nods several times]
Nia: It's about giving. Like, I want you to take everything. I don't even know what it is but I want you to take it from me.
Silas: I just wanna-
[amusedly]
Silas: I wanna run.
[Nia laughs, Silas smiles]
Silas: I mean like you and I, both of us, just run...
[closes his eyes]
Silas: ... as fast as we can, outside, just take off.
[opens his eyes]
Silas: It's so weird; I'm like... I keep thinking about... Ever since we were kids, it's been drilled to us that our purpose is to explore the universe, you know? Outer space is where we'll find the answers to why we're here and where we come from. It's like everyone's... searching for these answers eight hundred million miles away and the truth is the answers are right in front of us.
[looks into Nia's eyes intensely]
Silas: I know why I'm here.
Nia: Me too.
- Crazy creditsIn luminous letters in the closing credits, the letter 'E's' would light up first to mimic an 'equal sign' first before full illumination of all the letters.
- SoundtracksOverture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on a G String)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Dvorak
Courtesy of Naxos of America
Other than that... without spoiling the plot, this is what Logan's Run and THX-1138 should have been. No pointless, time-wasting action, no gratuitous nudity, just sheer human emotion, drama and situation.
The directing is excellent. The acting is superb. I am very critical when it comes to films but I couldn't find a single conceptual or production flaw throughout (except for the aforementioned poor sound handling). This is an intriguing, fascinating story that leaves the viewer with mixed emotions. What would we prefer, a pristine, harm-free society in which emotion is subdued, or one full of emotion, beauty... and the pain brought about by those emotions?
This film both answers and refuses to answer that question. It presents a story, leaving us to determine which we would prefer. The story is well-crafted, has enough twist to surprise, and an ending that satisfies without preaching.
This is one of the best films I've ever seen in this genre. Yes, it is slow, has little or no action, no blood, gore, gratuitous sex or other things on which today's society seems to thrive. In short-- this is story telling, directing, acting and movie-making at its finest for those minds who are more interested in humanity than car chases.
Highly recommended.
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,258
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,206
- Jul 17, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $2,084,628
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1