Little dialogue. Some action. Whole lot of landscapes.
Netflix released its original sci-fi/drama âThe Midnight Skyâ in December 2020. Over the course of two hours, viewers follow scientist Dr. Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney) as he attempts to warn the space mission Aether, that it is not safe to return to Earth.
Years ago, Aether departed with a five-person crew to scout K-23, a Jupiter moon that Augustine hypothesized as habitable. The story shifts between scenes of Augustine on Earth and the astronauts in space, as they try to contact one another.
The first scene is quite literally shots of empty rooms with the background noises of Augustine fixing a meal. [Microwave whirring.] [Microwave beeps.] [Dishes clattering.] Nearly two whole minutes pass before a single word is said, but text on the screen provides the details that the setting is the Barbeau Observatory in the Arctic Circle in February 2049, three weeks after âthe event.â
A bowler hat, enormous shoes whose toes point in opposite directions from one another, and a comically ill-fitting suit that seems at once baggy and far too small: these are the trademarks of the Tramp, Charlie Chaplin’s most famous character and the ultimate outsider. In this farcical interpretation of a wealthy man’s attire, he mimics the behavior of an ordinary member of society while somehow remaining intrinsically separate. But his most profound moments come when his clownish interactions with the world lead to a genuine human connection, as they do in “The Kid,” Chaplin’s feature length directorial debut, turning 100 this year. Here, the Tramp is tasked with the raising of an abandoned child, and they develop a bond so powerful that we see echoes of it reverberate through cinema, delicately deconstructing traditional notions of fatherhood and, by extension, masculinity. The work that Chaplin does in “The Kid” provides a template for innumerable stories that confro
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Director/star George Clooney’s
The Midnight Sky, an alternately moving and exciting mediation on the apocalypse, is now available to stream on Netflix.
The year is 2049 and something in the air is killing everyone and everything on Earth. Whatever it is (we’re never told), it spreads like a radiation cloud (which it might be) and will soon consume the whole planet. It’s literally the End of the World, and after having come to terms with that fact, a scientific base in the Arctic is being evacuated so everyone can go and be with their families. Left behind is Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney), a scientist whose obsessive dedication to his work has ensured he has no one to go home to.
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Itâs another bad day in space, with some complications on Earth making things even more perilous, as Netflixâs
The Midnight Sky sees George Clooney trying to warn a crew of astronauts away from returning to Earth. To be fair, things are in pretty rough shape in this sci-fi film thatâs made its debut on the streaming service, and with one particularly big twist in the works, the stakes are even greater. Which means itâs time to warn you, the reader, that weâre about to get pretty deep into