Gravity [Blu-ray] [2013] [US Import]

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Matt Zoller Seitz, writing on RogerEbert.com, gave the film four out of four stars, calling it "a huge and technically dazzling film and that the film's panoramas of astronauts tumbling against starfields and floating through space station interiors are at once informative and lovely". [28] Justin Chang, writing for Variety, said that the film "restores a sense of wonder, terror and possibility to the big screen that should inspire awe among critics and audiences worldwide". [106] Richard Corliss of Time praised Cuarón for playing "daringly and dexterously with point-of-view: at one moment you're inside Ryan's helmet as she surveys the bleak silence, then in a subtle shift you're outside to gauge her reaction. The 3-D effects, added in post-production, provide their own extraterrestrial startle: a hailstorm of debris hurtles at you, as do a space traveler's thoughts at the realization of being truly alone in the universe." [102] Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC and his collaborators detail their work on Gravity, a technically ambitious drama set in outer space". American Cinematographer. Vol.94, no.11. American Society of Cinematographers. November 2013. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014 . Retrieved January 1, 2014. a b "Spectre and Gravity costume designer Jany Temime in conversation". Film Doctor. October 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021 . Retrieved January 1, 2014. In 2008, funding ran out on a project entitled A Boy and His Shoe written by Cuarón and his son Jonás. They wrote a first draft of what would become Gravity in three weeks. After they finished the screenplay, Cuarón attempted to develop his project at Universal Pictures, where it stayed in development hell. [42] When co-chairmen Marc Shmuger and David Linde were ousted from Universal in 2009, Cuarón asked for the project to be released, and then Warner Bros Pictures chief Jeff Robinov stepped in. After the rights to the project were sold, it began development at Warner Bros. Three years later, when the movie was still unfinished, Robinov was let go. [15] [43] [44]

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Child, Ben (July 22, 2013). "Comic-Con 2013: five things we learned". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014 . Retrieved July 22, 2013. a b "Gravity (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019 . Retrieved May 9, 2014. BAFTA Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Wins Best Film But 'Gravity' Carries Most Weight With Six Total Nods; Chiwetel Ejiofor & Cate Blanchett Take Actor Wins; 'American Hustle' Scores 3 Including For Jennifer Lawrence". BAFTA. February 16, 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014 . Retrieved February 16, 2014. In 2014, author Tess Gerritsen filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for breach of contract, alleging that the film Gravity is an adaptation of her 1999 novel of the same name. [45] The suit was dismissed twice in 2015. [46] [47] Writing [ edit ] UPDATE: Warner Bros. and IMAX Sign Up to 20 Picture Deal!". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. April 25, 2010. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011 . Retrieved August 17, 2011.

Pantoja, Kevin (August 28, 2021). "The 10 Best Movies Of The 2010s, According To Screen Rant". ScreenRant . Retrieved October 18, 2023. Since its release, various specialist observers have unsportingly emerged to say that the science involved in Gravity is fanciful and wrong. No matter. What makes Gravity so gripping, and so novel, is that it behaves as if what everyone is doing is happening in a world of commonplace fact: like a movie about two drivers on a runaway train or hot-air balloon. A movie set in space tends to trigger an assumption: that it is set in the future (although not the case with Star Wars). If it is not like Apollo 13, about the bygone era of space exploration carried out by guys in quaint crewcuts, then it is going to be set in some madeup futurist world about space exploration in aluminium-foil costumes and spacecraft doors opening and closing with zhhh-zhhh sounds – a world that may or may not involve extraterrestrial creatures, but which importantly and patently doesn’t exist; a movie whose effects depend, at least partly, on the assumption that what is being shown is not true. In 2010, when Robert Downey Jr. and Angelina Jolie were still attached to the project, the plan was to shoot the movie with a 3D camera rig. Says Parks: “I ran some tests with [director of photography] Emmanuel Lubezki using Arri Alexas on 3Ality rigs at Leavesden Studios to give Alfonso a taste for how 3D could enhance the feeling of weightlessness and how stereo could work with camera movement and lighting.” But to capture the fluidity of movement that Cuaron and Lubezki wanted, it eventually was decided to use robotic camera arms, for which the bulk and weight of the dual cameras on a 3D rig were unsuitable. The 301 Greatest Films of All Time". Archived from the original on July 1, 2014 . Retrieved June 20, 2014.Gravity' hurdles onto Blu-ray with a pristine MPEG-4 AVC encode, presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.40:1. Barron, Robert (October 8, 2013). "Gravity: A Commentary". YouTube. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023 . Retrieved November 23, 2013.

Gravity: Pinewood filming locations". Pinewood Studios. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013 . Retrieved October 6, 2013. Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Ryan Stone – Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology". Simon Fraser University. July 4, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022 . Retrieved March 1, 2022. Best movies of 2013". Total Film. December 11, 2013. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Sorry. My point: it doesn't matter how successful 'Gravity' is, or ho many awards it collects when all things are said and done. Hell, it's even too early to talk about whether or not 'Gravity' will, or will not, attain some type of lasting cultural relevance. All that I care about is what 'Gravity' was trying to to, and how truly successful it is in achieving those goals.Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, astronomer and skeptic Phil Plait, and veteran NASA astronaut and spacewalker Scott E. Parazynski have offered comments about some of the most "glaring" inaccuracies. [137] [143] [144] The Dissolve characterized these complaints as "absurd", problems "only an astrophysicist would find". [145]

I was so extravagantly impressed by the portrayal of the reality of zero gravity. Going through the space station was done just the way that I've seen people do it in reality. The spinning is going to happen—maybe not quite that vigorous—but certainly we've been fortunate that people haven't been in those situations yet. I think it reminds us that there really are hazards in the space business, especially in activities outside the spacecraft. [139] The 13-minute opening scene was challenging for the team to shoot. Cuarón asked Lubezki to start the film with a brightly lit Earth, adding shadows and dusk as the threat grows stronger. The light was constantly changing from one frame to the other with the actors spinning around the shuttle, the shuttle itself spinning, and the Earth spinning as well as orbiting around the Sun all simultaneously. It took many months to design it and years to shoot it. [66] When the team designed the sequence, Lubezki had in mind one of his favorite cinematographers, Vittorio Storaro, and how he utilized lighting in his films. [67] Visual effects [ edit ] Framestore office exterior in London, March 2014, after Gravity BAFTA wins

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MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense perilous sequences, some disturbing images and brief strong language Gravity dominates, but 12 Years a Slave wins best film". The Guardian. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018 . Retrieved March 4, 2014. a b c Moakley, Paul (February 28, 2014). "Behind the Moving Image: The Cinematography of Gravity". Time . Retrieved September 18, 2016. To explore this, I want to talk about how I experience(d) 'Gravity'. God, I hope this makes some sense, but watching this movie, I bounce between three simultaneous experiences. Let's call them The Thrill Ride, The Metaphors, and The Filmmaking. Subers, Ray (October 7, 2013). "Weekend Report: Houston, 'Gravity' Does Not Have a Problem". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013 . Retrieved October 7, 2013.