One of the "Three Amigos" returns to the
big screen at the 70th Venice International Film Festival with a
techno-thriller film inspired by the Kessler Syndrome with Sandra Bullock and
George Clooney as protagonists. The opening film of the Festival has a script written
by Alfonso Cuarón and his son Jonás Cuarón.
Originally Robert Downey Jr. was selected for the lead
role. Plans were changed several times in a row for the female-protagonist until
Cuarón finally decided to give this role to Sandra Bullock. Angelina Jolie,
Marion Cotillard, Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively and Natalie Portman were
tested for the role before Bullock.
The events take place in space. A medical engineer
Dr. Ryan Stone, on her first trip into space, and a veteran astronaut Matt
Kowalsky, on his last voyage, must cooperate to survive in a mostly destroyed space
shuttle , with limited air and without any communication with Earth.
"Gravity" was scheduled to appear in
cinemas on November 21st 2012, but the
post-effects of this film took almost a year to be finished. On October 4th 2013, premiere for North America,
"Gravity" will be presented to the general public in 3D and IMAX 3D.
Alfonso Cuarón has experimented different genres in
cinema. From "A Little Princess" or "Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban" to "Great Expectations" or "Children
of Men". All so divers from each other, but all so visibly “painted” by the
creative mind of a good director.
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| Alfonso Cuarón |
Personally, in any case, I would choose Alejandro
González Iñárritu instead of Alfonso
Cuarón. I keep prefering those who remain faithful to themself ; although a new
film by Cuarón, after 7 years off , keeps being a good news.
I would suggest to you “Y Tu Mamá También” as one of
the best films of 2000 years ... so you could understand why I “took the trouble” to write for
Alfonso Cuarón. Sometimes there suffices just a single masterpiece, to give someone
the title of "Genius"....by Led Kasapi
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