In 2012, we may be getting new films from Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Rian Johnson, Andrew Dominik, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Wes Anderson, Peter Jackson (the list goes on and on…), but there is a single film that has me more excited than all the rest. In 2006, Alfonso Cuarón one of my favorite films of all-time with Children of Men and he is finally back six years later with his sci-fi epic Gravity.
There have been rumors here and there of long, extended shots, and heavy CGI, but nothing is confirmed and we haven’t received many details outside of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney starring as astronauts who must return home after their space station is hit by satellite debris. With the film currently in production, we are finally getting a few more details. Coming from one of the director’s best friends, Guillermo del Toro reveals a few neat hints.
He sat down with MTV, and after visiting the set, shared that Cuarón and his cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (who recently pushed the envelope with Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life) have create new camera technology specially for the film. Cuarón even met with James Cameron, who stated that his “insane” ideas are five years in the future and simply couldn’t be done. It looks like Cuarón went ahead and made the film anyway, with “incredibly well-calculated” techniques.
After throwing out a Stanley Kubrick comparison with a “very human” story, del Toro states they are “absolutely pushing a new boundary in filmmaking, completely mindblowing. And the way they’re making that movie will, I think, forever change certain types of productions.” While a lot of these comments are cryptic, based on previous hints we could wager a guess to what del Toro is getting at.
It has been said the film has at least a 20-minute single take opening scene, with possibly the entire film being made up of few extended shots. If one matches that with the fact that every element must convincingly be in zero gravity, these “mindblowing” technological advancements could be to capture both. Considering he is recreating space inside a studio, and Cuarón’s insistence on photo-real CGI, this continues to be most-anticipated film of 2012. Check out the video with del Toro below.
Gravity hits theaters on November 21st, 2012.
What do you think del Toro could be hinting at here? Is this also one of your most-anticipated films?