Newdrivehome blog #60
(Hans Zimmer – Interstellar Main Theme)
How often do you find a song and film combination that changes something inside of the emotional nostalgia deep inside of you?
It is rare. That’s all I can say when it comes to the entire emotional mindtrip I first encountered viewing “Interstellar” for the first time. In my VERY biased opinion, it is one of the best films to capture space, time, and the human journey through mortality, and capture it so well. I’m not afraid to admit it is one of the few films that make me tear up (cry). A lot of the emotions in the movie were relatable, it reminded me that we are, in fact, trapped in our linear timeline (at least in our dimension).
I felt Cooper’s longing towards the middle of the film…to just be home again. I remember feeling knots in my stomach as it was fully understood that there was no initial plan to come home. The Hans Zimmer soundtrack complimented the Nolan direction perfectly and reminded me how much I love music and film.
I recently, for the 10 year anniversary, saw the movie in IMAX and it definitely made the experience more…real. Listening to the entire soundtrack throughout the movie in that theater I imagined and asked myself if I were ever to make the choice to leave home with the danger of lost time or death. Cooper sending those messages to Murph in the third act reminded me of an augmented feeling I’ve experienced often.
Going through old videos, pictures, memories of better times, and nostalgia of those memories. Along with those moments come with the regrets of the choices made in the past and the wish to go back and do things different. Just as it was stated and shown in the movie…it’s possible to go forward into time but impossible to go back.
The question is: Would you want to?
When I was younger I always wanted to change the past and I, mainly recently (this movie helped), came to my conclusion that I wouldn’t want to. Although I’m not on a rocketship in outer space, tumbling forward in time, on life here on earth…I have time to learn from past decisions, heartbreaks, and downfalls. Isn’t there a comfort knowing that we have the time to learn, advance, and adapt to those times in life and make better decisions to make a better future for ourselves?
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