alien The director of the Netflix sci-fi movie has been trying to clarify things for confused viewers.
This psychological space drama follows astronaut Jakub, played by Adam Sandler, as he takes part in an eight-month mission to collect samples of the mysterious Chopra cloud. Six months after his solo voyage, Jakub joins an alien spider invader called Hanush to help him reconcile with the traumatic past that has alienated his relationship with his wife Lenka (Carey Mulligan). I’ll give it to you.
In the film’s final act, Yakub and Hanush (voiced by Paul Dano) enter Chopra’s cloud, where they experience a magical vision of time and space. Yakub then appears to have come to terms with his past problems and is rescued by a passing Korean spacecraft, but Hanush dies in the clouds.
Director Spaceman talks about the ending of the movie
Like most of the movie, alien The ending is designed to raise questions, and there are many opinions as to what the film was really trying to say.
Following the release of alien Director Johan Renck speaks on Netflix reciprocal About the ending of the movie.
He revealed that the Chopra cloud was meant to describe that. “Time does not exist” and that “There’s always a way to start anew.”
“It’s almost a string theory idea that time doesn’t exist. What Hanush is saying in that cloud is that everything is permanent, but nothing exists forever. So what you get out of this experience is what you’ve done in your life, what mistakes you’ve made, what wrong steps you’ve taken, instead of being stuck there and not being able to leave. You can start fresh. There is always a way to start fresh.”
This experience made Yakub “Please understand that the universe is as it is meant to be.” Lenk before effectively summarizing the film’s themes: “Let’s deal with it and move on”:
“This is a very esoteric statement. We have to deal with it and move on, because that’s all we can do in life. No matter what tragedy happens in life, no matter how beautiful it is, we have to deal with it and move on. But whatever happens, we have to deal with it and we have to move on.”
The director added in an interview: radio times its many aspects alien The outcome is whether Hanush is real or not. “In the eye of the beholder”,In other words. Depends on the viewer:
“Everything is in the eye of the beholder. I showed this film to a friend. Some people think that Hanush is real. Others think that Hanush is a product of Yakub’s imagination and inner monologue, so to speak. My Production Designer: “The man I’ve been working with for 20 years doesn’t believe anything has happened. Jakub is sitting in his apartment in Prague depressed because his wife has left him. I believe this is all going on in his mind.”
“It’s like, whatever floats your boat. There’s no truth to any of these things. It’s like reading a book, listening to a song, reading a poem. Basically, how you perceive a movie is It depends on your own experience.”
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What happens after Spaceman ends?
As you would expect from a movie like alienwhich is sonically closer to philosophical sci-fi movies like; solaris or interstellar, Many of the details of the plot are designed to be open-ended. That holds true until the last frame of the movie.
meanwhile alien Jakub’s character arc is successfully completed, allowing him to process his past and discover his true goal of being with his wife, but the film remains to see if their relationship will work out. plug.
alien It ended with a phone call between the couple, and Jakub boarded a spaceship in South Korea, where he finally apologized for breaking up with her. In the final shot, Lenka is seen smiling on the phone while looking up at the stars.
It is unclear whether Yakub will be able to return to Earth with his wife or if she will take him back, and it is unlikely that the audience will ever know the answers to these questions. There is no post-credits sequence. alien Covers the entire plot of the novel on which it is based (bohemian astronaut Written by Jaroslav Karfash), the chances of a sequel are very low.
So, like most of the movie, the outcome of Lenka and Jakub’s relationship after the end credits is up to the audience.
alien Currently streaming on Netflix.
