Lucy in the Sky

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Movie
Original title Lucy in the Sky
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2019
length 125 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Noah Hawley
script Brian C Brown ,
Elliott DiGuiseppi ,
Noah Hawley
production John Cameron ,
Noah Hawley,
Bruna Papandrea ,
Reese Witherspoon
music Jeff Russo
camera Polly Morgan
cut Regis Kimble
occupation

Lucy in the Sky is a science fiction - drama by Noah Hawley , which in September 2019 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival celebrated its premiere on October 4, 2019 cinemas US came to.

action

An astronaut slowly loses touch with reality after returning from a space mission that changed her.

production

The film is loosely based on the criminal activities of astronaut Lisa Nowak in connection with her romantic relationship with her colleague William Oefelein . Directed by Noah Hawley , who also wrote the script with Brian C Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi .

Natalie Portman can be seen in the role of the astronaut Lucy Cola.

Filming began in June 2018. Polly Morgan acted as camerawoman . The working title was Pale Blue Dot (English for "light blue or pale blue dot")

A first trailer was presented in March 2019. The film was shown for the first time on September 11, 2019 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released in selected US cinemas on October 4, 2019. The cinema release in Germany should take place on April 2, 2020, but has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

reception

In the USA, the film received an R rating from the MPAA , which corresponds to a rating of 17 and over. In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 12.

At the end of 2018, the film by Anne Thompson of the industry service IndieWire was counted among the 20 most anticipated films of the 2019 cinema year, but ultimately met with mixed feedback from the critics.

The film critic Antje Wessels notes on programmkino.de, the website of the Guild of German Film Art Theaters , unlike Departure to the Moon , Lucy in the Sky is not a classic space film, but mainly deals with the aftermath and the preparations for the next flight. Above all, the screenplay by Eliott DiGuiseppi and Brian C. Brown tells of the emotional excesses of the protagonist, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorders after her journey into space . With relatively little dialogue, staged with the help of some excellent visual gimmicks, camerawoman Polly Morgan captures Lucy's emotional forlornness in the completely normal world: “At some point you get the feeling that this woman has no place in the here and now and in the Everything is in better hands. ”However, you hardly learn anything about the main character. In the end, all those scenes are particularly interesting in which the viewer perceives Lucy's world from her perspective, the events remain strangely distant, but unfold a fascination if one can get involved in the staging.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Lucy in the Sky . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 198175 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Lucy in the Sky. In: foxsearchlight.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ Oscar Yuill: Pale Blue Dot: first look at Natalie Portman in Noah Hawley's murderous astronaut drama. In: The Telegraph, July 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Jack Giroux: 'Fargo' / 'Legion' Showrunner Noah Hawley Will Direct Sci-Fi Film 'Pale Blue Dot'. In: slashfilm.com, February 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ Daniel Fabian: Oscar winner in space: First photo from "Pale Blue Dot" shows Natalie Portman as an astronaut. In: filmstarts.de, July 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ Christopher Hooton: Zazie Beetz interview: 'My German identity is really important to me'. In: independent.co.uk, June 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ Zack Sharf: 'Lucy in the Sky' First Trailer: Natalie Portman Unravel's After Space Mission. In: indiewire.com, March 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ 'Lucy in the Sky' with Natalie Portman, Mick Jagger movie to screen at TIFF. In: ctvnews.ca, August 13, 2019.
  9. ↑ Start dates in Germany. In: insidekino.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  10. ↑ https://wessels-filmkritik.com/2020/03/18/kinostarts-in-zeiten-von-corona-update-taeglich/
  11. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/ce4h64/new_mpaacara_ratings_and_reasons_for_the_week_of/
  12. ↑ The 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2019. In: indiewire.com, December 31, 2018.
  13. ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lucy_in_the_sky
  14. ↑ https://www.programmkino.de/content/Filmkritiken/lucy-in-the-sky/