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Mr.G
Ad Astra (2019) - James Gray directs. Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler and Donald Sutherland.
Watched streaming on iTunes last night. Ad Astra is Latin for "to the stars". The film is visually impressive with first rate VFX and action set pieces. This movie is basically a one-man show and Pitt does a fine job with his character. A direct comparison to the
Heart of Darkness novel by Joseph Conrad is often used by critics and is fairly evident in the storyline. There are many visual cues that reminds one of other sci-fi films like
2001: A Space Odyssey. An excellent score by Max Richter (with contributions from Lorne Balfe) which seemed similar to the score Cliff Martinez did for
Solaris. Blu-ray and 4K release on December 17, 2019.
AD ASTRA now in my Netflix queue
Regards, Ken (Retired)
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