Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone in her space-suit looking at an object offscreen in Gravity
The Big Picture In 2013, director Alfonso Cuarón, the keen and decidedly selective filmmaker known for such films as Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá También, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, brought Gravity into the world. Written by Cuarón and his son, Jonás Cuarón, Gravity is a swift hour-and-a-half of heart-pounding peril wrapped in the drama of a woman who has emotionally isolated herself far beyond the literal isolation of outer space's void.
"Installing your system in the Hubble is the purpose of this mission," says Mission Control over satellite radio, appeasing an unsteady but steadfast Dr. Stone. The first-time space explorer created a prototype scanning system, which NASA recruited her to integrate into the Hubble Space Telescope. We follow Stone, who is still attached to the telescope maintenance arm, which is now uncontrollably hurtling through space and pulling Stone with it. She can still hear Kowalski over the radio, and he's demanding she detach herself from the arm before it pulls her too far. Eventually, she does, and now she's floating alone in the void. This is finally the end of the first shot of the film, which lasted nearly twelve minutes without any visible cuts.
She makes her way into the ISS, shuts the airlock, and quickly sheds herself of her astronaut garb. By this point, Stone's oxygen level was completely depleted. When the airlock properly pressurizes, she takes her first breath of oxygen in some time before allowing herself to float in a moment of rest. The vignette mirrors the imagery of a fetus in the womb, signifying a rebirth and a newfound will to live headed for Stone.
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