Edward Platero is a filmmaker and a tremendous appreciator of Interstellar.
We started off by discussing the movie and its relationship with science. In as much as Armageddon was a giant middle finger to the scientific community, Interstellar, whenever the narrative would allow, used science as its foundation.
We then moved into some character discussion. Firstly, we examined the simultaneous truth and falsity when various characters claim to represent all of humanity. Yes, we are everything Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) says we are but we are also, simultaneously so much more.
Edward also makes a convincing argument against director Christopher Nolan and his exclusion in most discussions of the great living filmmakers, including his vision of having as many practical effects as possible in Interstellar.
As we talked, Edward was able to open my ears to how pivotal music is to Interstellar. The score is equal parts intimate and titanic.
When it came time for Edward and I to choose our MVPs we both could not imagine the movie without the machine characters, TARS and CASE.
