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Hope
Mar 27, 2007 12:26:30 GMT -5
Post by sunshinedna on Mar 27, 2007 12:26:30 GMT -5
From an interview with Danny: "Continuing on the theme of his ‘bleakness’, he goes on to say that this isn’t an ‘Armageddon’, Bruce Willis-saves-the-world type movie. “That’s why we called it (the ship) ‘The Icarus‘. No American movie would ever call a ship ‘The Icarus’, because it‘s fated. They’d call it ‘Spirit of Hope’ or ‘Ship of Destiny’. They’d call it something optimistic… in America they would sacrifice all plausibility, because there would be hope. Hope is more important to them than anything”."
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Hope
Mar 27, 2007 14:31:45 GMT -5
Post by chaney on Mar 27, 2007 14:31:45 GMT -5
From an interview with Danny: "Continuing on the theme of his ‘bleakness’, he goes on to say that this isn’t an ‘Armageddon’, Bruce Willis-saves-the-world type movie. “That’s why we called it (the ship) ‘The Icarus‘. No American movie would ever call a ship ‘The Icarus’, because it‘s fated. They’d call it ‘Spirit of Hope’ or ‘Ship of Destiny’. They’d call it something optimistic… in America they would sacrifice all plausibility, because there would be hope. Hope is more important to them than anything”." There's nothing wrong with that. Maybe the Americans would've found a writer who could manage both "hope" and "plausibility." If the astronauts on the Icarus aren't hoping to fix the sun in a plausible way then why are they going? Why not call the Icarus "Desperation" then? Icarus wasn't acting out of a sense of fate, he was acting out of foolish pride.
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Hope
Mar 27, 2007 15:35:13 GMT -5
Post by sunshinedna on Mar 27, 2007 15:35:13 GMT -5
Icarus believed that he could challenge Nature. It's only foolish if one fails.
The 'plausibility' comment is about the difference between American and European films. 'Hollywood' endings are not always 'plausible', but they are characterised by their 'hopefulness' and 'happiness'.
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Hope
Mar 27, 2007 19:33:57 GMT -5
Post by kagerou on Mar 27, 2007 19:33:57 GMT -5
See, that's why this film is great: sure, they have hope, but it's not in-your-face blind optimism until the end, even though from the beginning there isn't necessarily a great chance of getting out alive. They look at it from a practical standpoint and a hopeful one, not a Hollywood one. And though I think that this movie would surely not have been as good as it's supposed to be had it been American-made, I also agree that somewhere out there is an American writer who could do it justice. And for the record, "Icarus" is a kick-ass name.
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