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Movies with physics phenomena11/13/2023 A: It’s a classic dilemma to confront people with. Q: Characters in your films-in this case, the scientists-often find themselves forced to make very inhumane, objective decisions. Realism is subconsciously a big help in scaring people. The film depends on that to get the audience in the right mood to say, “Listen, we’re not here for fun.” Solaris, Alien, 2001-the huge titans of this kind of film-they all have plausible threats. Then there’s what I call “hardcore,” which opens itself to questions of plausibility. One is the Star Wars/Star Trek variety, where it’s wide open and anything goes. How important is plausibility in your work? A: There are two types of sci-fi. Q: The science in your films-an infectious plague, a dying sun-is at least somewhat realistic. (He brought on consultants like CERN physicist and BBC personality Brian Cox to authenticate the danger.) The crew has no chance, by the film’s cold calculus, and yet what can humans do-in movies or real life-but struggle on? The director spoke with us about the fragility of Earth, arrogant science and why realism is so scary. The film’s main villain is the hostility of space, and Boyle’s best means of frightening us, as he sees it, is science. In his new sci-fi thriller Sunshine, the sun is dying-fizzling from within by a real physics phenomenon known as a Q-Ball (a supersymmetric atomic nucleus)-and scientists must fly a bomb into its center to reignite it. Whether it’s Shallow Grave, his first film, in which London roommates must at one point decide who will chop up a corpse, or the scene in 28 Days Later in which plague survivors must kill one of their own before he can infect the rest, Boyle’s films depict thoughtful people weighing terrible choices.
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