One of the most hotly debated things about Christopher Nolan‘s latest film Interstellar is the science behind it. Is it scientifically accurate? Is it not? What liberties do they take? And so on and so forth. Personally, I come down on the side of “Who cares?” I am not going to a Nolan film for a science lesson. I am going for the story, the characters, and the spectacle. As long as they make the science seem plausible in the context of the film, I am fine with whatever they want to do. However, a lot of people want to be pedantic and pick apart what is accurate and inaccurate. If that is fun for you, then by all means.
[amz asin=”0393351378″ size=”small”]Because of this highly publicized debate on the scientific accuracy of Interstellar, Nolan and physicist Kip Thorne, who was a scientific consultant on the film and wrote the book “The Science of Interstellar“, sat down with Time to talk about the physics behind it, which you can watch below.
I do not know much of anything about science, but this interview is fairly interesting. Quite frankly, I would rather hear Nolan talk about how he achieved certain visual effects or directing the more intimate scenes. There are a lot of people out there who will find this scientific talk interesting, so you may get more out of it than I did. They do not go terribly in depth, as I am sure Thorne’s book does, but it should appease some of you science enthusiasts out there.
Again, you can watch the video below.
