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Gravity Turns 10: Alfonso Cuarón's Obsession with Loss
On the 10th anniversary of Gravity, a closer look at a theme that runs throughout the films of Alfonso Cuarón.
On the 10th anniversary of Gravity, a closer look at a theme that runs throughout the films of Alfonso Cuarón.
Marie writes: It's a long story and it starts with a now famous video of a meteor exploding over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Followed by alien conspiracies fueled by the internet and which led me to investigate further. Where did it come from? Does anyone know..? Yes! According to The NewScientist, the rock came from the Apollo family of near-Earth asteroids, which follow an elongated orbit that occasionally crosses Earth's path.That in turn led me to yet another site and where I learned a team of scientists had discovered two moons around Pluto, and asked the public to vote on potential names. They also accepted write-in votes as long as they were taken from Greek and Roman mythology and related to Hades and the underworld - keeping to the theme used to name Pluto's three other moons. And how I eventually learned "Vulcan" has won Pluto's moon-naming poll! and thanks to actor William Shatner who suggested it. Behold Vulcan: a little dot inside a green circle and formally known as P5.
The Grand Poobah writes: "No man has a better wife than Chaz."
