Moon is a magnificent story about a man whose sole purpose is harvesting an alternative fuel source on, you know, the moon. His captivity and isolation confronts him whereas loneliness and strange happenings make him question his sanity.
Written and directed by Duncan Jones, starring the very charismatic Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey’s voice. And yet, this is what is considered a low-budget movie compared to Hollywood type production, but still substantially more than say Brick or Napoleon Dynamite. Although it doesn’t feel that way, I feel like I have to plug this movie if only for originality and thoughtful film making.
Moon has a 2001: A Space Odyssey feel to it, deliberately I presume, where all things feel spacious, open and extremely minimalistic. The movie doesn’t cut corners either, but gets straight to the point.
It’s a small film with great ideas, which leaves you in a quiet state of contemplation long after, much like Josdigital favorite The Fountain accomplished in a way. Compelling story and a promising debut by a fairly unknown director in uprising.
Find this hidden gem, I’m telling.
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