Today's Mary McEvoy talks to director Christopher Nolan and stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain about the sci-fi epic.
Leave it to Matthew McConaughey to capture a film's greatest quality in a red carpet sound bite. Speaking at the Los Angeles premiere of Interstellar last week, he said: "Everybody I've talked to - and I've talked to hundreds - take something different from it that sticks in their craw for days afterwards."
How right he is, and if you ever ran into the Texan on your own particular adventure in space and time (stranger things have happened . . . ) you'd give him yet another take on this film's message which would be just as valid, interesting and heartfelt as the kid of 12 or the boffin who sat next to you in the cinema. Chances are you might also tell him that in his role as everyman Cooper he's done some of his best work as an actor - in dusty fields and far beyond.
On an earth where almost all crops have failed, widower Cooper is a member of what's described as the "caretaker generation" - a former NASA pilot who never had the opportunity to go on a full mission before disaster struck and who now exists as a corn farmer. Cooper has two kids, a sense of something unfinished and a recurring dream. In his home, things have started going bump in the night - and the day, too. Soon his opportunity to reconcile past, present and future will be revealed.
You can watch the interviews with the director and cast by clicking the links on your left.
