Audiences have come to expect a certain degree of invention in Hollywood sci-fi, whether it’s hearing explosions in space or freezing as soon as you enter it without protection. Europa Report, an ultra low-budgeted found-footage thriller about a crew of astronauts sent into deep space to explore one of Jupiter’s moons, deserves respect for meticulously researching the real science behind its fictional story in order to produce the most unidealized movie about space travel since 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The film follows six astronauts sent by privately funded space exploration company Europa Ventures to explore the titular moon of Jupiter. Recently discovered underground lakes have piqued scientific curiosity, and the astronauts en route clearly believe finding life on Europa is not just possible, but probable. After an unexpected catastrophe results in the loss of communication with Earth and the death of a crew member, the remaining crew of...
The film follows six astronauts sent by privately funded space exploration company Europa Ventures to explore the titular moon of Jupiter. Recently discovered underground lakes have piqued scientific curiosity, and the astronauts en route clearly believe finding life on Europa is not just possible, but probable. After an unexpected catastrophe results in the loss of communication with Earth and the death of a crew member, the remaining crew of...
- 10/6/2013
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Another Successful Disaster in Space: Cordero Takes Found Footage to the Outer Limits
Boldly taking the found footage genre where no one has taken it before, Europa Report launches us into deep space with a crew doomed to make a discovery that will change human history. Previously, the genre’s uncanny ability to convince us the unbelievable has actually happened has been exploited mostly by horror filmmakers. Ecuadorean helmer Sebastian Cordero however proves through his stylish, gripping, and masterfully arranged storytelling that found footage has exciting applications far beyond horror. His love of humanistic detail distinguishes and elevates the film above other space and found footage movies and places it more snugly in the tradition of European verite filmmaking set in extreme environments, for space is nothing if not extreme.
Europa is a moon around Jupiter harboring large reserves of water, suggesting signs of alien life-forms. When the first privately-funded...
Boldly taking the found footage genre where no one has taken it before, Europa Report launches us into deep space with a crew doomed to make a discovery that will change human history. Previously, the genre’s uncanny ability to convince us the unbelievable has actually happened has been exploited mostly by horror filmmakers. Ecuadorean helmer Sebastian Cordero however proves through his stylish, gripping, and masterfully arranged storytelling that found footage has exciting applications far beyond horror. His love of humanistic detail distinguishes and elevates the film above other space and found footage movies and places it more snugly in the tradition of European verite filmmaking set in extreme environments, for space is nothing if not extreme.
Europa is a moon around Jupiter harboring large reserves of water, suggesting signs of alien life-forms. When the first privately-funded...
- 8/8/2013
- by Paul Cantagallo
- IONCINEMA.com
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