Spaceman is a beautiful film. That’s really all I wanted to say at the moment.
Update: i think probably it was especially beautiful and pointed to me in the context of my own mostly self-imposed (brain-imposed?) solitude..loneliness. Also have a thing about spiders, a fear/love relationship. And then there’s the existential space dust angle, which, I mean, just count me in already. The negative reviews bum me out, I think it’s full of originality while replaying/remixing humanity’s big questions. I also think it’s interesting that they avoid explicit mention of “God”, maybe that was refreshing in the context of a space movie?
The way in which the corporate/govt talking heads are portrayed is also interesting, I think they are untrustworthy, or at least simply committed to the company/mission over the true wellbeing of Lenka and Jakub, and maybe can be seen as somewhat neutral. I’m not sure Lenka ever really got the support she was seeking or perhaps needed, I got the sense she gave Jakub more benefit of the doubt than she ought’ve (more than what was a healthy level, for her sake). I do think the corporate/govt big wig manipulated her emotionally, as if Jakub’s refusal to self-reflect or heal was Lenka’s responsibility.
I think the way they used the Rusalka imagery was a little confusing, just in its relation to the overall plot, but happy to learn about the term. Maybe the book pushes this idea & imagery a little more, tho upon thinking about everything it makes more and more sense. It seems as though he’s been avoiding fully “giving in” which is what a mutual loving relationship requires. In a “death to self” kind of way.
Lenka means light, and this reminds me of this essay, which is not at all connected and also maybe quite connected, either way: https://imagejournal.org/article/a-spider-an-arab-and-a-muslim-walk-into-a-cave/
There’s an Ent-like quality to Hanus that really ties the room together. Paul Dano made him a living being.