What films influenced Gravity?

Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.

Year2013

CountryMexico

DirectorAlfonso Cuarón

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Alfonso Cuarón cited Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped as the primary structural influence for Gravity — the methodical, almost silent focus on survival as process rather than drama. Bresson showed him how to make watching someone work be more compelling than action. The isolation and the visual tone of space came from Tarkovsky's Solaris. Cuarón documented this in multiple interviews around 2013-2014. Both films are on Criterion Channel.

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