#sambell

Okay guys so here’s an important detail in the “Moon” (2009) that i really like. 

In the first scenes we’ve got an “Earth perception” of the things happening to the main character - he believes he’s coming back, that his home is Earth and that technically he’s not alone.

But when it hits Sam Bell that he is a clone, that all he’s gone through was just about the Moon - cold, grey and lonely, - we observe the opposite picture. The Moon is closer to us than the Earth and we’re finally taking things as they are.

(the 3rd screen shows Sam Bell in the scene just before the Earth shot, the 4th - before the Moon one)

Why those are not just 2 pictures of the Earth and the Moon? 

Because when we’ve got Earth in the foreground, Sam Bell still has some concerns about his presence at the base. So the Moon just can’t go away.

Same thing about Earth in the background. We’ve got to see that it is far-far away, but the main character is still connected to it. I’m not super good at explaining things, but i guess you’re all super cool and smart so you got the point. 

I mean, I really like the fact that we’ve got something more than just a nice picture of space. This scene has an artistic sense and plays an important role in opening up the character’s mental state.