Magellan

Name: Magellan
Genre: 53, 9648, 878
Released: 2017
Rating: 5.1

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After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.

Who would love this

♥Viewers who appreciate arthouse cinema, slow cinema, historical dramas with a critical lens, and films with strong auteur visions would likely enjoy "Magellan". Those interested in deconstructing historical myths and exploring the complexities of colonialism would also find it compelling.

Who might not

✗Audiences seeking fast-paced action, conventional narrative structures, or straightforward heroic portrayals would likely find "Magellan" frustrating or inaccessible. Those who prefer lighter, more escapist fare may also dislike its somber tone and challenging themes.
✗It is important to note that the 2017 film "Magellan" directed by Rob York appears to be a science fiction film about an astronaut on a solo mission, which is a completely different subject matter from the historical epic directed by Lav Diaz.

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What critics are saying about Magellan

In 'Magellan,' starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Lav Diaz depicts the decade of devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific.And yet this exquisitely crafted feature may be one of the director’s most accessible works to date. It clocks in at only 160 minutes (Diaz’s films often run twice that long, if not more), but, more importantly, provides an honest glimpse at a figure who famously opened the world up for exploration, while furthering the mass destruction wreaked by colonialism.

'Magellan' Review: Gael Garcia Bernal in Lav Diaz's Arthouse Epic

The mythology of Ferdinand Magellan (Gael García Bernal) has reached such an entrenchment in the West that the name is synonymous, globally, with exploration. Yet for director Lav Diaz, and for many raised in the Philippines and in the Global South more generally, Magellan's history is marred with the bloody stains of colonialism.Clocking in at 160 minutes, Magellan is one of Slow Cinema pioneer Lav Diaz's shortest films. That length provides the perhaps erroneous notion that the film is one of his more accessible.

Magellan Review: Gael García Bernal Stars In Lav Diaz's Unromantic ...