Matthew Poole

This isn’t a film about space at all. It’s a movie about rejection and abandonment. A journey into the self. To recognise the weaknesses from childhood traumas we suffer and how it affects our relationships in the now. Closeness to another person with a brain that has suffered trauma can be overwhelming and the process of becoming close to someone to fix that pain becomes overwhelmed with traumatic fears that one will be rejected again. Then the process of abandoning oneself begins. There’s a spiritual element in this movie. The journey to Chopra represents a journey of rebirth. It is the end of Jakub and the beginning of one that has understood the complex workings of his mind. Thus becoming reborn with knowledge on how to control that trauma, the damaged neural pathways, and begin his life again reborn. Some people achieve this rebirth in different ways. Some people find religion. Or purpose in vocation. Personally I found that through psychedelics. This is the story I take away from it. I loved it. It resonates with me. It will resonate with many people. This is not a movie about space.