Name: GRAVITY (M) presented in 35mm
Start: 2026-05-23T19:00:00+08:00
Location: 16 Preston Street Como, 6152

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Gravity at The Revival House Perth
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a medical engineer on her first space shuttle mission, installing new equipment on the Hubble Space Telescope alongside veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), who is commanding his final expedition before retirement. During a routine spacewalk, Mission Control warns of debris from a destroyed Russian satellite hurtling toward them at catastrophic speed. Within minutes, the debris field obliterates their shuttle, kills the crew, and leaves Ryan and Matt untethered, spinning into the void with rapidly depleting oxygen. With communication to Earth severed and their shuttle destroyed, their only hope is to reach the International Space Station before their air runs out—but the debris field orbits Earth every ninety minutes, threatening to destroy anything in its path. As equipment failures mount and options dwindle, Ryan must overcome her paralyzing fear and inexperience to survive the most hostile environment imaginable.
Director Alfonso Cuarón creates a technical and artistic triumph, using groundbreaking visual effects and extended takes to simulate the experience of being unmoored in space. The 2013 film's opening seventeen-minute unbroken shot establishes both the beauty and terror of the void, while Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography captures Earth's stunning majesty and space's infinite darkness. Sandra Bullock delivers a powerhouse performance, carrying much of the film alone while conveying both vulnerability and determination. The sound design is masterful—using silence in the vacuum of space while Steven Price's score builds tension and emotion. Cuarón transforms a simple survival story into a meditation on rebirth and human resilience, while delivering edge-of-your-seat suspense through ingeniously constructed set pieces. The practical effects and zero-gravity simulation remain astonishing achievements in filmmaking craft.
Original format and audio experience of this film faithfully reproduced by The Revival House. Presented in 35mm film unless noted otherwise.
When: Saturday, May 23rd at 7:00PM
Where: The Revival House at the Como Theatre
Rating: M (Disaster themes and coarse language)
Cuarón's breathtaking space survival thriller delivers stunning visuals and relentless tension—experience this technical marvel on 35mm film.
Presented by: The Revival House Perth