Most space movies emphasize the conquest of space. Claire Denis gives us the conquest of people. Agency in High Life is reduced to the point of helpless passivity. In Damien Chazelle’s First Man, Armstrong is great, we are shown, because he is humble and taciturn. This is not a new perspective on Armstrong, but the political climate makes such displays of suffering, “real” masculinity more charged than they were thirty-five years ago, when The Right Stuff was in theaters.
Source : Dads in Space
