Andrew Stanton wants you to know that his sensibilities go beyond the wholesome family entertainment he’s helped shepherd at Pixar since the ’90s.
The director’s newest film — and first live-action movie since 2012’s now-cult favorite John Carter — is In the Blink of an Eye, a triptych narrative that chronicles human beings at different points across a nearly 50,000-year time span. Stanton depicts the fundamental lives of three very different families in 45,000 Bce, present day/near future and 2417 Ce. The first braided timeline explores the intersection between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in 45,000 Bce. The second establishes the challenging, yet budding, romance between two academics, Claire (Rashida Jones) and Greg (Daveed Diggs), in 2025. And finally, Coakley (Kate McKinnon) is introduced as a “longevity-enhanced pilot” on an interstellar spaceship in 2417 Ce. The historical/family/sci-fi drama makes the point that the differences between us in…
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