Would have been great to watch “2001” with a live orchestra playing the soundtrack: New York Philharmonic Plays ‘2001 – A Space Odyssey’ – NYTimes.com.
Maybe this will happen someday at Wolf Trap, which just had a similar orchestral performance for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings.
A poignant short piece about a stranded astronaut:
Timelapse videos just get better and better. Here is a great one from Jack Fusco in which he shows starscapes moving above “some of New Jersey’s most beautiful beaches and shoreline locations” : Home At The Shore on Vimeo (via I09).
Home At The Shore from Jack Fusco on Vimeo.
While astronaut Cady Coleman was residing on the International Space Station, she spoke and exchanged email with actress Sandra Bullock to help her prepare for her role in the movie Gravity, which is set to be released on October 4th. : Astronaut gave ‘Gravity’ advice to Sandra Bullock from space – collectSPACE.
If you haven’t seen the trailer, here is the latest version:
This video of Coleman playing her flute on the ISS is not nearly as hectic but a lot closer to what life is like there:
http://youtu.be/xGkWryz-EkI
And here is a duet with Ian Anderson:
Just a guess, but the movie Gravity appears to be about a bad day at the ISS: New Gravity trailer will leave you breathless – io9
Update: Here is a review of the movie after its showing at the Venice film festival: SciFi Film Review: Gravity: Critics Call Alfonso Cuaron’s Space Adventure a Masterpiece – Moonandback.