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Sandra Bullock experiences the Angel Effect in the film Gravity
There has been much speculation about the vision astronaut Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) experiences in Alfonso Cuarón's gripping new sci-fi film Gravity. There should be no doubt: It is a classic sensed presence experience, not unlike the real-life encounter on Mir by U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger.
Here is an interesting piece by Esther Zuckerman in The Atlantic: Can We Talk About the End of 'Gravity'?
In the piece (this is your spoiler alert) Zuckerman speculates about several hallucinations, or possible hallucinations in the new blockbuster film Gravity. What is missing from the speculation is the obvious explanation: The Bullock character experiences the Angel Effect when she encounters George Clooney's resurrected character Matt Kowalski.
Some interpret the scene as simply the…
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