Ad Astra
5 min readSep 24, 2019
Space as a mood
James Gray is a singular American filmmaker in that his movies are about men’s interior lives, whereas most American movies are about men and their toys. Gray has gone from chamber pieces in his old neighborhood of Brighton Beach (Little Odessa), to the Amazonian jungle (The Lost Story of Z), and now all the way to Neptune to tell the stories of men with feelings.