FILM DISCUSSION GUIDE Moon UK 2009 97 mins

Moon UK | 2009 | 97 mins | Dir: Duncan Jones | Cert. 15

Talk about it before the film Have you heard of the term doppelgänger? What

Discussion points 1. How would you describe GERTY? What techniques do the filmmakers deploy

Extension activities Write a piece of short fiction or create a short film based

Write about it Bring your ideas together in a review and share it on

Watch next The Martian 2015 | Cert. 12 | Engaging for ages 11+ Abandoned

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Moon UK | 2009 | 97 mins | Dir: Duncan Jones | Cert. 15 | Engaging for ages 14+ Curriculum links: Science, Psychology, Film Studies Astronaut Sam Bell is the only human needed to run a mining operation on the moon and, as the communication link with Earth is poor, his entire source of conversation is a robot known as GERTY. In the circumstances, it's little wonder Sam is seeing strange things – but is he losing his mind, or closing in on the shocking truth? This is a clever and inventive sci-fi film, featuring some brilliant sets and models. Moon

Talk about it before the film Have you heard of the term doppelgänger? What does it mean? Can you think of any examples of doppelgängers from films you have seen? Liberty Films © (2009) All rights reserved. Moon

Discussion points 1. How would you describe GERTY? What techniques do the filmmakers deploy to help the audience get to know the robot? 2. Why has Sam Bell been allowed to be up in the space station by himself, without proper human contact? What effect might this have on somebody’s state of mind? 3. How do the filmmakers turn their small budget and the absence of special effects into an advantage? To what extent do you think this is a film “about space”? Moon

Extension activities Write a piece of short fiction or create a short film based on the idea of doppelgängers. The doppelgänger can be the double of yourself, somebody you know, or somebody entirely fictional. Moon

Write about it Bring your ideas together in a review and share it on our Into Film clubs’ website. You could include a summary of the story, mention other films that it’s similar to, describe what you particularly liked or disliked and give it your star rating. Moon

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