Ad Astra: Cinematic Hypnotism
“Ad Astra” is a film that possesses similar beats to sci-fi classics, falling into the realm of cinematic hypnotism, and pulling us in with its mysteriously intoxicating identity.

Thousands of pages of a handwritten diary, through dramatized documentary scenes, portray the personal life of Virgilije Nevjestić, a painter and graphic artist who was born in Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who has been declared the best graphic artist of the 20th century by the French Academy of Sciences and Arts. He exhibited in all the prestigious museums and galleries of the world.
“Ad Astra” is a film that possesses similar beats to sci-fi classics, falling into the realm of cinematic hypnotism, and pulling us in with its mysteriously intoxicating identity.
From its visually stunning opening credits, which show women dancing through a forest to musical rhythms that sound almost primal, to its quiet, heartbreaking final frame, Mona Fastvold’s historical rendering of the Shaker religious movement is an experience that will stay with me for a long time.
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