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The Martian (2015)

Film
DirectorRidley Scott
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Form & technique
  • The use of video logs as a central narrative device
Tropes
  • Mark Watney's resourceful survival ethos
  • The act of growing potatoes in the Hab
  • Mark Watney's symbiotic relationship with his life-support technology (suit, Hab, rover)
  • The intervention of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to aid the rescue mission
  • The diegetic 1970s disco soundtrack from Commander Lewis's collection