Christopher Nolan has described Interstellar as a movie about human nature.
Nolan will be returning to the director's chair at the beginning of next month with Interstellar, the most anticipated film of the year.
Interstellar is set to be a sweeping sci-fi epic, but Nolan reveals that the core themes of the film are quite straightforward and relatable.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the director said: "The film is about human nature, what it means to be human. It sounds like a very grand statement, but I don't intend it to be.
"I mean it in the way, say, 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is about dramatising ideas of human nature.
"When you take an audience far away from human experience as possible, you wind up focusing very tightly on human nature and how we are connected to each other. What the film tries to do is to be very honest in that appraisal."
Interstellar is the first film for Nolan since the success of The Dark Knight Rises and is split between a space voyage and those who are left behind on a dying earth.
Nolan has teamed up with his brother Jonathan to pen the screenplay, that is set to be a human story as well as a sci-fi spectacle.
Matthew McConaughey will lead an all-star cast that will also include Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Wes Bentley.
Interstellar is the ninth feature film of Nolan's directing career; he already has the likes of Memento, Insomnia, and The Dark Knight under his belt.
Interstellar is released 7th November.
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