Interstellaris the kind of movie thatwill alwayssparkgood conversations.

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What Exactly Is the Cooper Is Dead Theory About?

Matthew McConaughey from Interstellar

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According to This Theory, How Exactly Does Cooper Die in ‘Interstellar’?

The precise nature of Coopers incident shown in his dream isnt clear.

Is it possible that this repetition means nothing and is simply an overlooked mistake?

Cooper in a space suit on a snowy planet in Interstellar.

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He didnt fully cross the Straits, as he is still holding on to life.

Next, Cooper joins the last in a series of missions called Lazarus.

of existence, which is built during the movie as a coping mechanism.

Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) navigates the tesseract in Interstellar

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Starring Matthew McConaughey, ‘Interstellar’ has grossed over $700 million worldwide.

Throughout the movie, terms that reference dying are also mentioned multiple times.

Murphy is the first thing Cooper sees after waking from his nightmare.

Cooper navigating the interdimensional Tesseract in his spacesuit in ‘Interstellar’

The tesseract, then, represents his final transition into the afterlife.

He was her ghost, and he was still trying to hold on to life.

His mind just created a whole context that made it more plausible for him.

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When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.

Usually, this kind of theory empties the debate around the movie, and seems pointless from the start.

InInterstellar, Cooper being dead the whole time is never made objectively clear.

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