There is only one GERTY, Lunar Industries robotic companion to employee Sam Bell during his three year shift on Moon base Sarang in Duncan Jones’ 2009 debut MOON. But, could there be another?…
MOON: Did You Know GERTY Has A Sister?
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Category Archives: Fan Contributions
MOON: Lego Lunar Rover by Ron Haller
Meant to pop this one up a while back when MOON Concept Artist & VFX Supervisor Gavin Rothery pointed it out, which is some compliment to start with, as Gavin designed it!
A wonderful LEGO MOON Lunar Rover by Ron Haller, and not the first time we have seen a LEGO tribute to Duncan Jones’ 2009 debut feature, we’ve also got a LEGO Sam Bell to go with it 
Make sure you pop over to Ron’s LEGO creation site for more pics of the MOON Lunar Rover, and many more Sci-Fi related LEGO vehicles, amazing stuff!
Also check out Gavin’s site for his online portfolio, and a fantastic Making Of MOON blog for lot’s of behind the scenes info.
MOON: Time To Remember Poster
I was just thinking we hadn’t had a nice poster for a while, when this one arrives from Ricky Plows via Twitter to MOON Director Duncan Jones.
Ricky was kind enough to provide some detail on the design (cus I asked, like) Which I think just makes it even nicer.
The silhouette is made up of Sams memorys from earth. Hes looking into his own eyes and seeing the same memories.
They are positioned to make an hourglass, representing his time left on the moon. Thanks for taking an interest
Ricky has also provided a larger version over on his on-line portfolio, along with another MOON poster
Happy Halloween: Sam Bell Whittles A Lunar Industries Pumpkin
Always great to come across an out take from MOON, and here we have the result of a bit of pumpkin whittling from Lunar Industries employee Sam Bell while up on Sarang one Halloween, either that or it’s the result of some very handy carving from our own Sam Bell, Charles Kline from Colorado, USA.
Charles is an old friend of the blog, check out his amazing Sam Bell uniform if you’ve not seen it already.
Have a great Halloween everyone, and rest assured, if you are unable to get out Trick or Treating, Lunar Industries will be able to provide someone to do it for you, as you, while you have a…sleep…
Caesars Rome Debut Single ‘Earth From Space’ Inspired By MOON
MOON continues to inspire others to create, and we are always more than happy to share those creations with you. Just last night, Cardiff band Caesers Rome got in touch with MOON Director Duncan Jones to let him know they had just released the video for their debut single ‘Earth From Space’ which has been directly influenced musically, and visually by Duncan’s 2009 debut feature… Continue reading
Chinese Fan Helps Spread The Word On MOON & Source Code
Source Code opens in China today, one of only 20 foreign films to open on the Chinese mainland due to a quota system currently in place. Things may change in the future, with up to 1,600 new cinema screens being added per year to service a growing appetite for both local, and foreign films (1). Even GERTY has seen the potential, with actor Kevin Spacey starring in entirely locally funded feature ‘Inseparable‘, where 50% of the dialogue will be in Mandarin (2).
So it seems, for the moment, Source Code is lucky to be one of the 20 foreign films screening this year, and thanks to meeting new friends on Twitter, it may be that Chinese fans have had something to do with it’s selection, and one fan in particular, who has been supporting Duncan Jones work since the 2009 release of MOON… Continue reading
MOON Poster By Adam Rabalais
Great MOON poster by Adam Rabalais tweeted to the films Director Duncan Jones earlier this evening, who commented:
Love it! Gerty’s face always puts a smile on mine.
Adam has been kind enough to give us permission to share his version of the movie poster. Click image to go to a much larger version, and have a look at the rest of Adam’s work, stunning stuff. Especially like this Nosferatu…
Sumit Purohit Sketches MOON Stills
Sumit Purohit is an Independent film maker from India, who recently tweeted a lovely sketch of a still from MOON to Director Duncan Jones.
As usual we like to get the artist to tell us a bit about how they became inspired to create artwork based on Duncan’s films. So we got in touch, and Sumit has very kindly sent us a copy of the first sketch, and another one as well! Click the images for full size versions.
Growing up with a father who is an astrophysicist, the outer space at times, feels closer than mundane reality. You are always eager to hear stories, myths, legends, facts, equations set in ‘that world’. And so, everything felt right about Moon from the moment I saw its trailer online, back in 2009: Sam Rockwell, a new young director in Duncan Jones, an indie low budget sci-fi set on backdrop of Moon. For any aspiring film maker like me, it felt good to see that such a film could be made within with very limited resources.
I saw Moon in midair- literally. On a flight to Dubai. I would have loved to watch it on the cinema screen but could not resist the temptation. Am glad I did that, as Moon sadly, never got a theatrical release in India.
I have been sketching frames, inspired from frames of films that I find riveting. I try to capture the essence of the film through those and somehow choose scenes that are of pivotal nature to the plot. Terrence Malick’s films are what inspired me to start sketching like this. Malick’s films are visual poetry in the way they weave the metaphysical realm into each frame. I could pause any and sketch it.
Moon was a very obvious choice in this series: a story of a man employed to work on a lunar station, alone, for three years. I sketched one frame of the interiors of the space station and the other is on the surface of the moon, both trying to capture contrasting moods of the film. What attracted me to sketch Moon was the fact that even with a visually sparse environment, Jones manages to conjure up a visually rich experience. In parts it reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Make sure you pop over to Sumit’s site for more examples of his fantastic film still sketches
MOON Credits By Adrien Dezalay
Film maker, photographer and musician Adrien Dezalay recently popped up his own version of the credits to Duncan Jones’ 2009 debut feature MOON so we thought you might like to have a look at an alternative vision, as Adrien explains:
A few years ago, I watched MOON in a theatre in London. Back home, I could still hear the Clint Mansell score in my head. That’s when I thought of making a graphic video related to the movie. The small budget / minimalist picture, a bit like Vincenzo Natali’s CUBE, was perfect to work with because I just wanted to use lines and three colors. I find very hard to explain art, but I’d say that the infinite cloning process in the movie is represented by these lines and the red ones are clones like Sam Bell. Well – something like that!
Source Code Gets The Dubstep Treatment From Tomi P
The longer films are out in the mainstream, from cinema release through to home release, they eventually slip into the collective unconsciousness of popular culture and take on a life of their own. Through reviews and writings on aspects of plot and theme, they eventually in a way, no longer belong to the film makers completely, but also to the audience that take them to heart. The point at which this transfer occurs is often reflected in an increase in independently produced, creative pieces inspired by the films, either directly, or taking their queue from specific aspects of the films.
We’ve had so many incredible contributions from fans of MOON already, and are now starting to see the same occurring with SOURCE CODE. Starting early with posters, then the amazing Machinima piece from KeulerMedia recently, we now have this rather smart “Dubstep” track and video from Tomi P, Sampling dialogue from the film itself, and editing film footage to produce this video.