Movie poster for Nope, this month’s movie for The Reel.
Previously, The Reel has presented “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Jaws” and “Official Competition.” Yair Solan, assistant professor of literature and film, shared that he and Aileen Farrar, associate chair in the Department of Humanities and Politics, chose to present “Nope” as the last film of the semester to draw out students for entertainment and to discuss the film’s social commentary.
“Nope” is a neo-western sci-fi horror film released in 2022, grossing $171 million worldwide. The film follows OJ and Emerald (played by Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer), a Black brother-sister duo in Agua Dulce, California. OJ and Emerald run a horse farm and train them to be featured in movies and television.
They start to experience unexplained happenings, including items falling from the sky, power outages and missing horses. When they discover that the strange occurrences are from a UFO (named Jean Jacket), OJ, Emerald and their friends go on a mission to capture footage of it to show the world.
Following the showing “Nope,” Marlisa Santos, professor in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, will lead a discussion about the topics of greed and exploitation covered in the film.
The film showing is also co-sponsored by SAGE and Fin Films, both student-run clubs on campus.
“Nope” is similar in tone to movies like “King Kong,” “Jurassic Park,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Signs.”
Alongside Kaluuya and Palmer, the film stars Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea and Michael Wincott.
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