In Movies, A Solar Eclipse Means Change Is Coming
Over the years, Hollywood filmmakers have used solar eclipses as devices to mark moments of irrevocable transformation for their characters.
A solar eclipse is a (relatively) rare event, a break in celestial routine, which is why they fascinate and — historically — frighten us.
The Greek historian Herodotus wrote of one battle that ended abruptly when day turned suddenly to night — both armies panicked, dropped their weapons, and sued for peace.
That's what solar eclipses do — they remind us, in a striking, purely visual way we can't ignore, that even something as basic as the sun shining in the middle of the
