The Moving Image Source Calendar is a selective international guide to retrospectives, screenings, festivals, and exhibitions.
Descriptions are drawn from the calendars of the presenting venues.
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Attack the Bloc: Cold War Science Fiction from Behind the Iron Curtain
January 19–April 6, 2012 at
TIFF Cinematheque,
Toronto
Discover the wild worlds of Soviet sci-fi in this mixture of acknowledged classics, exotic esoterica and outright pulp from the former Eastern bloc. Bearded ladies, post-apocalyptic wastelands, robot… more January 19–April 6, 2012 at TIFF Cinematheque, Toronto
Discover the wild worlds of Soviet sci-fi in this mixture of acknowledged classics, exotic esoterica and outright pulp from the former Eastern bloc. Bearded ladies, post-apocalyptic wastelands, robot companions, vampire cars and outbursts of random dancing await.
Featured Works:
The Silent Star (Kurt Maetzig, 1960); Ikarie XB-1 (Jindrich Polák, 1963); Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (Václav Vorlícek, 1966); I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (Oldrich Lipsky, 1970); Eolomea (Herrmann Zschoche, 1972); Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972); Adolescents in the Universe (Richard Viktorov, 1974); Moscow-Cassiopeia (Richard Viktorov, 1975); In the Dust of the Stars (Gottfried Kolditz, 1976); The Great Space Voyage (Valentin Selivanov, 1976); Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (Grigori Kromanov, 1979); Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979); Test Pilot Pirxa (Marek Piestrak, 1979); Golem (Piotr Szulkin, 1980); Ferat Vampire (Juraj Herz, 1982); To the Stars by Hard Ways (Richard Viktorov, 1982, pictured)
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Attack the Bloc: Cold War Science Fiction from Behind the Iron Curtain
