APRIL 4: OUTER LIMITS - 9:45pm
INTERKOSMOS
Jim Finn (2006) 71 mins
More than pastiche, this candy-coloured mockumentary recreates an era of '70s communist idealism as a band of East Germans travel through space to colonise the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. A hilariously banal romance between two of its cosmonauts ensues. Featuring deadpan German voiceover, stop-motion animation, musical interludes, oddball flight exercises & a bonkers rendition of "The Trolley Song", Jim Finn's debut also boasts a rocking soundtrack (performed by members of Califone, The Dirty Three & We Ragazzi) & a cast & crew that reads like a who's who of the Chicago art, film and indie rock scene.
Screens after "Spatial Journeys" featuring experimental films by Pip Chodorov and Peter Tscherkassky, and the Peter Forgacs session (7.00pm).
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