JUNE 27: - 7:00pm
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
(Aleksandr Rou) 1961 USSR 69 mins
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
(Aleksandr Rou) 1961 USSR 69 mins
A glorious excursion into Technicolor fantasy & a film that remains true to the spirit of Gogol. One of the most beautiful works in the rich strain of Russian cinematic fantasy. The tale of a blacksmith sent on an endless quest by his beloved - ending in St. Petersburg, with a conference with the devil - has been filmed several times, but never with such rich feeling for the satiric, folkloric power of the source. Imported 35mm print.
Preceded by:
Cameraman's Revenge
(Ladislas Starevitch) 1912 Russia 12 mins. Early stop-motion classic about adultery in the insect kingdom from the great animation pioneer: a married beetle is filmed in a compromising situation by a jealous grasshopper. Imported 35mm print.
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JUNE 27: - 8:35pm
The Heavens Call
(Mikhail Karyukov & Aleksandr Kozyr) 1959 USSR 80 mins
The Heavens Call
(Mikhail Karyukov & Aleksandr Kozyr) 1959 USSR 80 mins
The tale of an aborted Mars expedition (the cosmonauts crash-land on an asteroid instead) features spectacular "spacescapes", as well as a prescient visualisation of the Earth's orbit cluttered by manmade satellites. Roger Corman & young Francis Ford Coppola unashamedly helped themselves to the film's plot & footage for their 1963 Battle Beyond The Sun. Imported 35mm print.
Preceded by:
Interplanetary Revolution
(1924) USSR 9 mins. A cartoon spoof of Aelita! And it served as a mild political corrective. Post-Lenin, the Communist Party began to distance itself from the "world revolution" doctrine & the notion of the rising Martian proletariat was safe to ridicule. Imported 35mm print.
Screens after Evenings on a farm Near Dikanka.
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