The Arts Junction: Russian Fantastik Cinema in Toronto

Travel to Mars / Путешествие на Марс
Prusakov N. P., Borisov G. I. / Прусаков Н. П., Борисов Г. И.,1926
Credit: Museum of RUSSIAN POSTER - Plakaty.Ru

March 2-17, 2007

Films: From the Tsars to the Stars: A Journey through Russian Fantastik Cinema

Cinematheque Ontario

Jackman Hall
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M5T 1G4
(southwest corner of Dundas Street West and McCaul Street, McCaul Street entrance, two blocks west of St. Patrick subway station)

Information and tickets

FILM SELECTION:

THE AMPHIBIAN MAN
THE CAMERAMAN'S REVENGE
EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA
FIRST ON THE MOON
THE HEAVENS CALL
INTERPLANETARY REVOLUTION
PLANET OF STORMS
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA
SOLARIS
A SPECTRE HAUNTS EUROPE
STALKER
TO THE STARS BY HARD WAYS
ZERO CITY

Friday, March 2, 2007 6:30 PM
ZERO CITY
Gorod Zero
Город Зеро
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Year: 1988
Runtime: 103 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Leonid Filatov, Oleg Basilashvili

Sunday, March 4, 2007 1:00 PM
THE CAMERAMAN'S REVENGE
Mest Kinematograficheskogo Operatora
Месть кинематографического оператора
Director: Wladaslaw Starewicz
Year: 1912
Runtime: 12 minutes
Country: Russia

PLANET OF STORMS
Planeta Bur
Director: Pavel Klushantsev
Year: 1961
Runtime: 83 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Gennadi Vernov, Vladimir Yemelyanov

Monday, March 5, 2007 6:30 PM
TO THE STARS BY HARD WAYS
Cherez Ternii K Zvezdam
Director: Richard Viktorov
Year: 1981
Runtime: 118 minutes
Country: Russia
Cast: Yelena Metyolkina, Vadim Ledogorov

Thursday, March 8, 2007 6:30 PM
THE HEAVENS CALL
Nebo Zovet
Director: Mikhail Karyukov & Aleksandr Kozyr
Year: 1959
Runtime: 80 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Ivan Pereverzev, Alexander Shvorin

Saturday, March 10, 2007 8:45 PM
THE AMPHIBIAN MAN
Chelovek Amfibiya
Director: G. Kazansky & V. Chebotarev
Year: 1961
Runtime: 95 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Vladimir Korenev, Anastasia Vertinskaya

Monday, March 12, 2007 6:30 PM
SOLARIS
Soljaris
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year: 1972
Runtime: 167 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Donatas Bonionis, Yuri Yarvet

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:30 PM
A SPECTRE HAUNTS EUROPE
Prizrak Brodit Po Yevrope
Призрак бродит по Европе
Director: Vladimir Gardin
Year: 1922
Runtime: 94 minutes
Country: USSCast: Zoya Barantsevich, Vasili Kovrigin

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:30 PM
FIRST ON THE MOON
Pervye Na Lune
Первые на луне
Director: Alexei Fedorchenko
Year: 2005
Runtime: 76 minutes
Country: Russia
Cast: Boris Vlasov, Victoria Ilyinskaya

Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:30 PM
INTERPLANETARY REVOLUTION
Mezhplanetnaya Revolutsiya
Межпланетная революция
Director: Z. Komissarenko , U. Merkulov, N. Hodataev
Year: 1924
Runtime: 9 minutes
Country: USSR

EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA
Vechara Na Khutore Bliz Dikanki
Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки / Ночь перед Рождеством
Director: Alexandr Rou
Year: 1961
Runtime: 69 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Alexandr Khvylya, L. Myznikova

Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:00 PM
STALKER
Stalker
Сталкер
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year: 1979
Runtime: 163 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn

Saturday, March 17, 2007 4:30 PM
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA
Ruslan I Lyudmila
Руслан и Людмила
Director: Alexander Ptushko
Year: 1972
Runtime: 159 minutes
Country: USSR
Cast: Natalia Petrova, Valeri Kosinets

Acknowledgements:
From the Tsars to the Stars: A Journey Through Russian Fantastik Cinema was curated by Alla Verlotsky, Robert Skotak and Dennis Bartok and is presented by Seagull Films, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the American Cinematheque in collaboration with Concern Mosfilm, Russian State Archive Gosfilmofond, and M-Film Studio. Generous support is provided by Titra California Inc. Sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Our thanks also to Gary Palmucci, Kino International (New York).

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Essays and Reviews
Movies from outer space
From the tsars to the stars at Harvard

Soviet genre films may be the richest of all, with the most money, the deepest resources of Socialist intent, and the most humongous stew of cultural legacies. As seen in the Harvard Film Archive’s “From the Tsars to the Stars” series of excavated Russian epics, the Soviet sci-fi films are uniquely conflicted — futurism and technological progressiveness were axioms of the kingdom, but since sci-fi is inherently a form of social critique, the films struggle with their own tropes.

By MICHAEL ATKINSON
November 30, 2006 6:17:22 PM
Credit: The Phoenix

MEDIA: Cinematheque series shows science fiction Soviet style
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Julie E. Washington
Plain Dealer Reporter
Credit: Cleveland Live, Inc.

Blinded by Russian sci-fi
By FISH GRIWKOWSKY
February 16, 2007
Credit: Edmonton Sun, Canada
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