(Jindřich Polák/1963/Czechoslovakia)
Ikarie
XB-1 is space exploration with quaint expectations of dinner dances
and social occasions going hand in hand with the science of just
about everything. Lots of feathery focus on crew interactions but the
narrative that plays out is really good – infiltration of the ship
from outside by the unknown. Also the condemnation of the 20th
century juxtaposed with the piano playing of Honeggar is a great
moment. The film ends with such optimism, albeit cut through with a
critique of communism (or modern society as it was), that it’s
refreshing watching it now. There is a shot of an infant which one
might suspect as being an inspiration for Kubrick’s 2001 space
baby.
(3/5)
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