tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post4412396358478009464..comments2024-03-13T10:29:38.310+11:00Comments on Cult Movie Reviews: Voyage to the End of the Universe (Ikarie XB 1, 1963)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-25714430650067947272010-02-19T10:45:13.939+11:002010-02-19T10:45:13.939+11:00I only saw this one because it happened to be avai...I only saw this one because it happened to be available for rental and looked vaguely interesting. But having seen it in its AIP-mangled version I'd now love to see it in its original form.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-19201784800225775392010-02-19T01:59:18.739+11:002010-02-19T01:59:18.739+11:00Dude you have to check out Pavel Klushantsev's...Dude you have to check out Pavel Klushantsev's stuff. It's definately where Kubrik nicked the award winning special effects for 2001 from.<br /><br />There's an awesome Danish documentary on Klushantsev (The Star Dreamer 2002) that explores his films, and shows how Stalin and co. forced him to make propaganda films instead of the fantastic Sci-Fi movies he really wanted.<br /><br />Road to the Stars 1958, and Planeta Bur 1962 are masterpieces.<br /><br />Great piece, once again.CiNEZiLLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06776853636620227783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-86854819478533954822010-02-19T00:18:14.771+11:002010-02-19T00:18:14.771+11:00Good review of a great movie. Thanks. I was blown ...Good review of a great movie. Thanks. I was blown away when I saw the American version of TV here in Oz some years ago. The first thing that struck me was that Kubrick should have paid them royalties -- it's fairly certain that this is one of the many space films he saw while researching for '2001' and there are quite a few direct steals, not least in the set designs (does that octagonal corridor look familiar, or what?) as well as the plot point about the crew member going mad and threatening the mission. <br /><br />I agree with you that AIP were *relatively* lenient ... especially compared to the terrible hatchet job they did (twice) on the Russian sci-fi film "Planeta Bur" ... nevertheless, cutting 20-odd minutes from an 80-minute film is not what I call minor -- e.g. they hacked it down from 2.35:1 to 4:3 ratio, totally excised the major plot point where the crew discover that the White Planet has projected a force field to protect them from the radioactive nebula, and inserted that dicky ending shot, which completely ruins the intent of the original ending. <br /><br />FYI the original Czech version was released on DVD in 2005. It's now out of print but I found a copy on Ebay today which I've just bought. I think you can also download it from Rapidshare if you look. Cheers!Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517575539354521660noreply@blogger.com