Ikarie XB 1 Blu-ray
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Posted February 18, 2019 09:08 PM by Webmaster
British label Second Run will release on Blu-ray Jindrich Polák's film Ikarie XB 1 (1963), starring Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Smolík, Dana Medrická, Irena Kacírková, and Radovan Lukavský. The release will be available for purchase on March 25.
Studio description: Presented from the new 4K restoration of the film which premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Second Run are delighted to present a new Blu-ray Special Edition of Jind ich Polák s seminal work of fantasy cinema IKARIE XB 1.
Polák s pioneering and much-imitated feature IKARIE XB 1 is one of the cornerstones of contemporary sci-fi cinema. It predates Star Trek and Kubrick s 2001: A Space Odyssey and was clearly an influence on both - and on almost every other science-fiction vehicle that followed.
Adapted from Stanis aw Lem's novel The Magellanic Cloud , the film is set in 2163 and follows a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity. With outstanding design and cinematography, IKARIE XB 1 is imbued with a seriousness, intelligence and attention to detail rarely seen in science-fiction cinema of the period.
Special Features and Technical Soecs:
Studio description: Presented from the new 4K restoration of the film which premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Second Run are delighted to present a new Blu-ray Special Edition of Jind ich Polák s seminal work of fantasy cinema IKARIE XB 1.
Polák s pioneering and much-imitated feature IKARIE XB 1 is one of the cornerstones of contemporary sci-fi cinema. It predates Star Trek and Kubrick s 2001: A Space Odyssey and was clearly an influence on both - and on almost every other science-fiction vehicle that followed.
Adapted from Stanis aw Lem's novel The Magellanic Cloud , the film is set in 2163 and follows a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity. With outstanding design and cinematography, IKARIE XB 1 is imbued with a seriousness, intelligence and attention to detail rarely seen in science-fiction cinema of the period.
Special Features and Technical Soecs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive
- Short film The Most Ordinary of Occupations (Nejv edn j í povolání, 1963)
- A filmed appreciation by Kim Newman
- Alternative US version Voyage to the End of the Universe opening and end scene
- Original trailer
- Voyage to the End of the Universe trailer
- Photo gallery
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Booklet featuring a substantial essay by writer and film historian Michael Brooke
- REGION-FREE
