About this episode

The episode explores lesser-known Soviet sci-fi films and their significance in cinema.

Soviet Sci fi is an undiscovered ocean of incredible cinema for folks here in the west who may not know many of these masterpieces exist. While Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris and Stalker are frequently screened, amazing sci-fi works like Dead Man's Letters, Kin Dza-Dza, and On The Silver Globe are just as powerful. Secret Movie Club founder.programmer Craig Hammill also takes a survey look at other works from the Soviet Union's first sci-fi, the silent film Aelita-Queen of Mars all the way to a crazy Polish sci-fi sex comedy SexMission that may have partly inspired Mike Judge's Idiocracy.

People in this episode

Host: Craig Hammill

Topics covered

• Soviet Sci-Fi
• Hidden Masterpieces
• Cinema
• Andrei Tarkovsky
• Polish Sci-Fi
• Film History

Keywords

• Soviet Sci-Fi
• Solaris
• Stalker
• Dead Man's Letters
• Kin Dza-Dza
• On The Silver Globe
• Aelita
• SexMission
• Idiocracy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Solaris, Stalker, Dead Man's Letters, Kin Dza-Dza, On The Silver Globe, Aelita-Queen of Mars, SexMission, Idiocracy

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