The Star Dreamer (2002 - Denmark)

Documentary / Biography / History


Won Special Mention - Odense International Film Festival 


"About a visual wizard and a fantastic legacy of films which transformed and
influenced the science fiction genre as we know it. The Russian filmmaker,
Pavel Klushantsev, has had an extraordinary influence on an entire genre of
films. Throughout his career at a film studio in St. Petersburg, Klushantsev
pioneered and invented legendary techniques for filming the planets, stars and
weightlessness - long before anyone else. He went on to redefine the science
fiction genre and influence the way Hollywood made their science fiction films."

"The first but, it is hoped, not the last documentary on Russian science fiction
cinema pioneer Pavel Klushantsev. Danish featurette “The Star Dreamer” has a
fascinating subject to which it only does partial justice, overselling the
victim-of-Soviet-bureaucracy angle while providing too narrow a glimpse at his
screen career. Still, it is worthwhile for the clips from Klushantsev’s major
works. Fantasy oriented fest and tube programmers should take note."

 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339723/ 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Klushantsev

419 MB, 00h52m21s, 25.000 fps
DivX 5.x/6.x @ 979 kbps
MPEG-1 Layer 3 @ 128 kbps tot (joint stereo)
720X576, sar 1.250 (5:4)

original Russian and English audio, hardcoded English subtitles when needed
(subtitle copyright SBS Australia 2004, indicating TVRip, quality watchable)


Note - Windows Media Player 9 and VLC both play this file perfectly well, but
for some reason my Media Player Classic just thinks about it and fails.

screenshots: 
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