Irish Film Institute -KINOPOLIS: ON THE SILVER GLOBE

KINOPOLIS: ON THE SILVER GLOBE

Director: ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI

166 mins, Poland, 1988, Digital, Subtitled

As with other examples of his work (such as 1981’s Possession), Andrzej Żuławski’s sci-fi epic, surrealistic, allegorical, rich in symbolism, baffling and beguiling in equal measure, makes for a unique viewing experience. Based on a novel by his great-uncle, it sees a trio of astronauts the only survivors of a crash on a distant planet where they begin a new offshoot of the human race. A lone colleague sent to investigate is promptly declared a messiah who will lead the humans to victory over the planet’s natives. The film’s production is a tale of its own, as depicted in Kuba Mikurda’s Escape to the Silver Globe.

The screening will be introduced by filmmaker Paul Duane.

Notes by Kevin Coyne.

Book Tickets

Saturday 10th

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