"Ikarie XB 1"...aka..."Voyage to the End of the Universe"
Roger Corman and AIP Bought the Rights to this Overlooked 1963 Sci-Fi Movie Made in the Communist Controlled Soviet-Bloc...
Cut Some Stuff...Added Some Stuff...Dubbed the Dialog...and Unashamedly Released "Ikarie XB 1"...Retitled as "Voyage to the End of the Universe".
This was Part of Corman's Schtick as He Did the Same with Other "Foreign" Sci-Fi-Horror Movies Without Batting an Eye while Focusing on that Most Corman of Things..."The Bottom Line".
It wasn't Until the New Millennium that Genre Fans in America had an Opportunity to See the Original Version...
Remastered and Available on Blu-ray in All its Rather Captivating, Stunning, Art-Deco Influenced Visuals, the Intended Ending (that Corman completely changed), along with Other Sub-Plots (like the birth of the "Star Child").
By Most Accounts Film Buffs and Cinema Scholars were Not Disappointed, but Witnessed the Movie as Ground-Breaking, Visually Impressive, and Labeled it a Hidden Gem...
No Longer Covered by Corman but Available for Perusal, Flaws and All.
The Flaws are Not Aggressively Intrusive (some exterior shots of pedestrian model-work) and some Aging Actors and a Little Bit of Forced Humor (the Robot Patrick).
It has been Hammered Home Again and Again that its Influence on the Genre Film-Makers is Nothing Short of Profound.
Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey '' (1968) and Roddenberry TV Show "Star Trek" are the Most Cited Examples.
The Modestly Budgeted Sets, Costumes, and Interior Visuals are Certainly Impressive if Not Downright Amazing.
The Atmospherics are Astonishing.
For Sci-Fi Fans and Serious Film Scholars it's a...Must See
For All Others it is Certainly...Worth a Watch
Note...Based on the book "The Magellanic Cloud" by Stanislaw Lem (Solaris, Stalker).
Roger Corman and AIP Bought the Rights to this Overlooked 1963 Sci-Fi Movie Made in the Communist Controlled Soviet-Bloc...
Cut Some Stuff...Added Some Stuff...Dubbed the Dialog...and Unashamedly Released "Ikarie XB 1"...Retitled as "Voyage to the End of the Universe".
This was Part of Corman's Schtick as He Did the Same with Other "Foreign" Sci-Fi-Horror Movies Without Batting an Eye while Focusing on that Most Corman of Things..."The Bottom Line".
It wasn't Until the New Millennium that Genre Fans in America had an Opportunity to See the Original Version...
Remastered and Available on Blu-ray in All its Rather Captivating, Stunning, Art-Deco Influenced Visuals, the Intended Ending (that Corman completely changed), along with Other Sub-Plots (like the birth of the "Star Child").
By Most Accounts Film Buffs and Cinema Scholars were Not Disappointed, but Witnessed the Movie as Ground-Breaking, Visually Impressive, and Labeled it a Hidden Gem...
No Longer Covered by Corman but Available for Perusal, Flaws and All.
The Flaws are Not Aggressively Intrusive (some exterior shots of pedestrian model-work) and some Aging Actors and a Little Bit of Forced Humor (the Robot Patrick).
It has been Hammered Home Again and Again that its Influence on the Genre Film-Makers is Nothing Short of Profound.
Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey '' (1968) and Roddenberry TV Show "Star Trek" are the Most Cited Examples.
The Modestly Budgeted Sets, Costumes, and Interior Visuals are Certainly Impressive if Not Downright Amazing.
The Atmospherics are Astonishing.
For Sci-Fi Fans and Serious Film Scholars it's a...Must See
For All Others it is Certainly...Worth a Watch
Note...Based on the book "The Magellanic Cloud" by Stanislaw Lem (Solaris, Stalker).