Aelita: Queen Of Mars (U)

with a new live score by Minima

This event has already taken place and ended on 30 Aug 2009

Socialist science-fiction spectacular, Aelita was the first big-budget Soviet movie, intended as ideologically-correct mass entertainment to rival Hollywood. The story follows an engineer named Los who leads a construction effort to build a spaceship, dreaming that the ship will carry him to Mars where he can meet the woman of his dreams. The movie's influence is hard to overestimate: its incredible set design would soon be echoed by the likes of Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Flash Gordon.  

With acclaimed soundscapers Minima performing a new live soundtrack. Minima have been accompanying silent and experimental film since 2006. Based in London and Bristol, this will be the first time they take their unique sonic palette into space.

Dir. Yakov Protazanov USSR 1924 2h Subtitled

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Futurology Film & Events Programme

Futurology is the cultural investigation into how representations of the future affect the present. At Arnolfini it is presented as a research and exhibitions programme investigating envisionings of the future, looking at the role of architecture and the infrastructure of the built environment within this.

The Futurology exhibition programme, starts with The Good Life and continues with Tommy Støckel and Sequelism later in 2009.

www.futurologyprogramme.org