Eastern European Films | French and French-language Films
René Laloux, “Fantastic Planet” / “La Planète Sauvage” (1973) A very absorbing animated science fiction
Andrei Tarkovsky, “Stalker” (1979) For Western audiences used to fast action science fiction movies, “Stalker”
Eastern European Films | Northern European Films | Russian and Soviet Films
Marek Pestrak, “Pilot Pirx’s Inquest” / “Test Pilota Pirxa” / “Doznanie Pilota Pirksa” (1979) A joint
Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennady Kazansky, “Chelovek-Amfibiya” aka “Amphibian Man” (1962) An unusual science fiction /
Yevgeny Sherstobitov, “The Andromeda Nebula” (1967) Based on a novel “Andromeda: a Space-Age Tale” by
Jindrích Polák, “Ikarie XB-1” (1963) A compelling early 1960’s science fiction gem from the old
French and French-language Films
René Clair, “Paris qui dort” (1925) An amusing and light-hearted moral fable about what would
French and French-language Films
Chris Marker, “La Jetée” aka “The Jetty’ (1962) Unusual in its use of still black-and-white
Pavel Klushantsev, “Planeta Bur’ ” aka “The Planet of Storms” (1962) In the early 1960’s
David Cronenberg, “Crash” (1996) Based on the eponymous 1973 novel by J G Ballard, this