Ikarie XB 1 (1963)

Oct 18th, 2009 by cm2

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This is for sf-film completists. It seems to fill a gap between the late-50′s style of sf movie and the forever-after effects of Star Trek and Kubrick’s “2001.” The only version you’re likely to see is the American International release. The Encyclopedia of SF says the original film is in color, but AI’s print is B&W, probably to save costs on the number of prints they may have made from a film I suspect they got for little money in the first place.
The story is about a big “community” sized spaceship making a long journey to “the green planet.” Another reviewer said the ship was faster than light, but a couple of references to time-dilation effects in the dialog make it more likely that the ship was a near-lightspeed model. This has an influence on the spooky atmosphere that pervades the whole film, making the crew/community highly insular, as they realize they are cut off completely from the lives they have left behind.