正在同步电影信息
Whatoncemademankindholditsbreathistheobjectofboredmuseumtourstoday:Laika,YuriGagarin,ValentinaTereshkova.PavelMedvedev’scompilationtellsthestoryofspacetravel,beyondnostalgiaandbeyondthetiredoldinterpretationofthe“racetothemoon”asaraceofthesystems.Hecombinesimagesingrainedinthecollectivememory,likethecosmonautswavinginfrontofthehatchoftheirrocket,withlargelyunknown,sometimesspectaculararchivefootageinanassociativechain.Hecontrastsshotsofexperiments–animalsandhumansinthecentrifugalspin-cycle,failedandsuccessfulrocketlaunches,floating,takingshowers,eatingatzerogravity,hand-shakingpoliticians–withtheindescribabletoilsofthegroundstaff:armiesofworkerslikeants,erectingwholeindustries,apeasantpullingaheavyplough.Intheend,aspiringmanisstillapatheticcreaturewhosepathlosesitselfintheruinsof9/11.Thesoundtrack,too,wheresphericalsoundsaremixedwithraresoundbites,banaleverydaynoises,distantradiomessagesandarecurringmusicalmotif,keepsopeningupnewspacesforthought,amelancholicswansongforautopia.<br/> (GritLemke,DOKLeipzig)