On the Silver Globe (1988)

Name: On the Silver Globe (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Released: July 29, 2016
Duration: 166 min
Rating: 72

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| Release Date: July 29, 2016 | Unrated

Summary: A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to find freedom and start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They eventually die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god. Some time later, aA small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to find freedom and start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They eventually die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god. Some time later, a space bureaucrat running from a broken heart, arrives and finds colonizer's descendants enslaved by birdmonstern called Cherns. Society is divided into a numerous classes, and everyone is waiting for the arrival of a messiah. The newcomer is considered a suitable candidate and for some time he lives as a god. In the end he is crucified by his people.… Expand

Director: Andrzej Zulawski

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 166 min

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RogerEbert.com Scout Tafoya

Jul 29, 2016

One of the greatest science and moral fiction movies ever made. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jul 28, 2016

It’s among the most visually extravagant films ever made. Read full review

Jeremiah Kipp

Jul 25, 2016

It becomes a bleak comic spit into the face of organized religion, organized society, and even organized narrative. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Jul 28, 2016

A certain amount of work is required to stitch together a sense of the plot, but as is often the case in Zulawski’s films, the story is less the point than an excuse, a loose temporal conceit holding together flights of visual invention, verbal extravagance and male and female nudity. Read full review

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