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Movie review: 'State Of Weightlessness' outstanding
The outstanding film avoids dry discussion of hard science in favor of a bluntly funny, mournful and moving exploration of the Russian soul.
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Unrated, documentary images of dead astronauts and animal experiments.
Where: Bell Aud., 17th & University Aves. SE., Mpls, 612- 624-7083. In Russian with English subtitles. $5-$7.
When: 7 p.m. Thursday.
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***½ out of four stars
Unrated, documentary images of dead astronauts and animal experiments.
Where: Bell Aud., 17th & University Aves. SE., Mpls, (612) 624-7083. In Russian with English subtitles. $5-$7.
When: 7 p.m. Thursday.
The outstanding "State of Weightlessness" avoids dry discussion of hard science in favor of a bluntly funny, mournful and moving exploration of the Russian soul.
Rocket men from Herman Titov, the second man in space, to Valeri Polakov, who spent a record 241 days in orbit in 1988, discuss the mystical feelings inspired by space flight, the anxiety of re-entry, cures for space station homesickness (flushing the toilet), and the need for the Soviet Psychological Support Service to provide long-term space pioneers the kind of movies lonely men like.
Peppered with unique insights (space is not black but gray; prunes are a must in orbit) and tough questions (was sending men into orbit worth the effort?), this is the kind of anti-PR film NASA would never produce.
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