Category: The Sun

• Conquest of Space The Sun

  

  I Was a Sputnik of the Sun

  In a near future, Soviet scientists are trying to figure out how to send a manned mission around the sun, but are thwarted by deadly “dead zones” in space. Made by documentarians, this minor 1959 effort uneasily straddles the gap between edutainment and SF drama. Visually neat, but lifeless. 3/10

  November 19, 2025
• Conquest of Space In the air The Sun Underwater

  

  The Impossible Voyage

  (7/10) Pioneering film maker Georges Méliès’ 1904 follow-up to the groundbreaking A Trip to the Moon is perhaps his most beautiful film, but the master is starting to repeat himself. The Impossible Voyage (Le voyage à traverse l’impossible), 1904, France. Directed, produced by Georges Méliès. Written by Méliès. Based on the play…

  February 23, 2018