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A Trip to Mars

Date

Wed, Nov 11

Time

7 PM Eastern

Venue

Screening Room @ VTIFF

Address

60 Lake St

Price

$20 GA, $10 student

Live improvised score by Matt Hagen + special guest Depending on your perspective, 1918 is either a strange or perfect time for a pacifist/utopian allegory like Holger-Madsen’s A Trip to Mars, the first film about an organized expedition into space (though Georges Méliès put us on the moon in 1902). The film didn’t strike a chord with Danish audiences of the time, exhausted in all ways from World War I. Still, it’s a pretty fabulous film, and its reputation has grown. The plot centers on...

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