Tribecas shadow world and houston, we have a problem. Using a wealth of archive footage, the film brings together all the strands of the. This intriguing docufiction film explores the myth of the alleged us purchase of the secret yugoslav space program in the early 1960s, in. Furthermore, the festival will screen two croatian minority coproductions. Interview with ziga virc, creator of houston, we have a problem. Film tersebut menyoroti mitos kesepakatan miliaran dolar rahasia di balik pembelian program ruang angkasa rahasia yugoslavia oleh amerika serikat pada awal 1960an. Film festival 2016 to talk about his film houston, we have a problem.
Houston, we have a problem is a fake documentary based on the premise that when yuri gagarin became the first man in outer space, the government of president john f. In march 1961 yugoslavia secretly sold complete space programme to usa. The truth behind ziga vircs film premiering at tribeca. The film explores the myth of the secret multibilliondollar deal behind the united states purchase of yugoslavias. In 2012, i was staring at my computer contemplating what id just watched. The basic story of the film is that the president of yugoslavia, tito, wanted to join the russians in space.
Blending fact with myth, this conspiracyminded docufiction argues that the u. Bozidar smiljanic in houston, we have a problem 2016 houston, we have a. What do you make of the houston, we have a problem film. In march 1961, yugoslavia sold its secret space program to usa. The director himself has called his film a docufiction intended to tell the symbolic story of the rise and fall of yugoslavia. A new film, called houston, we have a problem alleges that the former yugoslavia was a secret third player in the space race. Houston, we have a problem 2016 documentary history. Yugoslavian space program official trailer darrell howell. The oil barons, wildcatters, and roughnecks and their long struggle to feed americas ferocious oil appetite. He goes and gets himself the best engineers he can and they are relatively successful in what they are doing but have no money. Docufiction movie confuses tribeca film festival audience and thats the point houston, we have a problem is fun, entertaining and about as real as this is spinal tap. Yugoslavia presented what it referred to as a third way, an ideological society that took the best parts of communism and capitalism in an attempt to offer something more to the citizens of the world. What do you make of the houston, we have a problem film claiming that a secret yugoslavian space program was the source of american.
Blending fact and fiction, ziga vircs hbo europebacked film suggests yugoslavia played a key role in the u. The london film festival has only screened one croatian film since 1991, ogrestas film here 2004. Coproduced by nukleus film and sutor kolonko, houston, we have a problem. Houston, we have a problem 2016 houston, we have a. The first trailer for houston, we have a problem was seen by almost a million viewers in less than a week. The americans are trying to outdo the russians and have loads of. The message came in the form of a sharp bang and vibration. Kennedy, richard nixon, william jefferson clinton editor. This intriguing docufiction explores the myth of the secret multibilliondollar deal behind americas purchase of yugoslavia s clandestine space program in the early 1960s.
Ovaj intrigantni igranodokumentarni film istrazuje mit o tajnoj americkoj kupovini kontroverznog jugoslovenskog svemirskog programa pocetkom 60ih godina proslog veka, vrednoj nekoliko milijardi dolara. Speaking at a london film festival filmmaker afternoon tea event director ziga virc talks about his docufiction film, which takes the myth of the former yugoslavia s space programme and. Review the mysterious and much talkedabout docufiction feature houston, we have a problem. Houston, we have a pro blem is a popular but erroneous quotation from the radio communications between the apollo astronaut john jack swigert and the nasa mission control center houston during the apollo spaceflight, as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion that crippled their spacecraft. Kennedy and yugoslavia s president josip tito are just the tip of the iceberg in this absorbing directorial debut from filmmaker ziga virc.
The film explores the myth of the secret multibilliondollar deal behind the united states purchase of yugoslavia s clandestine space program in the early 1960s. Bozidar smiljanic in houston, we have a problem 2016 slavoj zizek in. Two months later, kennedy announced usa will go to the moon. Did yugoslav space technology sold by tito put america in. Houston we have a problem started with an interesting enough concept through a documentary narrativefictional structure and strategy in order to deliver a certain idea, which in the end becomes a kind of clinical allegory about the disintegration of yugoslavia trying to be entertaining and funny while at it. Kennedy went into panic mode, fearing that it was falling too far behind the soviet unions space program. This documentary alleges the us purchased its space. After ww2, yugoslav intelligence reveals the existence of longlost space. Yugoslavian space program trailer hd yugoslavian space program trailer yugoslavs made rapid development based on unknown diaries of yugoslav space pioneer herman potocnik noordung after 2nd world war. The trailer claims that the full documentary, entitled houston, we have a problem to be released later this year will show that the cia discovered a.
We did not even have power to gimbal the engine so we could begin an immediate return to earth. Did yugoslav space technology sold by tito help put. This masterfully crafted featurelength docufiction is an intriguing blend of reality and fiction that recreates recent history through the prism of conspiracy theories. The cold war, the space race, and nasas moon landing are landmark events that defined an era. I came on and told the ground that it was a main b bus undervolt. Houston, we have a problem was made by the slovenia filmmakers, bostjan and ziga virc. The cold war, the space race, and nasas moon landing are iconic events that defined an era.
Film guide houston we have a problem cold warera international intrigue, declassified topsecret documents, and a clandestine deal between john f. Aesthetics and ideology in the yugoslav and postyugoslav. The media in former yugoslavia in particular paid serious attention to the story. But if the trailer to the upcoming documentary houston, we have a problem. Studio virc retained the role of main producer and successfully shot the film over 47 days in eight countries on three continents. It needed money to fund this, of course, and legend has it that the country sold off its advanced space program. Glavni protagonist je ivan pavic glumi ga bozidar smiljanic, navodni inzenjer jugoslovenskog svemirskog programa, koga je tito zajedno sa 25 inzenjera tajno poslao u sad, sa nadom da ce uspeti da poprave nerazvijeni program o letu na mesec, koji je tito na. This masterfully crafted featurelength docufiction is an intriguing blend of reality and fiction that recreates recent history through the prism of conspiracy. Jack swigert saw a warning light that accompanied the bang, and said, houston, we ve had a prob lem here.
The yugoslavian space effort was based, according to this trailer, on the work of hermann noordung, a slovenianborn artillery officer in the austrian army who wrote a book, the problem of space travel, that was published in 1929 not long before his death. Watch houston, we have a problem 2016withenglishsubtitles, houston. Have you heard the one about the secret 1960s deal where the u. It is a quarter of a century since its six balkan republics splintered apart, setting off a bloody civil war that created the nations we now know more or less as serbia, croatia, macedonia, montenegro, slovenia, bosnia and herzegovina, and eventually kosovo. Upon learning that yugoslavia had secretly built its own space program, the u. It already made waves in 2012, with the release of the trailer alone, which quickly scored over a million page. Tito je uspeo da prevari ameriku da poseduje visoko razvijeni svemirski program koji je sadu u tom trenutku bio preko potreban zbog ruske dominacije u svemirupogledajte dokumentarni film. Film je svojo svetovno premiero dozivel na tribeca film festivalu v new yorku, zda, 16.
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