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See what life aboard the Mir Space Station is like!

Where?  

At the Cleveland Cinematheque on 
Thursday, August 28 at 9:15 pm and 
Friday, August 29 at 7:30 pm.  

The Cleveland Cinematheque is located in 
The Cleveland Institute of Art, 
11141 East Boulevard in University Circle,
Cleveland, Ohio  44106.
Free Parking.  Air Conditioned.  Admission $5.  (216) 421-7450

_Out of the Present_
A film by Andrei Ujica
96 minutes, 35mm, color

In May of 1991 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev takes off for the Mir space station 
expecting a five month stay.  During his absence from Earth, the armed 
insurrection of August, 1991 takes place in Moscow, forcing Krikalev to stay in 
space for almost an entire year.  The Soviet Union disintegrates, and an epoch 
draws to a close.  Krikalev, having taken off from the Soviet Union, lands in 
Russia on his return to Earth.  The occurrence is exemplary; the motif, 
classical:  an odyssey.  

The chronicle of the stay on Mir is interrupted only once for a reconstruction 
of the days of the insurrection.  That is all that is shown of incidents on 
Earth:  ten minutes of history, and 80 minutes of the cosmos.

The film was directed by Andrei Ujica from the space command center on Earth, 
and much of the material was shot by the cosmonauts themselves.  A 35mm camera 
was sent into space with dailies being sent to Earth periodically for 
processing.  The camera burned up on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.  

Director of photography Vadim Yusov was camera-man on Andrei Tarkovsky's first 
three films, _Ivan's Childhood_, _Andrei Rublev_, and _Solaris_.


"Extraordinary!" --Stephan Talty, Time Out, New York

"***1/2 - Superb!" --Brandon Judell, America On-Line

"Visual Magic..._Out of the Present_ paints a fascinating pattern of pictures 
within pictures:  a man framed by a space station, a station framed by history 
in progress, history framed by a planet in a vast inky black void, and a planet 
framed by a film frame...An epic philosophical meditation on tiny humans adrift 
in the infinite." --Chris Chang, Cinemania Online

"A quirky confluence of Tarkovsky and a high school science project." --Amy 
Taubin, The Village Voice

"Beautifully shot, conceived, and edited this film works on so many levels - 
visual, comic, educational - that you almost forget it's also the documented 
drama of a cute, funny man lost in politics and space." --The Stranger (Seattle)

"Those fascinated by 'the final frontier' owe it to themselves to check out the 
first film shot in outer space." PICK OF THE WEEK --Larry Worth, New York Post

"Forget _Star Wars_ or _Star Trek_.  _Out of the Present_ accomplishes an 
amazing and unprecedented feat in the annals of cinema:  its breathtaking 
opening sequence tells Hollywood exactly where to get off and go home with the 
flights of extra-terrestrial warp-speed travel.  The docking of the craft 
bringing the new crew to Mir, shot with a 35mm camera mounted on the outside, is
one of the stunningly beautiful images of all cinema." --Canberra Times
-- 
The Cleveland Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art in University 
Circle.
Call 216/421-7450 for latest program information or for a free, illustrated 
brochure.