Playing Utopia, Performing Nostalgia? The Contemporary Appeal of Space Race Science Fiction Cinema
OnlineDuring the Space Race, space science fiction cinema on both sides of the Iron Curtain was often a tool for articulating visions of the future; today, this cinematic subgenre is a site of – often nostalgic – memory. Soviet science fiction cinema is an especially interesting case in point. Once a prophecy of 'great things to come' under the auspices…