简介：Interkosmosisamusicaldocumentary-stylefilmabouttheEastGermanspaceprogram-aprogramwiththeenergyandcreativityoftheSovietartssceneofthe1920sandabitofthehippiesensibilityfromWestGermanyoftheearly1970s.Thestoryisaboutafailedspacecolonizationmissioncalled"wundertüte"andistoldthroughnarration,dialogue,letters,andperiodsongs. Atongue-in-cheekhomagetoanEastGermanspaceprojectthatneverwas,thisdelightfuldebutfeaturefromAmericanvisualartistFinnblendsarchivalnewsreelfootagewithmusicalinterludes(think,BusbyBerkeleymeetsErichHonecker),tocaptureagenuinesenseofsurrealfun,asGDRastronautsventure,notmerelyintoEarth'sorbit(bigdeal!),butfartherafield:aimingtocolonisethemoonsofJupiterandSaturninthenameofInternationalCommunism.Perfectlycapturingtherequisitetone-alltheself-glorifyinghyperboleandgrimseriousnessoftheBrezhnev-eraCommunistBloc-thisispriceless.LookoutfortheClangers-likeGDR-TVanimation(TheLittleSpacePig).Oh,andthatgroovyhockeyteamdancesequence. JimFinn'sInterkosmos,aretrogustofCommunistutopianism,issettoopentheNewYorkUndergroundFilmFestivalonMarch8.Acosmonautromancesetaboarda1970sEastGermanspacemissiontocolonizethemoonsofSaturnandJupiter,Interkosmosweavestogetherlovinglyfakedarchivalfootage,charminglyundermotivatedmusicalnumbers,propagandisticmaxims("Capitalismislikeakindergartenofbonelesschildren"),stop-motionanimation(ofasuitablycrudeGDR-eralevel),aTeutonic(andvaguelyHerzogian)voiceover,andasuperbgarage-yKraut-rockscore(byJimBeckerandColleenBurke).Finn'sdeadpanisimmaculatelybone-dry,andhisantiquarianfastidiousnessisworthyofGuyMaddin.(VILLAGEVOICEREVIEW)…