Wojna swiatów - nastepne stulecie

1981
1h 36m

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Wojna swiatów - nastepne stulecie (1981)

Film opens on December 28, 1999, three days before the dawn of the new century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program loses its... Read allFilm opens on December 28, 1999, three days before the dawn of the new century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program loses its independence: he is given the script telling the crowds how to welcome the invaders. Then... Read allFilm opens on December 28, 1999, three days before the dawn of the new century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program loses its independence: he is given the script telling the crowds how to welcome the invaders. Then the chaos breaks out: the Martians and police mistreat the populace; things become violen... Read all

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10msbattleacc

It is incredible how current this movie remains after all these years.

Fantastic piece of real film art. It is so relevant to our current situation regarding "pandemic" and how it is used to force another restrictions and another regimes on us under the pretense of saving our lives from a mysterious virus. Movie plot involves supposed Martian invasion but you can replace it with any other contrived crisis and the rest of the process remains the same. Very well worth your time and perhaps it will open your eyes just a bit wider to what's going on around you.

7CaligulaAzrael

unlike the others

Polish sci-fi movie, but not like all the others. This is a story about Martians coming to visit our planet. The aliens are real scums, but they're not the real problem. The real problem lies in us, in people. The story tells about the domination of powerful media in our lives, about human stupidity, about how people turn themselves into slaves. The dedication in the beginning is for Orson Welles and it's a perfect commentary for whole storyline of this movie. We all remember the audition which Welles gave for the radio with "War of the Worlds" by H.G.Wells - here it is also compared with actual situation during 1980's in Poland under communists rule. Inspiring movie for thinking people.

10aardvarksilence

Amazing!

One of the best Polish movies I've ever seen.

In this movie based on Well's book we won't see any laser guns or lots of explosions and all the war with the Martians (that look quite cheesy), but the war between people and mass media which is still actual.

The movie also features good acting, interesting and characteristic music and intelligent message which makes you think about the huge brain washer also known as television.

Go and see it, if you want to see a piece of fantastic and non-commercial film-making. It definitely deserves more attention, more than the crappy sci-fi flicks that usually hit the box office.

8cycy

polish godard + orwell

very different from other polish movies( from the 80's), something between Godard's Alphaville and "1984" by Orwell. Build on old movies outlines, straight from noir and classic anti-utopia. good polish movie. At last something less political and better( for me of course) than wajda, zanussi, konwicki and other finicky boring pompous director....