History Film / OnTheSilverGlobe

The rocket reaches Earth where a space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and soon travels to the planet. On arrival, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as {{The Messiah}}, who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns (sometimes spelled Sherns or Cherns, depending on translation), indigenous crow-like occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.

After some naval-gazing about freedom and the nature of existence in general, the trio reach a seashore where they find the atmosphere more tolerable. They decide to start a new civilization, free of the traditional chains and bonds of society. Thus over time they end up building a village.

After many many years, only one member of the crew, Jerzy, is still alive to watch the growth of a new society, with a religion based on mythical tales about the expedition from Earth. The first off-Earth generation calls him The Old Man, treating him as a demi-God. The Old Man eventually leaves them and before his death, sends his video diary back to Earth in a rocket, stored at a remote burial site where one of the other astronaut's preserved corpse (inside their spacesuit) lies on a simple pile of rocks, a no-doubt explicit reminder of how little mankind really affects the universe and how preservation of our mortal shells only serves as a monument to our eternal decay and ephemeral existence... [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible or something]].

For, perhaps, plot convenience, the rocket reaches Earth-- giving [[LogansRun Logan's Run]] a run for its money in the 1970s scifi vibe. There, a space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and soon travels to the planet. On arrival, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as {{The Messiah}}, who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns (or Cherns, depending on translation), indigenous crow-like occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.

Unfortunately, about 20% of the film was left unfilmed, largely because of the above vice-minister's executive meddling. These parts were patched with stock footage and voice-over descriptions of the missing scenes. One such clip being the oddly hypnotic still-cam footage of Eastern European people riding down an escalator in what may be either an airport or subway, most of whom seem quite interested at something just to the side of the camera's location--possibly the filming crew... or could be a hot-dog stand. It will likely remain a mystery.

The OTHER notable thing (besides the running time which reaches nearly 4 hours) is the philosophical dialogue that suffers (or improves) by a translation into English. Suffers for losing some of the accuracy or subtleties of the director's commentary, and improves for the esoteric and greater-scope of big-question debates that the characters ruminate over. The movie in itself is still largely coherent.

On the Silver Globe (Polish: Na srebrnym globie) is a Polish film premiered in 1988 (after a 10 year delay due to Communism-bourne fears of suversive content via a vice-minister of culture), directed by Creator/AndrzejZulawski (Who also directed {{Film/Possession}}). The film [[TheFilmOfTheBook is based on]] parts of a trilogy of novels called The Lunar Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia Księżycowa), written by the director’s great-uncle Jerzy Żuławski, an early-20th-century writer and thinker.

On the Silver Globe (Polish: Na srebrnym globie) is a Polish film premiered in 1988 (after a 10 year delay due to Communism-bourne fears of suversive content via a vice-minister of culture), directed by Andrzej Żuławski (Who also directed {{Film/Possession}}). The film [[TheFilmOfTheBook is based on]] parts of a trilogy of novels called The Lunar Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia Księżycowa), written by the director’s great-uncle Jerzy Żuławski, an early-20th-century writer and thinker.

* Fanservice: Averted for the most part. There are a few sparse scenes of male and female nudity, but they are in the context of an AdamAndEvePlot, and a priestess providing support to the 'Messiah' through whatever means are required: "Do not think. Feel".

On the Silver Globe (Polish: Na srebrnym globie) is a Polish film premiered in 1988 (after a 10 year delay due to Communism-bourne fears of suversive content via a vice-minister of culture), directed by Andrzej Żuławski (Who also directed {{Film/Possession}}). The film [[TheFilmOfTheBook is based on]] parts of a trilogy of novels called The Lunar Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia Księżycowa), written by the director’s great-uncle Jerzy Zulawski, an early-20th-century writer and thinker.

The opaque, if not labyrinthine plot starts out regarding a group of astronauts (two men and a woman) who leave Earth to find freedom. Their spaceship crashes on an unnamed Earth-like planet (Implied to ''possibly'' be The Dark Side of the Moon, though this is left ambiguous especially as the surface looks nothing like the Moon in real life).

After many many years, only one member of the crew, Jerzy, is still alive; He alone is left to watch the growth of a new society, whose religion is based on mythical tales of an expedition from the Earth. The first off-Earth generation calls him The Old Man, treating him as a demi-God. The Old Man eventually leaves them and before his death, sends his video diary back to Earth in a rocket, stored at a remote burial site where one of the other astronaut's preserved corpse (inside their spacesuit) lies on a simple pile of rocks, a no-doubt explicit reminder of how little mankind really affects the universe and how preservation of our mortal shells only serves as a monument to our eternal decay and ephemeral existence... [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible or something]].

For perhaps plot convenience, the rocket reaches Earth-- giving [[LogansRun Logan's Run]] a run for its money in the 1970s scifi vibe. There, a space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and soon travels to the planet. When he arrives, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as {{The Messiah}}, who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns (or Cherns, depending on translation), indigenous crow-like occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.

Unfortunately, about 20% of the film was unfilmed; This is due largely to the above vice-minister's executive meddling. During these parts, A voice-over provides a description of the missing scene, with stock footage inserted. One such clip being the oddly hypnotic still-cam footage of eastern european people riding down an escalator in what may be either an airport or subway, most of whom seem quite interested at something just to the side of the camera's location--possibly the filming crew... or could be a hot-dog stand. It will likely remain a mystery.

The OTHER notable thing (besides the running time which reaches nearly 4 hours) is the philosophical dialogue that suffers (or is improved upon) by a translation into English. Suffers for likely loses some of the accuracy or subtilties of the director's commentary, and improved for the esoteric and greater-scope of big-question debates that the characters ruminate over. The movie in itself is still largely coherent.

* ApocalypticLog: Though 'Apocalyptic' only in the sense that its a brand new civilization that could bloom or whither at any time, and where time seems to progress differently on the planet than on earth; The camera diegetically serves as a log of important events as everything the audience sees occuring on the planet is from the POV of one of the video cameras that the astronauts had with them. Later, the fourth astronaut, Marek, is inspired by watching the logs, and travels to the planet in search of more concrete answers.
* {{ArtisticLicenceTechnology}}: The Cameras never seem to run out of energy, though this may be due to the time difference on the planet.

* CargoCult: Ooh boy... so the civilization that formed from the three astronauts at the beginning develop their own myths and culture, and revere the surviving Old Man as a demi-god, and have prophesies of someone who will save them from the indigenous bird people; Cue the arrival of Marek which only serves to reaffirm their believes... at least for a time.
* DesertPunk: or perhaps BeachPunk. Most of the civilization is established along the shores of an unnamed sea, though both at the very beginning and towards the end we see more varied landscapes, including snow and earth-like crumbling architecture.

* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: The Old Man's final act is to send his log of all the events back to earth for posterity and perhaps just to have a record of his life for someone else to see.
* InterplanetaryVoyage: The Astronauts travel from Earth to the unnamed planet, which is evidently close enough to send back a rocket of the video logs and allow voyage by Marek.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Marek ultimately does serve as a messiah-like figure, unfortunately for him, [spoiler]via crucifixtion[/spoiler].

On the Silver Globe (Polish: Na srebrnym globie) is a Polish film premiered in 1988 (after a 10 year delay due to Communism-bourne fears of suversive content via a vice-minister of culture), directed by Andrzej Żuławski (Who also directed {{Possession}}). The film [[TheFilmOfTheBook is based on]] parts of a trilogy of novels called The Lunar Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia Księżycowa), written by the director’s great-uncle Jerzy Zulawski, an early-20th-century writer and thinker.

The opaque, if not labyrinthine plot starts out regarding a group of astronauts (two men and a woman) who leave Earth to find freedom. Their spaceship crashes on an unnamed Earth-like planet (Implied to ''possibly'' be the DarkSideOfTheMoon, though this is left ambiguous especially as the surface looks nothing like the Moon in real life).

Fans of director [[Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky]] will probably enjoy this film immensely.

Fans of director {{Alejandro Jodoworsky}} will probably enjoy this film immensely.

On the Silver Globe (Polish: Na srebrnym globie) is a Polish film premiered in 1988 (after a 10 year delay due to Communism-bourne fears of suversive content via a vice-minister of culture), directed by Andrzej Żuławski (Who also directed {{Possession}}. The movie [[TheFilmOfTheBook is based on]] parts of a trilogy of novels called The Lunar Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia Księżycowa) by the director’s great-uncle Jerzy Zulawski, an early-20th-century writer and thinker.

The labyrinthine plot starts out regarding a group of astronauts (two men and a woman) who leave Earth to find freedom. Their spaceship crashes on an unnamed Earth-like planet (Implied to ''possibly'' be the DarkSideOfTheMoon, though like much of the film this is left ambiguous). The astronauts, equipped with video-recorders, reach a seashore where they find the atmosphere breathable, and end up building a village. After many years, only one member of the crew, Jerzy, is still alive; He alone is left to watch the growth of a new society, whose religion is based on mythical tales of an expedition from the Earth. The first off-Earth generation calls him the Old Man, treating him as a demi-God. The Old Man eventually leaves them and before his death, sends his video diary back to Earth in a rocket.

A space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and travels to the planet. When he arrives, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as {{The Messiah}}, who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns (or Cherns--depending on translation), indigenous crow-like occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.

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* AlienSky: Averted. Despite taking place on an alien world, the sky is blue with white clouds and overcast skies seen throughout the film at various points.

* ArtisticLicenceTechnology: The Cameras never seem to run out of energy, though this may be due to the time difference on the planet.

* CargoCult: Ooh boy, so the civilization that formed from the three astronauts at the beginning develop their own myths and culture, and revere the surviving Old Man as a demi-god, and have prophesies of someone who will save them from the indigenous bird people; Cue the arrival of Marek which only serves to reaffirm their believes... at least for a time.
* Fanservice: Averted for the most part. There are a few sparse scenes of male and female nudity, but they are in the context of an AdamAndEvePlot, and a priestess providing support to the 'Messiah' through whatever means are required: "Do not think. Feel"
* FlingaLightintotheFuture: The Old Man's final act is to send his log of all the events back to earth for posterity and perhaps just to have a record of his life for someone else to see.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation:
* MadOracle: Jerzy seems to cotton on to the fact that the children of his fellow astronauts have taken him to be a wise figure and after a while his sanity slips to the point where anything he says, even in madness, is taken with great reverence by the people on the beach town.

On the Silver Globe (Polish: Na srebrnym globie) is a Polish film premiered in 1988 (after a 10 year delay due to Communism-bourne fears of suversive content via a vice-minister of culture), directed by Andrzej Żuławski (Who also directed [[Film/Possession]]. The movie [[TheFilmOfTheBook is based on]] parts of a trilogy of novels called The Lunar Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia Księżycowa) by the director’s great-uncle Jerzy Zulawski, an early-20th-century writer and thinker.

A space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and travels to the planet. When he arrives, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as [[TheMessiah]], who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns (or Cherns--depending on translation), indigenous crow-like occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.

On the Silver Globe (Polish: Na srebrnym globie) is a Polish film premiered in 1988, directed by Creator/AndrzejŻuławski and [[TheFilmOfTheBook is based on]] parts of a trilogy of novels called The Lunar Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia Księżycowa) by the director’s great-uncle Jerzy Zulawski, an early-20th-century writer and thinker.

The labyrinthine plot starts out regarding a group of astronauts (two men and a woman) who leave Earth to find freedom. Their spaceship crashes on an unnamed Earth-like planet (''Implied'' to possibly be the DarkSideOfTheMoon). The astronauts, equipped with video-recorders, reach a seashore where they find the atmosphere breathable, and end up building a village. After many years, only one member of the crew, Jerzy, is still alive, watching the growth of a new society, whose religion is based on mythical tales of an expedition from the Earth. The first off-Earth generation calls him the Old Man, treating him as a demi-God. The Old Man leaves them and before his death, sends his video diary back to Earth in a rocket.

A space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and travels to the planet. When he arrives, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as TheMessiah, who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns (or Cherns, depending on translation), indigenous crow-like occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.

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->''"Some kind of celestial event. No... no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should have sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful... I had no idea."''
-->-- '''Dr. Arroway'''

* Fanservice: Averted for the most part. There are a few sparse scenes of male and female nudity, but they are in the context of an AdamAndEvePlot.