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Stanislaw Lem Returns To The Big Screen In Pater Sparrow's 1

by Todd Brown, October 15, 2008 5:25 AM

Stanislaw Lem is a true legend of international science fiction, one of the giants of the printed page and, with the exception of the brilliant Solaris very little of his work has made it to the screen, and the large majority of that which has has gotten only to the small screen with various Eastern European television productions of his work. But Lem is returning to the big screen with a film titled simply 1 from director Pater Sparrow. The film is based on Lem's story One Human Minute, which plays out thusly:

A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously and completely filled with copies of a book entitled 1, which doesn’t appear to have a publisher or author. The strange almanac describes what happens to the whole of humanity in the space of a minute. A police investigation begins and the bookshop staff are placed in solitary confinement by the Bureau for Paranormal Research (RDI Reality Defense Institute). As the investigation progresses, the situation becomes more complex and the book increasingly well known, raising numerous controversies (political, scientific, religious and artistic). Plagued by doubts, the protagonist has to face facts: reality only exists in the imagination of individuals.

The good folks at Quiet Earth dug this one up first and they've got a stack of imagery for the film available at the link below.

 
 

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Hi does anyone know if this film is due for a Canadian release? (or if is already here)

Thanks

Gothgirl