A Voyage To Arcturus the movie!

[terje]

So, apparently there is a movie, from 1979, of David Lindsay's A Voyage To Arcturus!

youtu.be/b_aQ_WA38ow

[sirclarence]

Wow! I must watch this. Thanks for the link!

[tkdco2]

Thanks for sharing! I never thought this book would make it into a movie.

[dengar]

The book is actually in the public domain if anyone is interested in reading it.

www.feedbooks.com/author/181

[flightcommander]

Another e-version in additional formats: standardebooks.org/ebooks/david-lindsay/a-voyage-to-arcturus

[geoffrey]

Sometimes I think A Voyage to Arcturus is the best sci-fi/fantasy book of all time.

[tkdco2]

Very minor spoiler: The movie was filmed in black and white, and I thought that was a way to get around depicting dolm/jale/ulfire. Their omission didn't detract from the story, of course. Still, a brief mention of "imaginary colors" could have driven home the alien nature of the planet.

[Starbeard]

Thanks for the link. I haven't watched the whole thing but quickly skipped across the video to get a sense of it. It definitely seems like some of the characters and audio are modern overdubs. I wonder what went on there. Was the original project never finished, or was this audio replaced for some reason?

[Deleted]

In case you wonder why the mods have not removed the link yet - it seems like the Youtube account that hosts the movie is somehow related to the movie's production/copyright holder.

That said, same rule as always: Don't publicly post otherwise copyrighted material, please. There is a certain grey area when it comes to Youtube/similar streaming sites, especially when it comes to music. Overall, though, we don't want this. - Not because of any "holier than thou"-attitude, but because especially indie creators tend to depend on lighter contributions/sales to a stronger degree than bigger companies. To distribute a movie like that on a streaming site without the creators' permission is the best way of making sure that movies like that won't get made, any more - the same way as pirating PDFs is the best way to ensure that small press publishers eventually go out of business. So, everyone just - be prudent, and keep an open mind on this issue.

...In this particular case, there is no harm done, it seems, so... Let's enjoy this movie.

[Finarvyn]

Also an e-version through Project Gutenberg. (I don't have an e-reader but I could get a text file here.)

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1329