Soviet Sci-fi Predicted the Future
In this video, we’re exploring Soviet social sci-fi and the novels & films that influenced modern scifi. From Aelita (1924) to Stalker (1979), Soviet sci-fi changed the future of fiction, dystopian literature, and philosophical cinema in ways most people never realized. If you liked this vid, make sure you give it a like & subscribe to the channel. Also hype this video and leave a comment! Thank you so much for watching! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 02:02 The Future As A Social Project 03:15 Aelita & The Revolution Goes to Mars 05:38 We & The Invention of Modern Dystopia 09:10 The Khrushchev Thaw & the Genre Matures 10:20 The Bull’s Hour/The Hour of the Bull (1968) 12:28 The Strugatsky Brothers & The Human Experiment 14:36 Social Sci-fi hits Cinema 15:06 Solaris (1972) 16:14 Stalker (1979) 17:36 Per Aspera Ad Astra (1981) 18:25 Dead Man’s Letters (1986) 19:25 The Genre Expands Beyond the USSR 20:32 Conclusion 🔥 Watch Next Cyberpunk Predicted the Future → [ • These American Remakes Completely Miss the... ] Why Everything Feels Fake Now → [ • I Rated Movies My Subscribers Swear are Good ] Queer Films Predicted the Future → [ • The Untold Story of Dune (1984) – What Wen... Y] 📌 Follow / Support Instagram → [https://www.instagram.com/princessque... ] TikTok → [www.tiktok.com/@princessqueerulan] Business inquiries & Collabs → [[email protected]] Spotify → [https://open.spotify.com/track/3aWl48...] 📖 Books Mentioned Aelita (1923) — Alexei Tolstoy We (1924) — Yevgeny Zamyatin The Bull’s Hour (1968) — Ivan Yefremov Roadside Picnic (1972) — Arkady & Boris Strugatsky The Doomed City (written 1972; published 1989) — Arkady & Boris Strugatsky The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) — Ursula K. Le Guin Never Let Me Go (2005) — Kazuo Ishiguro 🎬 Films Mentioned Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) Solaris (1972) Stalker (1979) Per Aspera Ad Astra (Through Hardship to the Stars, 1981) Dead Man’s Letters (1986) #sciencefiction #sovietunion #futurism Music: Midnight Fever Musician: AI Music References https://www.britannica.com/art/scienc... https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013... https://www.britannica.com/art/Futurism? https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms... https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-... https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://www.britannica.com/art/Russia... https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/... https://www.nasa.gov/history/sputnik/... https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://kpi.ua/en/817-14 https://klassiki.online/socialist-sci... https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/t... https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/th... https://worldliteraturetoday.org/2017... https://www.criterion.com/current/pos... https://www.criterion.com/current/pos... https://www.criterion.com/current/pos... https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2... https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/sites/de... https://moriareviews.com/scienceficti... https://www.izbaarts.com/dead-mans-le...

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