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"Wild Blue Yonder, The

This brand-new Werner Herzog film follows a hypothetical proposition: a group of astronauts are circling the earth in a spacecraft, but they cannot return since our planet has become uninhabitable. The film doesn't reveal why - all-out war, outbreak of a new disease beyond control, radiation after the complete disappearance of the ozone layer, or whatever. The crew of the spacecraft has to find a more hospitable place out there in space, and releases a probe from their cargo bay, Galileo. After sending back very disquieting data, it turns out Galileo has been sent on a suicide mission. Without our knowledge, we have had visitors from outer space for decades. They have come from a planet submerged in water, The Wild Blue Yonder, and their attempts to create a new community on earth have so far not met with great success. This film is narrated on-screen by one of the visitors, Brad Dourif, an alien. In words and lyrical images, he shows how our attempts to find a new home somewhere in space are doomed to failure.