{"id":1329,"date":"2012-02-08T18:03:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T00:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2012-02-08T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T00:03:13","slug":"nazis-invade-from-the-dark-side-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1329","title":{"rendered":"Nazis invade from the dark side of the moon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I knew there was a reason Berlin Film Festival should not be missed. Apparently the hot ticket at the Berlinale is not Angelina Jolie\u2019s Bosnia drama, The Land of Blood and Honey, or Werner Herzog\u2019s Death Row documentary, Into the Abyss. It\u2019s a B-movie called Iron Sky about a Nazi colony on the dark side of the moon that, after 70 years of regrouping, is staging a full-scale invasion of Earth.<\/p>\n

The 7.5 million euro Finn-German-Australian co-production has been sold to 30 countries and is set to open in April. As the film\u2019s PR folk deliver this breathless news, almost more hilarious than the movie\u2019s premise is the earnest tone of the filmmakers in boasting about their kampf, er, struggle to get the damn thing made, as if it were some kind of populist triumph:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was extremely difficult to make a movie like this. Honestly, it\u2019s amazing we ever finished the film,\u201d says Timo Vuorensola, the director of Iron Sky. \u201cThe many hardships and all the trouble we went through to make an indie product like this was staggering, but we pulled it through.\u201d Says producer Tero Kaukomaa: \u201cThe concept of Iron Sky is strong. . . We really believe it can compete against the big Hollywood blockbusters ten times our budget. We aim to give these giants a good run for their money, and show what power a community like ours really wields. We are encouraging our fans to grab the trailer and spread it through the Internet like it was the end of the world.\u201d [italics mine]<\/p>\n

From Macleans.ca