Episode 268: Hard to Be a God (2015)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2016

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

Based on a book by the Strugatsky Brothers, Hard to Be a God is a three hour medieval sci-fi film fromAleksei German wherein the inhumanity of man comes to the fore. The material was also the source of Peter Fleischmann's 1989 film Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:08.6	It's not a
0:09.6	planet. It's not a different planet.
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0:14.7	late 800.
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0:55.0	Nigh Ah! Ah! ... Get up! Get up!
1:30.3	Oh! Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White.
2:00.5	Joining me is Ms. Carol Borden.
2:02.5	Hi, everybody. Also joining us this week is Mr. Travis Crawford. Hi, everyone. Thanks for having me, Mike.
2:08.0	This week we are talking about Hard to Be a God, both the 1989 and 2013 films. Both tell the story of
2:15.2	scientists from another world who have come to a planet a few
2:17.7	hundred years behind in progress in order to observe and maybe help guide them to a more
2:23.3	civilized age. It's kind of like Star Trek insurrection, but good. Based on a book
2:28.4	by Stugartzky Brothers, it's medieval science fiction. Needless to say, there's going to be
2:33.7	a lot of spoilers as we talk in detail about these films.
2:37.4	So if you don't want either of these films to be ruined, turn us off, watch the movies.
2:42.9	Come on back and we'll still be here.
2:45.4	Now, Carol, when was the first time that you saw the 2013 Hard to Be a God?
2:49.5	And what did you think?
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