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Synopsis: The cold war, the space race, and NASA's moon landing are iconic events that defined an era. They are also fodder for conspiracy theories. In Houston, We Have a Problem! filmmaker Ziga Virc explores the myth of a secret multi-billion-dollar deal involving America's purchase of Yugoslavia's space program in the early 1960s. This masterfully crafted feature-length docu-fiction is an intriguing blend of reality and fiction that recreates recent history through the prism of conspiracy theories. It invites the audience to make up its own mind about what is invented and what is real. In between the blurred lines of reality and fiction, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek asks the billion-dollar question: 'What is truth?' Using a wealth of archive footage, the film brings together all the strands of the myth through an eyewitness account from Ivan, a senior space engineer in the controversial Yugoslav space program. After WW2, Yugoslav intelligence reveals the existence of long-lost space tech
Director(s): Ziga Virc
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Year:
2016
88 min
218 Views


I conducted my first experiment.

I constructed a boat ...

-Really? -Yes. Out of a barrel.

A barrel? -And I set sail. Had my

father not pulled me out of the sea,

I would have certainly drowned.

I received a harsh beating from him.

I believe you, if you came

all the way here with a barrel.

Did we come here just

because of the barrel?

Yes. This was an important

episode in my life.

You could have told me

about it in a hotel room.

Tito's personality is multi-faceted and

rich, like Yugoslav socialist revolution.

They are unstoppable.

I thank you in the name of communists

for all that you've so successfully and

with revolutionary ardour done so far.

We wish you a great deal

of health and many more years

so you can continue leading,

inspiring and stimulating us.

Americans were furious.

-What did they say?

That we sold them an

underdeveloped programme.

The Institute was alarmed.

A direct line with USA was established,

we worked night and day.

Cooperation with CIA didn't go

according to our wishes.

There was too few of us.

Extremists tried to reach

Tito's apartment,

even using weapons in the process.

Because of the assassination attempt

we decided to return to Yugoslavia.

With that, the negotiations

were terminated.

Tito was very pleased that

the action concluded successfully,

because that was a sign that

Yugoslavia was not to be played with.

Tito also warned Kennedy

that their security system

had certain deficiencies.

People don't like America.

I talked with the late Kennedy.

I was the last head of state

that talked with him.

He was killed one month later.

He asked me about my

impressions of America.

I told him I wasn't too

fond of their democracy,

because president isn't

omnipotent. He's elected.

So it's not that easy.

There's the church. It should be

the third house on this side.

Good day!

-Good day. -Are you filming?

Yes, a documentary.

Then you have to film this tavern.

It was made for documentaries.

Come in. -Shall we?

Let's go. -Thank you.

I'll move that. You guys sit down too.

-We are a film crew.

Sit down. He can't be the

only one sitting at a table.

You too. -I'll come.

Just ... -Anything to drink?

What will you have? -If he'll

allow us. -Can they?

Do you have fruit juice? -Juice

in a tavern! Black or white wine.

That's how it is here. We moved all the old

stuff we found in this house down here.

We got apartments upstairs. -Is this

your house? Are you the owner?

It is, we bought it from

a family 30 years ago.

We refurbished everything,

installed Italian tiles ...

Who did you buy it from?

From Pavi. You can recommend us ...

Did you by any chance know Ivan Pavi?

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