1964 · mars · survival · cult
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Directed by Byron Haskin1h 50m1964
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food and companionship on the lifeless planet.
Our read: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive mars · survival · cult entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured mars / survival, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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