The Blimp-Maker

"Igor Pasternak, the C.E.O. and chief engineer of Worldwide Aeros, is fulfilling his lifelong dream of creating aircraft that are lighter than air."

2016 0h 6m EN

Documentary

Synopsis

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For the past forty years, Igor Pasternak has pursued a lighter-than-air vision: to build gigantic airships that haul cargo to otherwise inaccessible parts of the planet. In high school, in Ukraine, Pasternak formed an airship club; at Lviv National University, where he studied civil engineering, he established an airship-design bureau. Eventually, he settled in southern California and started Aeros, which builds blimps for surveillance and other purposes. His prototype cargo airship, the two-hundred-and-sixty-foot-long Dragon Dream, was destroyed in 2013 when its hangar collapsed on it. Unfazed, Pasternak now aims to produce a fleet of “Aeroscraft” cargo airships, the largest of which will be more than nine hundred feet long and able to carry five hundred tons. Pasternak spoke recently with the director and producer Gabe Polsky. Polsky’s documentary, “Red Army,” played at the 2014 Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, and was released in theatres in 2015.

“Igor Pasternak, the C.E.O. and chief engineer of Worldwide Aeros, is fulfilling his lifelong dream of creating aircraft that are lighter than air.”

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Cast

Igor Pasternak
Self
Gabe Polsky
Self (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gabe Polsky
Writers: Gabe Polsky
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 6-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gabe Polsky, shot by Svetlana Cvetko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Leo Birenberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen Garrett shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Igor Pasternak and Gabe Polsky carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Gabe Polsky directs. Svetlana Cvetko behind the camera. Leo Birenberg scores. Stephen Garrett cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 6-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 10 years ago.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Gabe Polsky, shot by Svetlana Cvetko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Leo Birenberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Stephen Garrett shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Igor Pasternak and Gabe Polsky carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Igor Pasternak, the C.E.O. and chief engineer of Worldwide Aeros, is fulfilling his lifelong dream of creating aircraft that are lighter than air.".
10IMDB entry: tt5647110 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.