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Victor Wegemann’s paperback science fiction covers that helped inspire the look of the filmģ66 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. Other movies discussed/subsequent favorites: Spaceballs (1987) Up (2009) Inside Out (2015) Zootopia (2016) WALL-E (2008) Movies cited as influences on Delta Space Mission: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Meteor (1979) War of the Worlds (1953) Solaris (1972) Stalker (1979) Isaac Asimov – Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), Second Foundation (1953), I Robot (1951).Jules Verne – “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”, “Around the World in Eighty Days”, “A Journey to the Center of the Earth”, “From the Earth to the Moon”.Literary influences on Delta Space Mission: George Anania, who was the director of Animafilm, was also a writer of sci-fi novels.įor a meal in Bucharest, I recommend, for young people, ”Curtea Veche,” and for those close to my age, any restaurant in Charles de Gaulle Square or Herăstrău Park.” Of course, we were influenced by the sci-fi movies that were on the market at the time.

The destination was also international, targeting the countries with which Animafilm already had commercial relations. The management asked us to continue the series.ĭelta Space Mission was intended for ages 12-20 years, and over. Together with Mircea Toia, we assembled a team to work on the first episode, which was a success. Victor Antonescu initiated a sci-fi series, based on which the General Manager launched a kind of promotional contest for a new series. Because my architecture studies were not recognized, I also attended courses at the Institute of Fine Arts. After graduating from a course taught by Victor Antonescu, I joined as an animator. I studied architecture at the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture-after my internship, I went to Animafilm.

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The animation was best for the budget, because it made series for children (6 to 12 years old) that sold well, for television, bundled in Europe, Asia, and Africa. “Romanian cinema had several studios: for live-action films there were several studios in Buftea (near Bucharest) for documentaries, there was a studio, Sahia, with two offices in the capital for animation, there was Animafilm, with two offices.Ībout 300 people worked at Animafilm. Cazan provided some additional notes and links post-interview: We sat down with Delta Space Mission‘s Calin Cazan to reminisce about the making of the 1984 Romanian space epic and get a recommendation for where to eat in Bucharest.

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