Solaris (1972)
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
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To me, this movie is perfection.
Admirable film.
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
This political satyre disguises itself as a science fiction drama, where the main character . From the start of the film, intrigue and suspense are palpable as smoke, and guide the viewer through strange warnings and questionable actions. Solaris has a dream-like quality to it, which Tarkovsky relishes in. The legends surrounding the director should be impetus enough to watch this movie, but much merit can be given to the film's direction, which has been mimicked many times since.
This film is reminiscent of the old Star Trek if the captain was a bit melancholic and targetted by alien intelligence. The theme of the film is as if the planet's intelligence reaches the men on the station to keep them there. It uses love, the rematerialization of loved ones to entrap finally our hero. It's a B movie for us but was an A movie at the time for the Russian empire. Some pretty good effects for the time, looking quite cheap by today's standards. The story moves at snail pace possibly to keep us guessing and show us special effects.
A lovely A Space Odyssey-esque film. Artsy and filled with quiet, comtemplative scenes. It's interesting how the film explored human personality and extraterrestrial communication through the ocean's probing of the scientists' mind and trying to understand them using "guests". The philosophical ramblings seemed out-of-place sometimes. Good cinematography too, there's a bunch of pretty shots and cool visuals. Solaris got me into Tarkovsky's other works.
Adapted from the original work of Stanislaw Lem, the movie "Dostoevsky influence" is clearly seen. Unmanned science, father-son-holy spirit relationship, father- kneeling, etc. connections are the main theme of this film.Initially positivist Kelvin explores the spirit world as the film progresses. The "sense of reality" and "love" make Kelvin more emotional in this discovery.Additional note: the final of film is different from the final in the rum.