It was my first experience of tarkovsky, and at first i balked. Download solaris yts yify movies torrents download. Not that many people outside of sf and arthouse film fans will have seen the original id have thought. Solaris 1972 ganzer film deutsch hdfilme pagina per. Solaris is a 2002 american science fiction drama film written and directed by steven soderbergh, produced by james cameron and jon landau, and starring george clooney and natascha mcelhone. While the novel dealt primarily with the problem of communicating with a fundamentally different life form, the film is more concerned with such themes as life, death, identity, love and humanity. Im not too damning of the idea when the film in question is a 1972 russian art film. I know the film is held in the highest regard by film theorists far more qualified than me, and of course there are likely many aspects of this deeply complexed film i simply missed.
Rather than make a direct adaptation, tarkovsky turned lems science fiction story into a psychological drama. But then the overall shape of the film floated into view, there were images of startling beauty, then developments that questioned the fundamental. A space odyssey tarkovsky apparently despised kubircks film for various reasons, as tarkovsky felt that 2001 was ultimately cold and sterile lopate. The electronic music score was performed by eduard artemyev.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Solyaris is a 1972 russian film directed by andrei tarkovsky. As the film opens, two astronauts have died in a space station circling the planet, and the survivors have sent back alarming messages. Solyaris is a 1972 soviet science fiction art film based on stanislaw lems novel of the same name published in 1961. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Solaris is proud to offer the eastman chemical suite of award winning performance window film products including.
As for the film, i think its like the battle between the rational thinking scientist and the irrational artist who wants to see wonder, and maybe we need to find a balance between the two. The solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. The catch22 is that the planet knows no more than its visitors know about these absent people. Let us take you with us to solaris, planet of mystery, embodiment of mans latent conflict with the unknown. When cosmonaut and psychologist kris kelvin is dispatched to investigate, he experiences the same strange phenomena that afflict the solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his consciousness. A space odyssey, it seems as if andrei tarkovsky must have wanted some pieces of that mix of conundrum and enchantment to work just as harmoniously with his 1972 film solaris. The film was cowritten and directed by andrei tarkovsky, and stars donatas banionis and natalya bondarchuk. A ndrei tarkovsky started work on an adaptation of stanislaw lems philosophical sciencefiction novel in 1968 in an attempt to find a. Oracle solaris cluster essentials oracle solaris system administration series by tim read. It is interesting to consider the three cinematic adaptations of the book. Part one but doesnt subtitle it, and it does not show the title card for solaris.
It was long and slow and the dialogue seemed deliberately dry. Accompanying the disc is a 20page booklet with pictures from the film. The original screen play to the english film, and its initial shooting, also contains philosophical dialogue. Fwiw, though, i liked the remake and have the soundtrack on my mp3 player at all times. After the mysterious demise of one of the three scientists on the base, the main character is sent out to replace him. Natalya bondarchuk, yuri yarvet, donatas banionis, anatoly solonitsin, vladislav dvorjetzki, nikolai grinko, sos sarkissian 1972, 165 minutes, directed by. Released in 1972, solaris is andrei tarkovskys third feature and his most. Ground control has been receiving mysterious transmissions from the three remaining residents of the solaris space station.
Man, face to face with his conscience, and with his past ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist kris kelvin is sent to. Realizing the problems of science fiction movies, tarkovsky set. I saw his 1972 film solaris at the chicago film festival that year.
These differences are clearly not a result of remastering or colorcorrection. Solaris is gebaseerd op het boek van stanislaw lem. Andrei tarkovskys adaptation of stanislaw lems 1961 science fiction novel solaris. All andrei tarkovsky films now free online, including solaris 1972 and stalker 1976 close. The film often made use of reflections, both in as a cinematographic device as well as in the development of the philosophical plot development of the film. Solaris ost has no trouble standing alongside other celestial ambient offerings such as brian eno s apollo. Manufactured in martinsville, va eastman chemical represents the largest yes, larger than 3m. He finds the station rundown and the two remaining scientists cold and secretive. Andrei tarkovsky considered this particular episode to be. Played by the stolid donatas banionis, a russian glenn ford with five o. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Cliff martinez has created a soundscape that pays tribute to an earlier version of solaris 1972 whose soundtrack, composed by eduard artemiev, was equally compelling.
Solaris has always been better than 2001 to me, like the oceans of solaris the film shifts and changes each time i watch it, each time is a new experience and my understanding of it shifts. This movie basically challenges our understanding of the world in ways that are refreshing and novel to say the least. A space odyssey, then youll be well advised to stay clear of this film. From sex, lies, and videotape to his new scifi love story, solaris, its been a rollercoaster ride for steven soderbergh. During its days of production, tarkovsky used to ask his cast and crew what they thought was the most important episode in the film. Solaris 1972 film wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Finally, the vhs version, which is two cassettes, shows the title card for solaris. Music we dont have to think like that anymore cliff martinez solaris ost 2002 for solaris 1972 trailer on vimeo join. After stanley kubrick both bewildered and delighted scifi fans with his epic 2001.
A space odyssey, are both movies which deal with mans loss of control in space due to advance technology and his quest for knowledge and discovery. Tarkovskys fame rests on only a handful of films, two of which were science fiction, this film and stalker, based on. English, french, german, spanish, portugese, italian, dutch, swedish, hebrew. Id wondered if solaris was the same way, but will attempt to view it anew with more energydifferent focus in line with suggestions here. In the moody prelude, we see the protagonist, a space psychologist named kris kelvin, staring at underwater reeds as though they were a drowned womans tresses. It is based on the novel of the same name by polish science fiction author stanislaw lem. And these two films more than any of the lowkey, arthouse movies and.