It's a smart response to the superficial excesses of the sci-fi genre.
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02/09/06
Solaris (1972)
97 %
Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 36 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.2/10
Consensus:
Solaris is a haunting, meditative film that uses sci-fi to raise complex questions about humanity and existence.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 2 hrs 49 mins
Theatrical Release: 18-02-2005
Synopsis: SOLARIS, director Andrei Tarkovsky's science fiction cult classic, presents an uncompromisingly unique and poetic meditation on space travel and its physical and existential ramifications. When a long-standing Russian space station hovering above the planet Solaris begins to report... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Yuri Jarvet, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Story: Stanislaw Lem
Screenwriter: Andrei Tarkovsky, Friedrich Gorenstein
Composer: Edward Artemyev
Story: Stanislaw Lem
Screenwriter: Andrei Tarkovsky, Friedrich Gorenstein
Composer: Edward Artemyev
Reviews
Top Critic
A million light years removed from the pseudo-religious grandstanding of Kubrick's acid-trip space odyssey, this takes Kelvin -- and us -- on a journey into the uncharted depths of inner space.
02/18/03
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Andrei Tarkovsky spins a strange, slow but absorbing parable on life and love in the guise of a sci-fi theme.
05/30/07
Top Critic
More an exploration of inner than of outer space, Tarkovsky's eerie mystic parable is given substance by the filmmaker's boldly original grasp of film language and the remarkable performances by all the principals.
05/30/07
Once you accustom yourself to its pace -- it takes probably the first hour -- it's a hypnotic experience.
04/09/07
It's unique: a sci-fi feature wherein most of the exploration is done within the human soul, a kind of obverse of what we usually expect from the genre.
10/10/05
This complex and sometimes very beautiful film is about humanity but hardly at all about politics.
05/09/05
Top Critic
The larger theme of Solaris is communication itself, particularly the failure of communication between people.
10/20/03
...[Tarkovsky's] camera lingers oppressively on things that mean absolutely nothing.
02/16/03
There was so much to think about afterward, and so much that remained in my memory.
01/24/03
Top Critic
A visionary science-fiction film that takes us on a profound voyage into both outer and inner space.
01/23/03
Ambiciosamente filosófico, Solaris é uma reflexão maravilhosa e fascinante sobre o conceito de realidade, felicidade e também sobre a própria natureza humana.
01/20/03
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