Friday, May 30, 2025

Solaris

 And this week's Friday night movie has been... Solaris!


Original image located here. Accessed 30th May 2025

Here we are folks: The classic 1972 Soviet movie that was intended to be a response to 2001: A Space Odyssey but has since become something of a classic in it's own right. Certainly I knew of this film and I had seen the remake that starred George Clooney so what do I make of this?

It's long that's what. Nearly three hours and it comes across as something of an endurance test, with some pointless scenes and a pace that moves faster than a molasses flood. I will give credit to the director Andrei Tarkovsk for demanding that the audience approach the movie on his own terms but that is still quite a demand.

Still, I will give credit for this movie for it's ideas and the hypnotic approach. And the final scene is indeed one I never saw coming. 

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