Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Solyaris (Solaris) (1972)

Director:   Andrei Tarkovskiy
Writers:    Stainslaw Lem (Novel), Fridrikh Gorenshtein, Andrei Tarkovskiy
Language: Russian
Compared to other Tarkovsky films I have seen (The Mirror, Andrei Rublev), Solyaris is more accessible. Its a stroy of a Psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) who travels to the space station orbiting the Oceanic planet Solyaris where the scientist crew has fallen into emotional crisis. When he gets there he encounters his ex-wife Hari (Natalya Bondarchuk), who had died ten years ago by committing suicide. The film does not use much special effects compared to other sci-fi films and is like a meditative film about reality.

Rating: 4/5 

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