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Solaris
1972
Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans .. Read more
| Starring | Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Yuri Jarvet, Anatoli Solonitsyn |
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| Director | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema |
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Solaris
Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans of typically Tarkovskian stasis. Donatas Banionis is sympathetic as the cosmonaut sent to investigate disappearances on the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife, magnetically portrayed by Natalya Bondarchuk. The ending is either a revelation or a conceit, depending on your viewpoint.
On the DVD: Solaris reproduces impressively on DVD in widescreen--which is really essential here--and Eduard Artemiev's ambient score comes over with pristine clarity. There are over-dubs in English and French, plus subtitles in 12 languages. An extensive stills gallery, detailed filmographies for cast and crew, and comprehensive biographies of Tarkovsky and author Stanislaw Lem are valuable extras, as are the interviews with Bondarchuk and Tarkovsky's sister and an amusing 1970s promo-film for Banionis. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Even so, the overall package does justice to a powerful and disturbing masterpiece. --Richard Whitehouse
| Starring | Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Yuri Jarvet, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Sos Sarkissian |
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| Director | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 39 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Russian |
| Dubbed | English, French |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1972 To Rent: DVD: 21 Jan 2002 |
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...A conscious, calculated effort by one of the cinema's deepest thinkers to tackle a wide variety of philosophical concerns....A uniquely dazzling display of its maker's cinematic virtuosity...
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'2001' meets 'Vertigo'...
Science-fiction needs atmosphere to succeed, and 'Solaris' has oodles of it. It's a peculiar, bleak, Russian winter kind of atmosphere: Tarkovsky&#... read more »
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Space in a leather jacket and string vest
A typically Russian version of sci-fi which keeps its feet very firmly on the ground whilst devoting the narrative to a cerebral exploration of inner space. It ... read more »
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A Sci-fi great: ART HOUSE not action
My girlfriend did not like it at all, which just goes to prove that this is a Sci-fi great. It questions who we are and where we are going. It casts a slow and... read more »
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Gripping (eventually)!
I understand why this film is compared to 2001:A Space Odyssey, but such a comparison is pretty superficial. Solaris has much more of a psychological edge to it... read more »
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