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We just finished watching Solaris and we both are still under its spell. I saw it three times, and every time has been completely different. Without doubt reflecting something that I would like to call maturity. Thirty years - long time. We all change.A wonderful, wonderful movie. Thoughtful and poetic, the insightful movie making at its best. I am so glad I overcame our resistance and rented it. Simply mesmerizing and enveloping, like that ocean itself.
I will most definitely see it again - in twenty years, perhaps. And I shall be looking forward. I will put it in storage, like a great wine, and will not pull it out before its time.
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Victor, we had an exchange about Solaris a while back, and I agree - it's a masterwork. I don't remember whether I mentioned it last time but the book, written by Staislav Lem is an outstanding work in its own right.Regards
Chris
The book was one of my favorites when I was a teeager... that means pretttty long ago...
...perhaps Solaris could bring back some of that past for me?
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Is this some web page where i could download dvd movies? If so call you please help me.Thank You,
Melissia
Not bad at all. We watched it on a 100" 4:3 projector and it was *extremely* enjoyable. The image is letterboxed from the original wide screen, so the subtitles are over the black band on the bottom - a nice touch. But of course, I used the subs only on few occasions, as I could still understand their Russian, plus they don't speak all that much. There were few translation boo-boo's that we found funny.But I honestly didn't expect it to be this enjoyable - after twenty years I thought it would be a ho-hum experience, but it was not. All those 1970-vintage Soviet special effects nothwithstanding.
It spurred me to look for more films with Banionis - a former love of virtually all Russian women, and mine too. But I found none even at the bestvideo. A very good actor. One I would love to see is "Nobody Wanted to Die" - I remember loving that move about the post-WWII struggle in Lithuania.
But tonight we shall revisit the Mirror - after about 26 years. I am looking forward, but my wife is already bitching.
I know she'll come around...
I could only find it on VHS!
I don't even have a DVD player in my video setup.We all have different points of reference, and to some this tape quality may not be suitable, but I live on those zillionth-generation tapes as a rule, so to me it was quite nice. Far better than any Bergman's tape that I have seen. And the Mirror that we saw the last night was much worse.
In many ways, watching VHS tapes is akin to listening to Caruso on a Victrola...
I beg your pardon! I have to assume you have never engaged in that activity, or you wouldn't be so quick to dismiss it.clark, surprised anyone watches VHS commercial tapes on a 100" screen
My experiences with Victrola are limited, to be sure, but pleasant nonetheless...***clark, surprised anyone watches VHS commercial tapes on a 100" screen
It actually works extremely well. When I first installed that screen I was eneasy about watching old movies on it - you expect it to look like a complete crap. Boy, was I in for a pleasant surprise!
The first one was "The Wages of Fear", B&W and a completely riveting experience.
This projector's line multiplier works pretty well on old material, giving it its best and pictures are pretty smooth.
That is also the reason I am keeping my older 4:3 projector, as there is virtually nothing to watch in the 16:9 format, and I would not want sidebars for 99.6% of our viewing. The way it is now, the whole screen is used and the effect is very pleasant - close to sitting in one of those art houses. I usually have the system run in a Stereo Surround mode, front three channels only. Works very well.
I think every movie buff must experience his favorite black and white films on a large proector screen. The image is beautiful, smooth and involving.
And that burning wicker man looked really scary on it...
...for writing Ein Heldenleben.
And thank you Chaim for painting that cow carcass.
Are you one of those people who clap their hands in movie theatres?:)))
I liked the Mirror and of course the Stalker and will watch my next Tarkovsky film also in 20 years, otherwise there's a good chance I will start analyzing my every breath and my every word. And that simply will not do.
...you're merciless :)
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity,
But I know none, and therefore am no beast.It's all good humor, as you understand.:)) I too, get emotional from films sometimes, but some of his films make me look for a soap and a rope. Visiting his grave near Paris didn't help a bit. A gloom cross; Nureyev's grave was a complete opposite, as colorful and joyful as his life.
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