RE: Solaris is a foreign film on more than just trivial level

Posted by avsBuddy (A) on September 27, 2011 at 07:37:50

In Reply to: Solaris is a foreign film on more than just trivial level posted by Victor Khomenko on September 26, 2011 at 12:28:58:

I have the Criterion edition of this movie on DVD and the picture quality is nothing but breathtaking! I don't know how they did it. It's ironic that it took American studio to remaster a Russian movie, while a lot of Russian movies get poor remastering jobs by the very studios that made them.

Anyhow. I loved Solaris ever since seeing it as a child. On the matter of Space Odyssey 2001, it's not on exact same subject - it's not talking about some grand scheme, while doing it in the abstract form. It is more literal and concentrates on the human nature, and on the main protagonist specifically. There was a poor US remake with Cloony.

On the Criterion DVD, someone said that Tarkovski saw Space Odyssey before shooting Solaris and he disliked all the attention to special affects, rather then the characters themselves. It didn't help that he was limited by the tight movie budget available to Soviet filmmakers. For example, Tarkovski didn't have enough color film to shoot with! So he had to resort to shooting specific scenes in black and white and the rest in color, resulting in a very atmospheric cinematic experience. When I saw Solaris, I instantly recalled Matrix, where scenes in the "Matrix" have green overtones, while scenes in the "real world" have natural color gamma.

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Topic - Tarkovskiy's Solaris on TCM Mon 2AM (tonight) and no I am not a TCM shill - PhilJ 17:00:25 09/25/11 (15)

RE: Tarkovskiy's Solaris on TCM Mon 2AM (tonight) and no I am not a TCM shill - volunteer 09:38:15 10/01/11 (0)

Thanks. I hope I remember to set the dvr. - nt - dean_martin 10:46:41 09/26/11 (2)

Dean, It was last night, I posted as soon as I saw it in the guide - PhilJ 11:06:35 09/26/11 (1)

that was one of my duh moments . . . - dean_martin 14:34:16 09/27/11 (0)

RE: Tarkovskiy's Solaris on TCM Mon 2AM (tonight) and no I am not a TCM shill - semuta 08:21:15 09/26/11 (10)

Aaarrghh - Jon L 11:00:15 09/26/11 (8)

Solaris is a foreign film on more than just trivial level - Victor Khomenko 12:28:58 09/26/11 (6)

No need to bash one to praise the other. 2001 is genius, too, and the POINT of it is - tinear 09:27:20 09/27/11 (3)

"just as you accuse semuta" He served warm beer??? - Victor Khomenko 12:09:45 09/27/11 (2)

Send me Blu-ray, you dinosaur! :-) nt - tinear 14:59:55 09/27/11 (1)

I am just a poor EE - Victor Khomenko 19:07:21 09/27/11 (0)

RE: Solaris is a foreign film on more than just trivial level - avsBuddy 07:37:50 09/27/11 (1)

Agreed. The Criterion transfer is a revelation. (nt) - semuta 10:57:45 09/29/11 (0)

RE: Aaarrghh - semuta 12:12:42 09/26/11 (0)

I only mention watching a little is because of the slow pace may not be for some - PhilJ 10:07:27 09/26/11 (0)

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RE: Solaris is a foreign film on more than just trivial level - avsBuddy 07:37:50 09/27/11 (1)

Agreed. The Criterion transfer is a revelation. (nt) - semuta 10:57:45 09/29/11 (0)

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