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In Reply to: Watched Tarkovsky's Solaris last night. posted by sjb on March 5, 2007 at 08:10:24:
Very nice review, Steve, thank you! Brought back the memories.Liked your tunnel paragraph... don't know if I agree, having not seen the film in several years, but sounds like an interesting take.
Profoundly human is right. Tarkovsky pulled THAT out of the novel, while someone else of a lesser talent and more limited vision, would have latched on the techno side of the story.
Also from my teenage memories... I think the Solaris is Lem's most human novel. His other works, like the Invincible (English translation?), are heavily techno-freak delights.
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It's always a tough thing to impose meaning on something abstract like the tunnel sequence... for all any of use know - though I doubt it - Tarkovsky just thought it looked and felt cool.All that really matters in such a case, or in viewing a painting or reading a poem, is how it makes a person feel.
I'm impressed by the fact that what few techno elements existed were all in support of the human part.
The movie is really with me... that human-ness... what an achievment.
We of course don't know what was in the director head as he made that sequence, but your interpretation is thought provoking.
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