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Funny coincidence, I just watched both the original Solaris and the remake this weekend. They've been on my list to watch for years. I enjoyed both. The origina
by js2 7y ago
Funny coincidence, I just watched both the original Solaris and the remake this weekend. They've been on my list to watch for years. I enjoyed both. The original requires a lot of patience, and it's somewhat less accessible I think to non-Russian speakers who have to read subtitles.
Ebert's reviews are pretty spot on.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-solaris-1972 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-solaris-1972
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/solaris-2002 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/solaris-2002
If you like anything by PKD, or you enjoy 2001, you'll probably like Solaris.
- taejo 7y ago> If you like anything by PKD, or you enjoy 2001, you'll probably like Solaris. PKD on the other hand (as mentioned in the OP) did not like Lem. https://culture.pl/en/article/philip-k-dick-stanislaw-lem-is-a-communist-committee https://culture.pl/en/article/philip-k-dick-stanislaw-lem-is... "In September 1974, the FBI received a letter [from Philip K. Dick]. The accusations in the letter were shocking – it told of a communist conspiracy aimed at the hearts and minds of America through propaganda in the subtle guise of science fiction. Major science-fiction publishers and organisations had been infiltrated, and their agents, notable figures in the genre, were abroad in the West. The orchestrator of it all was a communist committee, acting under the name... Stanisław Lem."
- SamHasler 7y agoWhich is ironic, because Lem liked PKD's work: https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/5/lem5art.htm https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/5/lem5art.htm