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I will never forgive him for butchering Solaris, he changed the ending from one of the most beautiful, tragic and haunting in all sci-fi to a simple and idiotic
by nathias 6y ago
I will never forgive him for butchering Solaris, he changed the ending from one of the most beautiful, tragic and haunting in all sci-fi to a simple and idiotic twist. Lem, who wanted to make sci-fi into serious literature was a harsh critic of american pop sci-fi and especially such twist endings.
- Arech 6y agoBTW, if you are ok to listen in Russian, I'd recommend to try to listen 2007 radio-version with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Snout. It's just awesome. Listened it at least 4 times over a years and always found something new in it.
- UncleOxidant 6y agoI had the opposite reaction. I read Lem's Solaris and was underwhelmed. But seeing Tarkovsky's Solaris seemed like a big improvement over the book.
- nathias 6y agoI like Lem and think he succeeded in his mission, I see Tarkovsky as intellectually inferior (he is a mere intellectual, while Lem is a philosopher and it shows in the depth of concepts).