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Solaris inverts the space epic dynamic of the human mind overcoming space with new technology. Solaris presents the human mind as the ultimate limit to our expl
by baerrie 4y ago
Solaris inverts the space epic dynamic of the human mind overcoming space with new technology. Solaris presents the human mind as the ultimate limit to our exploration rather than technology. For this reason, Tarkovsky puts a lot of time in the movie to exploring the main characters existing mental climate so that as viewers we feel the claustrophobia, the scientific problem of understanding the planet Solaris proven moot in comparison to the constricting consequences of our own mental model.
- duxup 4y ago> the human mind as the ultimate limit At least in the American version of Solaris I felt like it asked if what we “know” or remember about a person is real / enough to make a person / how much we can even know…. and by extension what we really know about anything. And regarding the character in the end who chooses to simply live with those memories/ ghosts created by his memory… maybe he isn’t any different than the rest of us.
- baerrie 4y agoMy personal philosophy on truth is that it is simply what remains. In regards to our minds, these are our memories that persist for reasons we often never understand but are profound nonetheless