489. Directorpiece Theatre: How Soderbergh’s Solaris Tackles Grief
Added 2022-05-16 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
This is a fan-requested (Pick The Flick tier) episode on Soderbergh’s Solaris from 2002. A hearty Small Beans’ thank you to Tom D. for the request!
Adam and Abe talk about his cinematographic and editorial approach to the story of a planet that psychologically terrorizes a human crew on a space station.
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Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty
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Comments
LOVE hearing you guys wax poetic
Andee Oord
2022-05-18 05:15:50 +0000 UTCThanks! I just got a copy of it! Looking forward it! - Abe
Small Beans
2022-05-17 19:02:41 +0000 UTCGreat discussion! For anyone who hasn't read Lem's novella, I'd super recommend it. Not only does it get into the philosophy and tackle the question of a truly alien intelligence, but it's also a kick ass psychological ghost story in the vein of Shirley Jackson's "Hill House." By that I mean, the "visitors" that the alien creates for the characters are very upsetting to the characters, but most of the action takes place off camera so to speak. It's through their reactions that you get chills.
Scottie Wottie
2022-05-17 18:36:21 +0000 UTCThere's no way Solaris counts as "low art".... It's long and slow and weird, and nobody saw it, those are the hallmarks of high art.
Spiritual Gigolo
2022-05-16 14:13:29 +0000 UTCI saw this movie in a theater in Prague. Went through a phase of watching everything with Czech subtitles for the rest of that year (I don't speak Czech, beyond ordering beer, I'm just weird)... Best film I've ever seen about George Clooney slowly losing his mind alone on a space station.
Spiritual Gigolo
2022-05-16 14:11:09 +0000 UTC
