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What is the book, "Solaris", about?
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Solaris is a 2002 science fiction film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney. It is based on the science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, which also inspired the critically acclaimed 1972 Soviet film of the same name, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, and a 1968 TV film.
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Steven Soderbergh’s SOLARIS (2002) is a challenging film. It doesn’t repeat its answers time and time again. It allows you to make up your mind. It mostly takes place in the characters’ heads.
Yes, it’s a pretentious art film. It’s a gratuitously self-indulgent piece of cinema that’s not nearly as profound at it may think it is. It’s under-plotted, bloated and would have made a better 30-minutes TWILIGHT ZONE episode than a feature film.
But wait! It’s also a fine true Science Fiction movie. By putting very human characters in extreme situations caused by an unknown, but rational (?) entity, SOLARIS is able to study human emotions. In an age where cinema-SF has become nearly synonymous with fancy special effects and overblown action sequences, that’s rare and maybe even important.