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Susie Boffin
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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01-28-2006 18:51
Awhile ago I posted asking for help in finding a movie and some kind soul mentioned it was Stalker directed by Andrei Tarkovsky who also directed Solaris. I want to thank that person because I went out and got Solaris and all I can say is WOW!
The ending left me absolutely speechless. I have never experienced a cinematic event like that.
Why am I posting this? I dunno. Simply to thank that person and reccommend Solaris if you are a fan of deep meaning type movies.
I also want to mention that Stalker is an equally as good, if not better, movie.
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Lucifer Baphomet
Postmodern Demon
Join date: 8 Sep 2005
Posts: 1,771
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01-29-2006 08:13
The original Solaris is stunning.
I lasted half an hour of that awful remake of it with george clunie before I switched it off in disgust.
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
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01-29-2006 08:45
The remake wasn't great, but the soundtrack by Cliff Martinez is absolutely amazing. I've yet to see the original film but have always wanted to, especially now.
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Candide LeMay
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Join date: 30 Dec 2004
Posts: 538
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01-29-2006 09:03
All Tarkovky's movies are awesome
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DoctorMike Soothsayer
He's not a real doctor.
Join date: 3 Oct 2005
Posts: 113
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01-30-2006 06:46
Ironically, just watched the original Solaris. Wow!
Very slow - not a bad thing - at times, but very disturbing. Well worth sitting through, but if you get the DVD (two disk) version, please make sure you turn on subtitles, for two reasons:
1) Several important statements are not translated from the Russian in the English soundtrack.
2) Several translations are different in the audio as compared to the subtitled version.
Well worth exploring both to really get the significance of the staring sequence film within a film.
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