SOLARIS
With
George
Clooney,
Natascha
McElhone,
Viola
Davis,
Jeremy
Davies,
Ulrich
Tukur,
John
Cho
Directed
by
Steven
Soderbergh
Based
on
a
story
by
legendary
sci-fi
writer
Stanislav
Lem,
this
outer
space
experience
falls
more
in
the
2001:
A
Space
Odyssey
framework
than,
say,
Aliens
(though
it
was
produced
by
Aliens
director
and
Terminator
creator
James
Cameron).
A
gigantic
ball
of
energy
has
been
discovered
and
an
expert
is
sent
to
the
observing
space
station
where
something
is
going
terribly
wrong.
The
crew
are
encountering
vision
of
loved-ones
who
seem
more
real
than
fantasy.
It
has
driven
them
to
the
point
of
madness
and
suicide,
its
implications
on
mankind
too
vast
to
contemplate.
The
slow,
at
times
tiresome
pace
(with
sparse
music)
was
not
designed
to
liven
up
the
action
fan,
but
to
project
the
experience
of
the
participants,
millions
of
miles
from
earth,
facing
something
seemingly
basic
and
close
to
them,
but
totally
freaking
their
minds.
Approach
this
film
only
when
you're
focussed
and
not
prone
to
distractions
of
any
kind,
ready
to
watch
and
be
engrossed
as
opposed
to
laughing
your
ass
off
or
getting
thrilled
by
a
fast
and
furious
ride
of
explosions
and
spectacular
scenes
of
Hollywood
carnage.
Director
Soderbergh
has
carved
his
success
story
out
nicely
from
Sex,
Lies
&
Videotape
to
Traffic
and
can
now
make
a
film
like
this
without
worrying
about
its
box
office
performance
to
ensure
future
jobs.
Did
you
know,
there
has
been
a
Russian
version
made
in
the
70's
by
director
Andrei
Tarkovsky,
a
highly
acclaimed
one
at
that
-
well
worth
fishing
out,
having
been
released
on
DVD
internationally.
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