The Drenching Richness of Andrei Tarkovsky

Re:The Drenching Richness of Andrei Tarkovsky by nathias on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:52AM (#26139888)

I will never forgive him for butchering Solaris, he changed the ending from one of the most beautiful, tragic and haunting in all sci-fi to a simple and idiotic twist. Lem, who wanted to make sci-fi into serious literature was a harsh critic of american pop sci-fi and especially such twist endings.

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Re:The Drenching Richness of Andrei Tarkovsky by Arech on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:02AM (#26139945)

BTW, if you are ok to listen in Russian, I'd recommend to try to listen 2007 radio-version with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Snout. It's just awesome. Listened it at least 4 times over a years and always found something new in it.

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Re:The Drenching Richness of Andrei Tarkovsky by UncleOxidant on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:50AM (#26144405)

I had the opposite reaction. I read Lem's Solaris and was underwhelmed. But seeing Tarkovsky's Solaris seemed like a big improvement over the book.

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Re:The Drenching Richness of Andrei Tarkovsky by nathias on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:19AM (#26152627)

I like Lem and think he succeeded in his mission, I see Tarkovsky as intellectually inferior (he is a mere intellectual, while Lem is a philosopher and it shows in the depth of concepts).

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