Though lovers be lost love shall not

[bcholmes]

I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong, and somehow I was wrong about everything.

I just watched Soderbergh's Solaris with George Clooney. I really enjoyed its quiet, langorous, almost plodding quality. I would love to know what my friend Chris thinks of it as he's always been much more interested in how a movie looks and feels rather than the story that it tells.

As more and more films are becoming more frenetic in their use of quick cuts and speed and motion, this film amazed me with its interest in communicating an idea without any words whatsoever.

I have the Tarkovsky version on videotape around here somewhere, but I've not had the same feelings for it. I'm not a fan of everthing that Soderbergh has done, but Sex, Lies and Videotape remains one of my favourite films.

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[skylark-10.livejournal.com]

i highly recommed the soundtrack album as well.

i have the original version on dvd. lem hated it, but it stands as a monument of its own art. there's even a section i used to use in electronic music class as a demonstration of applied musique concrete.

this new version is much closer to the spirit of the book, but also knows that the tarkovsky film must always loom in the background of any new representation... it nods quietly in that direction (particularly in the water motif) and gets about its business with lovely assurance.

a movie about people. a love story that tells the truth. in this day and age.

imagine.

[firecat]

Glad to hear it's a good movie. Do you know if it has much in common with the book? (I really liked the book.)

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Do you know if it has much in common with the book?

I can't say, as I haven't read the book. I know they changed some of the set-up. Solaris is a gas giant, rather than an ocean. The main story takes place in a space station.

And while I really enjoyed the film, I can easily see that its pacing is so different from the norm that a lot of people won't like it.

[firecat]

Solaris is a gas giant, rather than an ocean.

Pout.

I can easily see that its pacing is so different from the norm that a lot of people won't like it.

The book Solaris has very slow pacing. That's one thing I like about it.

Sounds like a movie I'd enjoy, as long as I didn't have incorrect expectations about fidelity to the book.

[dunhamdancer.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check that one out!

[jayasankarvs.livejournal.com]

I'm becoming a fan of almost everything that Soderbergh has done. s,l,v, traffic, Ocean's XI.. Boy!