In "Solaris", the director used the pictorial "flashback" to the extreme. Each "flashback" in the film is a rendering of a certain emotion, touching a certain blur between reality and unreality. Ambiguous zone. The director does not try to reproduce the original content of a certain painting, nor does he even “utilize” the “empathy” effect of classic paintings as in earlier movies. His irrational “quotation” intends to separate the real world and dreams in the movie. The ideal world of memory and even poetry
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Although "Solaris" has the coat of science fiction, the director did not want the audience to see the idea of science fiction. The Solaris in the film is basically a huge mirror reflecting the human self
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"Solaris" is Tarkovsky's most controversial film, and it has not received widespread acclaim and love. The story of this film is very metaphysical. The exploration of aliens in the film has in turn turned into human beings' search for their own thinking and soul, and the study of aliens has also become a consideration of their own subconsciousness. According to this, the praising party thinks it is a milestone in science fiction movies, but the critics think that the film is a popular psychology of the director's "fabrication", not only without deep meaning, but also very superficial and vulgar. In any case, Tarkovsky's pioneering work of integrating psychology into science fiction films allows audiences to see the infinite possibilities of films
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"Solaris" is a very philosophical science fiction film. Although this film has no ups and downs and gives people a very stable feeling, it can be regarded as a fable. The film’s space travel is not only an exploration of the natural boundaries of mankind, but also an in-depth study of the human subconscious. Because the tone of the film is rather obscure, the audience will have different interpretations after watching it. As a sci-fi movie, director Andrey Arsenyevich Tarkovsky put aside many special effects that are indispensable in such themes, but directly cuts into the theme through simple but well-designed pictures. The most prominent thing in the film is the thinking of Andrey Arsenyevich Tarkovsky. He uses pictures to express these thoughts, and these shots are also attracting the audience to think together. The characters in the film seem to be more of a symbol, a product of the thoughts and emotions of Andrey Arsenyevich Tarkovsky. As a rare "philosophical film" in the Soviet Union, this film has carried out in-depth exploration in expanding the possibilities of film art and expressing abstract thinking
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