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Solaris
April 26, 2016, 7:00 PM
$6
Guest speaker: Dr. Melissa J Glenn, Associate Professor of Psychology at Colby College
2001 had its counterpart in Russia where, in 1972, the legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker, Andrei Rublev) created this stunning, unforgettable, poetic version of Stanislaw Lem’s science fiction novel, remade 30 years later by Steven Soderbergh in a very different Hollywood production starring George Clooney.
“Based on Stanislaw Lem’s brilliant novel, this towering 1972 allegory takes place mostly on a space station near a mysterious planet that may be a living, thinking entity capable of sending phantoms from the past into its visitors’ minds. Some of the uncanny power surging through this visionary epic comes from changes Tarkovsky made to divert the attention of Soviet censors. The triumph was all his. Along with his astonishing Stalker, this stands with the greatest science-fiction movies ever made”—David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor.
“A dazzlingly imaginative work with awesome production values and special effects that bear comparison to those of 2001.”—Los Angeles Times.
In Russian with English subtitles. (Unrated, 1972, 165 min.)
Tickets: $10/$6 for students & Maine Film Center members.