Psychologist, Chris Kelvin, mourning the loss of his beloved wife, is instructed to travel to a distant space station in order to treat a group of traumatised astronauts...
Product Identifiers
Producer
Rae Sanchini, James Cameron, Jon Landau
EAN
5039036013437
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3957601
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Solaris
Actor
Ulrich Tukur, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Natascha Mcelhone, George Clooney
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2003
Features
Widescreen, Audio Commentary-1. Steven Soderbergh-Director\Behind the Scenes Footage\Script
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, General
Run Time
94 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Director of Photography
Steven Soderbergh
Reviews
Los Angeles Times - ...What it does most of all is reinforce Steven Soderbergh's position as Hollywood's most gifted chameleon, a filmmaker able to operate with elan in all manner of genres..., Variety - ...Technically superb and features a strong serious performance by George Clooney..., Box Office - ...A uniquely dazzling display of its maker's cinematic virtuosity..., New York Times - ...Visually handsome in an austere way..., USA Today - ...Clooney does a convincing job....Davies is also strong....Soderbergh does a fine job of creating a moody atmosphere of pervasive anxiety..., Rolling Stone - ...SOLARIS is a mind-bender in the best sense of the word: The spell it casts follows you all the way home..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Sleekly austere....McElhone is certainly someone to pine for -- there are depths to her apple-cheeked sculptural beauty...
Author
Stanislaw Lem
Additional Information
Steven Soderbergh (OCEAN'S ELEVEN, TRAFFIC) delivers yet another inspired remake with this pensive sci-fi drama based on the book by Stanislaw Lem. Taking his cue from Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 epic of the same name, Soderbergh boldly chooses atmosphere over action, crafting a profoundly meditative work that will challenge audiences for many years to come. George Clooney plays Chris Kelvin, a therapist who is sent to a space station near the planet of Solaris in order to investigate a series of mysterious happenings. When he arrives, he finds only two surviving crew members, the hyper-strange Snow (Jeremy Davies) and ultra-paranoid Gordon (Viola Davis). Unable to make sense of their fear and confusion, Chris soon discovers the reason for their anxiety. In a seemingly implausible turn of events caused by Solaris's bizarre energy levels, Chris's deceased wife Rhea (Natascha McElhone) reappears. Fully aware that Rhea is only a figment of his memory, Chris is nonetheless unable to dismiss her due to the tragic events surrounding her death. He must somehow find a way to bid farewell to Rhea once and for all without collapsing under the weight of his own guilty conscience. Soderbergh's dream of a motion picture successfully balances philosophy with romance, telling a familiar tale of love and loss in a strikingly original way.
No guns or high adrenaline chases but what a film! Something to savour when you have a bit of peace and the time to enjoy it properly, like a fine wine! I would suggest watching it twice. Atmospheric, makes you think, fantastic soundtrack, quite disturbing, you won't forget it!
I enjoy science fiction, special effects, good scripts/stories. I'd read several other reviews, all enthusiastic, before choosing to buy this film - think I must have the more boring version as I wasn't entertained very much.
Natascha McElone is a stunningly beautiful, ethereal character whilst George Clooney doesn't give a powerful enough performance for me. I've seen him do better in other projects. And the young guy acting unbalanced was quite annoying - and I have met genuinely unbalanced people (some in my family) so I'm not being uncaring.
I also think that a lot of footage ended up on the cutting room floor, this seems to be lacking 'something' and I won't bother watching it again.
Waste of time and money, a load of rubbish . Never get the time back I wasted watching this film , was only an hour and a half, thank God for that . Expected better from a good quality cast of actors .
Its hard to work out why I have watched this film 5 times and then bought it. Is it Steven Soderberg? Is it George Cluney? Is it James Cameron?
I have no idea - every time I watch it, I feel like I've just wasted 2 hours I will never get back.
Its boring, its characters are rubbish, its pace is terrible, its story is abysmal, and it feels like at somepoint there will be a directors cut, that will make everyone go 'Ah!!! so thats why all those greats were involved - its fantastic, just the studios cut it to pieces to placate women wanting Gorgeous George and nothing else.
Yet, I'm about to start watching it again, because its like passing a terrible accident, you can't help but look. I'm missing something. I must be, there isno way this can be as bad as I think it is and still get the plaudits it does from the critics.
Either that or its a terrible joke, and like George in the movie, although I know its never going to be what I want it to be, It keeps coming back to me every couple of months and won't leave my head until I watch it again to confirm 'there was no hidden subtex that makes this a masterpiece. IT really is as crap as you remember'
I think the thing that keeps me returning to it is the music, which is simply phenominal. I am not a fan for film soundtracks, but the music tells amuch more beautiful story than the script ever will. It really is moving on so many levels, and if nothing else, the film makes a pretty good music video to go with it, if it had a fraction of the delicate beauty that the soundtrack evokes, this truely would have been a masterpiece.
I'm not telling you not to watch this - I urge you to, and if you find the beauty I am missing, please, please tell me. I want to love this film with all my heart. But it's like all the silent emotional bits from the TV series Miami Vice stuck together back to back for 2 hours, and is no where near as clever as it thinks it is.
MickRead full review
a sober refreshing and poetic update of Tarkowski's masterpiece
Steven Soderberg's version of Solaris can't really be compared to the original Tarkowski's one. Also, it could have appeared strange for some purist to see George Clooney in the remake of such a classic independent masterpiece. However, nearly everything is stupendous in this movie: actors are outstanding, music is thriving and the new script gives a sober refreshing and poetic update of the story.