Solaris (1972, 2002) - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42911.0&return_msg=42911.14"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.11">11–18</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42911.14">Solaris (1972, 2002)</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42911_14_18_10"> <a name="a42911_14"></a><div class="message" id="message_42911_14"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 3 Oct 2022 08:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Oct 2022 15:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">14 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.14">42911.14</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.13">42911.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> That's one of the things that always impresses me. I remember we had a ceramics teacher in our school art department and he made some goblets for the banquet scene in the school play (Macbeth). So one lesson he showed us how to turn one on the wheel, then that afternoon there were 20 of the things, all pretty much identical, drying on the window sill. God knows when he did it, but it was so quick and skillful. I think they were all pinched by the cast as souvenirs.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42911.14&return_msg=42911.14" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42911.14"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42911_15"></a><div class="message" id="message_42911_15"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">24 Feb 2023 14:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">15 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.15">42911.15</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Circling back to Solaris's author, I just read another of his books, "The Invincible," described as a "<span>hard science fiction novel," which, fair enough. It reminded me a lot of Jules Verne, and a bit less of H.P. Lovecraft's "Mountains of Madness."</span> The writing quality is absolutely ace (bearing in mind I read a translation from the original Polish), it seems less philosophical and more scientific-technical than Solaris (the films, haven't read the book). Some major scifi tropes (notably militaristic themes) are attributed to Lem, and recognizable in literally dozens of derivative works.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42911.15&return_msg=42911.14" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42911.15"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42911_16"></a><div class="message" id="message_42911_16"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 4 Mar 2023 11:46</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Mar 2023 16:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">16 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.16">42911.16</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.14#a42911_15" target="_self">42911.15</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Interesting that Lem hated Tarkovsky's first screenplay for Solaris, as did the soviet authorities, so T had to go and write another. <br /> <br /> I have a British Film Institute account for their online streaming thing, and Stalker is critic Mark Kermode's film of the week. Amused to notice that the crew ran out of booze (and other provisions) during filming and resorted to drinking cheap cologne mixed with sugar. Much drunkenness ensued. Tarkovsky sacked his art director on a charge of "behaving like a bastard".</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42911.16&return_msg=42911.14" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42911.16"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42911_17"></a><div class="message" id="message_42911_17"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 5 Mar 2023 16:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Mar 2023 22:08"></span></span> <span class="message_count">17 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.17">42911.17</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.14#a42911_16" target="_self">42911.16</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">Lem hated Tarkovsky's first screenplay for Solaris, as did the soviet authorities</div> <p>For different reasons, I assume?</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42911.17&return_msg=42911.14" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42911.17"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42911_18"></a><div class="message" id="message_42911_18"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 5 Mar 2023 22:08</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 6 Mar 2023 14:17"></span></span> <span class="message_count">18 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.18">42911.18</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42911.14#a42911_17" target="_self">42911.17</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I imagine so, although it was probably the same departures from the original that displeased both parties.<br /> <br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42911.18&return_msg=42911.14" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42911.18"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>