Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (feat. Ben DeBono)

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The time has come again for us to talk about a weird, slow science fiction movie, so I reached out to my favorite guest for such films, Ben DeBono from The Sci-Fi Christian.

Thanks to Joe Smith for suggesting it, and to the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry for screening it during this year’s film festival.

Find more of Ben’s work at http://thescifichristian.com/

Rankings

Colin: 2002 film/Book/1972 film

James: Book/1972 film/2002 film

Seth: Book/1972 film/2002 film

Ben: 1972 film/Book/2002 film/Soviet Version

Found this image on Reddit, comparing the last shot of Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son.” And I’m still pretty stoked to have picked up on this imagery. Huzzah for Survey of Art!