3 pretty amazing atmospheric pieces this week and I love all 3. The first one, I am sure I have heard it in a few places, perhaps though not aware of the author. The 2nd one is really great, I also will add this manga to my to watch list.
As a space/scifi fan, I should know Solaris and this piece which is brilliant, but do not. I can discover it now though. I did watch some 70s /80s sci fi , but not so much 70s stuff outside of the mainstream, but many of the earlier films, books and their soundtracks are classics. Lots of inspiration from Georges Lemaître to see everywhere.
that makes you a 'super skilled user' in my eyes... again. Now you in the know of the name. I wasn't expecting any response this late at night, but I'm glad you were on the same wave as me. 🤩 Late at night, when the whole city falls asleep, and invisible mental connections are switched off, a person has more opportunities for perception, thinking.. some doors are opened. I'm glad you liked all of my today's selection. 🎧🎧🎧 This was rather not an easy-listening. 😁
Wait, I mentioned 'Solaris', but this certain track is from another movie! Dont get me wrong.
As for 'Solaris' (if you are a fan) I can share two funny info bits extra. Are you intrested?
Yes, please share, I would like to know. 🙂
I am a longtime admirer of Stanislav Lem, and I read not only all the novels and stories, but also interviews and all sorts of short essays ... In one of them (literally on 1 page), Lem told about his visit to Moscow "Solaris" scenario.... (I will note in parentheses that Tarkovsky is a complex person, with a complex, sharp character... but Lem is also not a good grandfather =) The main concept of Lem's novel is that the unknown awaits us in space , and it is not necessarily "knowable". Tarkovsky in his film distorted and replaced this main idea with another, roughly speaking, according to Lem, Tarkovsky “made not Solaris at all, but Crime and Punishment”. He was not at all interested in "solaristics" and the rational Ocean - he was worried about the problem of ethical imperatives.
Lem: "I spent six weeks in Moscow while we were arguing about the film, then I called him a fool and went home..."
So... this film may be an interesting thing in itself - but it's a terrible adaptation of Lem's novel. Just keep that in mind :)
The second funny piece is about the relationship between Tarkovsky and Artemyev. When the former ordered the latter the soundtrack for the film, he put it like that: "I don't need any music from you. I already have got Bach."
Haha brilliant and great to know. I do find when I find an interesting film, I need to read the book Adaption, there can be much from the author missed or a critical point missed like here.
The Bach insult, priceless!
Still so many years since Sputnik and the space story still not seeing much progression,. But lots more sci-fi programmes though.