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.
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.