This is, along with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", the closest thing the Si-Fi film genre has ever got to high art. Each frame is painted with loving care and generosity, so the whole movie is always consistently beautiful. Cinematographer Vadim Yusov's delicate compositions are among the most beautiful ever created for the silver screen.
The screenplay by Fridrikh Gorenshtein and Andrei Tarkovsky (the director), based on the novel written by Stanisław Lem, probes all the dilemma's that the situation involves and the final, hauntingly ambiguous image of Solaris making an island for Donatas Banionis fantasies(?) is up there with Kubrick's afore mentioned masterpiece as the greatest ending ever.
Of course, Andrei Tarkovsky directed this astounding film, so he should take the credit for letting the actors and all concerned do the best work they ever did. So I must say thank you to Tarkovsky for creating this awe-inspiring film.
The screenplay by Fridrikh Gorenshtein and Andrei Tarkovsky (the director), based on the novel written by Stanisław Lem, probes all the dilemma's that the situation involves and the final, hauntingly ambiguous image of Solaris making an island for Donatas Banionis fantasies(?) is up there with Kubrick's afore mentioned masterpiece as the greatest ending ever.
Of course, Andrei Tarkovsky directed this astounding film, so he should take the credit for letting the actors and all concerned do the best work they ever did. So I must say thank you to Tarkovsky for creating this awe-inspiring film.