Solaris (1972)
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Movie Details
Studio Criterion
Language English
Audience Rating NR
Running Time 169 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into he darkest recesses of his own consciousness. In Solaris, legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky creates a brilliantly original science-fiction epic that challenges our preconceived notions of love, truth and humanity itself.
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Seen It Yes
Index 570
In Collection Yes
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single side, Dual layer
UPC 037429172124
Release Date 26-Nov-02
Subtitles English
Packaging Custom Case
Audio Tracks RUSSIAN: Dolby Digital Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Audio Commentary by Tarkovsky Scholars Vida Johnson and Graham Petrie co-authors of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
Nine Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Video Interviews with Lead Actress Natalya Bondarchuk, Cinematographer Vadim Yusov, Art Director Mikhail Romadin and Composer Eduard Artemyev
Documentary Excerpt with Solaris Author Stanislaw Lem
Essay on Solaris by Akira Kurosawa and Philip Lopate