'Solaris' Screen Adaptation Forthcoming

Jooly Rodney writes "No, not the operating system, the sci-fi novel by Stanislaw Lem, long considered to be a classic of the genre. Apple's movie trailer site features a teaser trailer, and IMDb has George Clooney and Natascha McElhone as the leads Kelvin and Rheya."

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Re:Another one?

[Huge Pi Removal]

I know Tarkovsky isn't to *everyone's* tastes, but he had some amazing techniques. Highlights include:

* Very long shots (as in, not the fast cutting you get these days where the average shot length is about 3 seconds). It really adds to the mood of the film, makes you feel like you're part of it.

* The driving scene builds from being a road with a few cars to an immense cacophony of noise, light, etc. It definitely has a point.

* A lot of highly thought-provoking dialogue (something that's rather lacking in most films).

* His autobiography is called "Sculpting in Time", which ought to give you some idea of what he's trying to *do* with his films.

And to answer the poster below, maybe Lem didn't like the film, but I bet he wouldn't like some brash American remake either. I'm sorry, but at least Tarkovsky turned the novel (or ideas contained therein) into something worth watching and learning from, rather than a sloppy piece of entertainment-action.

'spose I'd better stop ranting now...