saw tarkovskys solaris last night. was looking forward to it for a while as i liked the soderbergh remake with clooney though thought it was a little too taut/efficient so assumed the original would give it more space to breathe. and it did. to a ridiculous extent. tbh it might have been cos i was really tired so was finding it hard to concentrate and the remake was still kinda fresh in my mind as i only saw it earlier this year but the whole first act on earth seemed to meander on forever and though i loved the visuals (the scene on the motorways was one of my favourites and the scenes of the pond/river were nicely meditative) and the relationship crisis at the heart was more interesting and ambiguous than in the remake, but overall it just seemed way too indulgent.
i might have to see it again just to be sure.
i might have to see it again just to be sure.