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Lem’s Solaris: Critique of Human Progress

by grlucas on 27. Jan, 2004 in Film, Literature, Scholarship

According to Muntius, Solaristics is the space era’s equivalent of religion: faith disguised as science. . . . Solaristics is a revival of long-vanished myths, the expression of mythical nostalgias which men are unwilling to confess openly. The cornerstone is deeply entrenched in the foundations of the edifice: it is the hope of Redemption. (Lem [...]

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We Want Mirrors

by grlucas on 24. Jan, 2004 in Film, Literature, Scholarship

I watched Soderbergh’s Solaris again last night to try and get this paper going. I was again captivated by the visuals that seemed to pay homage to Tarkovsky’s love of flow. If Tarkovsky had had access to the latest in CG technology, would he have used it? I also noticed other parallels to the Tarkovsky, [...]

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Soderbergh’s Solaris

by grlucas on 23. Aug, 2003 in Film, Literature, Scholarship

There are no answers, only choices.
I finally finished watching Soderbergh’s Solaris this evening. Great metaphysical science fiction. This film does not try to promote a clear position about the universe, but suggests that we are products of what we choose to do — I guess in itself that is a position, but the ontology of [...]

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