SOLARIS (1972) - EXPLAINED & ANALYSED

Hi Everyone, Solaris has been on my list to explain and analyse for ages and I’m really pleased to be able to share this video with you on my film analysis series. I hope you enjoy it!

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[snaphaan]

When Kris reunites with his father and falls on his knees it is a reference to the The prodigal son by Rembrandt. Great analysis.

[robertkarnick]

Solaris had some of the most unsettling scenes I've ever seen in a sci-fi film. The whole sequence in Kris' room where the Hari copies first appear, and the last scene with Kris on the island were sending shivers down my spine

[safespacebear]

Just finished this film. I was very impressed with it and with your comments on it

[_local]

I think, tragically, that all the Solaris-entity wanted to say was "I love you", I mean it chooses to present people with their loved ones ceaselessly (if you remember, we find out that the giant baby, likely Solaris' first attempt at communication, looked like Fechner's adopted son, who first came in contact with it on the planet). It never tries to create imagined "monsters" in the way Snaut theorised it could, therefore it seems to me that he isn't trying to terrify the cosmonauts, they are just not open to the newness of it because of what Snaut says about the hubris and narcicissm of the space-faring mankind. They are probing an intellgience with radiation and expecting something clear and obvious, instead of actually treating it like an intelligence. They fantasise about making first contact when surely it has already happened in the form of the guests. The ending in this sense could also be interpreted as Solaris creating what Kelvin desperately wants, a tranquil life on Earth, as a way of expressing its strange form of love. Might be a bit of a "soft" interpretation but alas, Tarkovksy left it up to us so take it or leave it :-)

[christophmahler]

Unpretentious, concise and nuanced interpretation.

Respect!

[sparekeiv]

This is a film that really stays with the viewer even years later

[cameron]

Thank you! This helped me mentally tie up some loose ends from this film. I think I was in a hypnotic trance whilst watching the film and started to freak out after it finished.

[godweenausten]

That's a nice explanation. Whenever I watch Solaris I find something more within myself. It's like a mirror, correlating with my life experience. So I always thought the planet is actually trying to understand humans by communicating with them (the only way it can), just like the scientists are, like worlds colliding sort of thing. It shows how humans try to understand nature through science which is a non-complete way of seeing by using intellect only, while the planet is using only emotions. And only with combined understanding of both, you are able to see a complete picture (the truth) that sets you free.

[AndreyRomanenkov]

Just wanted to add that Tarkovsky has often used water to symbolize one thing we all know.
That thing that flows around us. You can not touch it and can not stop it.
Everything flows in it, we flow in it.
It is time.

[odyssey.studios]

Just finished watching this film earlier and was left completely unsure of what to make of it. This is a really good analysis and has helped me understand the film better!

[TheOJN]

Well, I'm not so sure about the last scene. They have sent Chris's brain waves to Solaris. I think what we see in the end is copy of Chris. Real Chris have returned to Earth. Solaris got 'infected' with Chris's thoughts and emotions. Solaris, in a way, wants to understand humans therefore it made that 'reality' on its surface. Solaris, for the first time, may experience emotions and humanity.

[guilhermeknappe]

Wow, great analysis! Cheers from a brazilian friend in quarintine!

[OlgaRykov]

One of my favorite movies since I was a child. Love Bach's music used in it. I personally think and like the version of Chris at the end of the film being a copy of Chris. That it is not the actual Chris on one of Solaris' islands, but a genuine copy, with all his behaviours, emotions and past experiences.

[hexxon]

Great film. I really recommend to read book "Solaris" which film is based on by Mr Lem. One o the best SF books ever written. Also I recommend "The Invincible" and "Return from the Stars". Stanisław Lem was a genius and visionary. Many of his "SF"- theories and visions become true in our time.

[abhisheksen]

Just watched Solaris yesterday. Your explanation was very good..helped me understand the meaning of it more specifically.

[BecomeUseful]

Thank you so much for posting this. I just watched the movie (and read the novel) and your video really helped put the story in context. Great work.

[theshowman]

Love this film, it takes you on a journey and makes you think (unlike the appalling remake). It also raises questions relevant to today and the future of AI and quantum reality, and of course, being a Tarkovsky film, lots of water scenes !

[VeritasFortyTwo]

I watched this movie with the late great Shawn Lane years ago at his home in Memphis accompanied by friends that played with him.
It’s a fascinating piece of art.

[alexandrmarosz]

Did anybody notice the white bloon? It appeared 3 times in the film-twice in the space station (while once it was hanging in the air, later it was not) and at the very end it appeard to be above the house in 8:49. There will be probably some meaning for this as well.

[ViceArancibia]

Great video, thank you so much. I've only watched this film once but deeply captivated me. I've been planning to rewatch it for years now but I stupidly haven't been able to set apart 3 hours of a day for a contemplative activity.