A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
- Stanislaw Lem(novel)
- Steven Soderbergh(screenplay)
- Stars
Kent Faulcon
- Patient #1
- (as Kent D. Faulcon)
Lauren Cohn
- Patient #2
- (as Lauren M. Cohn)
Jennie Baek
- Passenger
- (uncredited)
Tony Clemons
- Dinner Guest
- (uncredited)
Dale Hawes
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Annie Morgan
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Antonio Rochira
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSteven Soderbergh is quoted saying that if the audience does not enjoy the first 10 minutes of the film then they might as well leave.
- GoofsGordon says she's getting agoraphobic. Agoraphobia is an irrational fear of going out and facing crowds of people. Gordon is living on a Space Station. She stays in her cabin in fear of meeting the one other person. So it is Agoraphobia.
- Quotes
Chris Kelvin: Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong, and somehow I was wrong about everything.
- Crazy creditsThere are no credits at the beginning. All the credits are at the end of the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: Inside 'Solaris' (2002)
- SoundtracksRiddle Box
Written by Mike E. Clark and Violent J (as Joseph Bruce)
Performed by Insane Clown Posse
Courtesy of Jive Records
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Interesting but not really fulfilling
There are a number of good things about this movie, but ultimately it felt to me like a lost opportunity. It raised provocative psychological issues but never carried me away or led me to anything like an epiphany. In the latter half, I was in fact a bit bored. It certainly isn't enthralling like Tarkovsky's version. Rheya's character is better developed, particularly her own psychological trauma in being a "creation" (Tarkovsky's Rheya was something of a naif in comparison). But what I missed from Tarkovsky's version is the sense of humor (this one is stiflingly earnest) and the evocative and poignant use of Bach chorales in the soundtrack. The soundtrack to this one is intriguing (a la Brian Eno, Ligeti, and Thomas Newman's scores for The Player and American Beauty), but I eventually found myself desperately longing for a cadence. Lacking the feeling of redemption communicated musically in Tarkovsky's version, this one had to rely on ham-handed statements of fact. And finally, I can't help remarking that neither Tarkovsky nor Soderbergh really convey the element of shame and sexual deviance that played such an important part in Lem's original. Both place the emphasis instead on guilt, which isn't quite the same thing, is it?
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- JoelB
- Dec 12, 2002
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- 1 hour 39 minutes
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