SPACE IS THE PLACE
Instead of bumming out with W. and the State of the Union last night, we decided to celebrate the OTHER GEORGE (the one we love) and his three, count e'm THREE Oscar nominations by checking out SOLARIS. I remember it getting mixed reviews when it was in theaters, but I totally dug it. It was freakily atmospheric, and I loved Soderbergh's use of light and color. It's definitely not sci-fi in the tradition of STAR WARS - more like 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (or so I am told.) It's a slow, hypnotic film with not a lot of action, but there was something cool about watching five actors do all the work for 90-plus minutes.
There were some slightly awkward plot points (to the extent that there was a plot), but over-all I was seduced by the metaphysical themes. And George's insanely cut physique.
posted by Em @ 12:10 PM
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I was having a bad day until I read this. Thank you, Emily. I actually had (and I'm not kidding) dreams that took place in SOLARIS last night! Bizarre. Or perhaps it's a sign that I'm going into outerspace soon.
I actually rather enjoyed this film, too, but found parts of it so depressing and sad. And, it's super sci-fi funky. I haven't seen it in a while, but I do remember the overwhelming white noise/humming background sound throughout the movie, which must have been really powerful in the theater.
Here's to George, the good one. Three cheers!
David, I know this is painful for you, but we're going to relish in the praise bestowed on him...it's a bit of a lovefest right now with the three nominations.
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