Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky 2dvd 2 El Andrei tarkovsky’s solaris comes to blu ray with a new 1080p 24hz transfer in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on a dual layer disc. i’m a little underwhelmed by the presentation we get for solaris. it does look nice and it does look better than criterion’s dvd (and far better than how i remember the ruscico dvd from years back) but it. This is the fourth of artificial eye’s complete tarkovsky feature films on blu ray for the region b market (see also my reviews of ivan’s childhood, andrei rublev & mirror). as usual i am generally looking at the quality of the blu ray – for those who are new to tarkovsky, please see other reviews for details of the storyline etc.
Stalker Andrei Tarkovsky 2dvd 2 El Picture 8 10. criterion’s original dvd edition, released in 2002, presents andrei tarkovsky’s solaris in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on the first dual layer disc of this two disc set. the image has been enhanced for widescreen televisions. criterion would revisit the film and release it on blu ray (and again on dvd) in 2011. About 20 25 minutes into "solaris" the famous launch scene takes place, in which andrei tarkovsky decides to film a car going down the motorway and through tunnels to the eerie sound of a rocket taking off. this scene is ten minutes, after three minutes one is totally hypnotized and awed by something so basically simple and ordinary. Credit: sony pictures. andrei tarkovsky's extraordinary adaptation of stanislaw lem's novel solaris is quite rightly heralded as one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. languidly. Ground control has been receiving mysterious transmissions from the three remaining residents of the solaris space station. when cosmonaut and psychologist kris kelvin is dispatched to investigate, he experiences the same strange phenomena that afflict the solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his consciousness. with solaris, the legendary russian filmmaker andrei.
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