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Solaris (1972)

Cordelier said:
Well, now you know why the Soviets liked their statues. ;) Good reminder you're always being watched.... and boredom is dangerous. There ya go... a Matryoshka doll for you.
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I've a pic with my Matryoshka doll at my profile/album, last pic iirc, that's at Gainesville. She's Sevastopolian.

https://www.debatepolitics.com/members/ecofarm-albums-pics-picture67117965-2009.html

Haven't seen her in a few years. I think she mentioned that, saying I'm a bit Russian.

Spakone noche.
 
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Cordelier said:
Ahhh.... Ochen Prekasnyy :) Schastlivchik!

Truth be told, I didn't even know we had albums in our profiles.... I was just looking through my profile to try and find what you were talking about.
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"Like in Solaris, the statues. You're part Russian."

haha

I hadn't seen it then. My Latvian friend knew what she was talking about.
 
Cordelier said:
PS - I said she was very beautiful... you're a lucky man.

*L* So you really do have statues in your foyer?
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She really is and I too much.

No, I'm a minimalist. Perhaps I'll see her again soon in Kenya.
 
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Cordelier said:
Well, I guess Kenya is as good a place as any to look then. (Why am I suddenly getting a "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" flashback?)
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We were there together, in the village I plan to settle with, in 2011. Pics in the album. Also beautiful and I too lucky.

We were first together in Europe, our masters program.
 
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ecofarm said:
We were there together, in the village I plan to settle with, in 2011. Pics of also in the album. Also beautiful and I too lucky.

We were first together in Europe.
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I was going to hit the sack here.... but now I've got to ask - what made you decide to settle in a Kenyan village?
 
Cordelier said:
I was going to hit the sack here.... but now I've got to ask - what made you decide to settle in a Kenyan village?
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Tropical, passive coast, democracy. Then the best farmland I could find with an ecologically beneficial cash crop (tea, perennial on slopes).

One might say I'm a bit of an explorer and, as an ecologist, a Solarist.
 
ecofarm said:
Tropical, passive coast, democracy. Then the best farmland I could find with an ecologically beneficial cash crop.

One might say I'm a bit of an explorer and, as an ecologist, a Solarist.
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That's pretty neat... plus the Coffee is really great there too. Can't start my day without Kenya AA.
 
Cordelier said:
That's pretty neat... plus the Coffee is really great there too. Can't start my day without Kenya AA.
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Coffee also a perennial (and long simple harvest) on mild slopes
 
Cordelier said:
I wasn't talking about the setting, though... I was talking about the scene as it played into the plot. This is from a Director that was so meticulous that there was a back story and hidden meaning to every painting on the wall. Yet he devotes an entire scene to a secondary figure just driving a car through a "futuristic" city. Didn't you ever wonder what the heck it was about? Why did he pack up a whole film crew and fly to Tokyo and chew up what had to have been a big part of his budget for a scene that seemingly adds nothing to the film? What was the significance of Berton's drive? I know I sure did the first time I watched it.... What the hell was that about? Until I eventually figured it out - this is one of the things that hit me out of the blue that I talked about in my OP. Here's a hint - It wasn't about the city... and it wasn't even about Berton. And that's just one scene... if you look at the movie closely and pay attention to the details, there are stories inside of stories going on there through the whole movie.



I'd say Tarkovsky accomplished Lem's theme brilliantly (even with the love story).... and here's the proof.... you didn't comprehend the significance of Berton's drive.
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Right, so now Im too dumb to comprehend such a scene? Whatever. :roll: Youre just complicating everything needlessly (I already told you why he shot the scene because I read the interview about the making of the film) but hey, thats you. Im outta here.
 
PoS said:
Right, so now Im too dumb to comprehend such a scene? Whatever. :roll: Youre just complicating everything needlessly (I already told you why he shot the scene because I read the interview about the making of the film) but hey, thats you. Im outta here.
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I'm not trying to insult you, PoS.... I'm sorry you took it that way. What I'm trying to do is to get you to look at it more closely and understand what I'm talking about. I'm challenging you to understanding. It literally took me years to understand the significance of that scene. It's not about Berton, it's not about the setting.... it's about who is in the car with Berton.
 
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