With immense style and audacity, Steven Soderbergh has done well to create a remake of the original Solaris Movie. Set in Russia cinema landmarks, he has mentioned that this should not be seen as a copy of Andrei Tarkovsky 1972 version of the movie, but a new version of the 1961 bestselling novel by Stanislaw Lem. In fact, every frame does well to show that this movie has somewhat drawn insights from Tarkovsky, and some inspiration the initial film by Tarkovsky which was known as Kubrick 2001.
In this movie, George Clooney takes on the character of Chris Kelvin, who is a mental specialist who is sent to a US space base of the future to investigate the challenging mission to planet Solaris. There is some aspect of the planet structure that shows it has some thinking capacity, thereby leading to the creation virtual replicates of the visitor’s dead loved ones. Kelvin experienced this with his dead wife who is replicated during his mission on the planet.
Soderbergh had done well to maintain the strange and unique dramatic pace that was initially set by Tarkovsky. In fact, he has also done well to maintain the singular effect of transporting us from Earth locations to spaceship environment, without the conventional blast off, pulling gravity forces and immense anxiety. Simply put, Soderbergh has done well to retell the entire story in an average of 100 minutes, whereas Tarkovsky`s version consumed as much as 165 minutes.
Clooney, who is the lead actor in the movie does well to provide an Award winning performance, only wobbling slightly when he is reunited with his `dead wife`. In fact, he wakes up beside her, and he is forced while moving away in confusion- a difficult scene for any professional actor. He had initially been told of the unusual resurrections of loved ones but was informed not to be too concerned until it happened. McElhone, also does well to provide the supporting role, with her immense charisma and unshakeable character.
She gives an inspired portrayal of the dearly departed Rheya, which does well to contribute to the films re-incarnation approach. She is also a great contributor towards the theme of Solaris and almost all the concepts in the movie revolve around her. Following the appearance of her ghost, she realizes that something is not quite right.
As for her genuine nature, she seems to be as baffled as Chris is in the movie. One important factor is that she does not have any malicious goals. In fact, Rheya is not Solaris in a her genuine form, but an unintended creation. As the memories of her life start coming back, she becomes increasingly confused. Since a significant portion of the movie occurs in their shared memories as does its occurrence on the space station that is circling Solaris, this particular Rheya Is inspired by the memories that Chris has of her and not the unique experiences when she was alive. All these scenes combine to make it an impressive movie when it comes to the realms of the movie remake world.
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