Criterion Reflections – Episode 102 – Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris

David and guests spend 3 1/2 hours contemplating a luminous pulsating oceanic mind and the dazzling phantoms it projects into our collective consciousness.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Trevor Berrett, Jordan Essoe, Brad McDermott, Derek J. Power and Aaron West to discuss Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

The Criterion Collection
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IndieWire
The New Yorker (2021 essay by Alex Ross)
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Solaris

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Criterion Cast Episode 5 (August 2009)
The Mookse and the Gripes
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Combustible Celluloid
Every 70s Movie
The Film Sufi
Little White Lies
Movies That Make You Think
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Stanislaw Lem

Lem.pl – Official Site
Official Site – Solaris novel page
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Wikipedia page for Solaris (novel)

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