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Solaris
RUSSIA · 1972

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky
memory and identity consciousness and humanity human connection and isolation exploration of the unknown grief and loss
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Synopsis

Tarkovsky sci-fi masterpiece about memory and consciousness. Christopher Nolan studied it before making Interstellar.

Cinema Atlas Connection
I remember seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey when I was a kid and I was deeply influenced by it, and then seeing Tarkovsky’s Solaris. These are masterpieces of sci-fi cinema. These are the cornerstones.
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