Overview

Despite being one of Andrei Tarkovsky's most successful films, Solaris (1972) was the one he most disliked. This dismissal of his most generically marked film has often been accepted by those quick to embrace the image of Tarkovsky as a transcendent artist rising above the politics of the Soviet film industry and the trappings of genre to produce personal works of art. Going against such currents, Mark Bould instead treats Solaris as the product of a genre as well as the work of a skilled film-maker. He teases out Tarkovsky's fascination with Stanislaw Lem, on whose novel the film was based, and also considers Steven Soderbergh's 2002 adaptation. Lively and revealing, Bould's examination situates Solaris within the Russian and global cultures of the fantastic, to which Tarkovsky contributed three major science fiction films. This special edition features original cover artwork by Matthew Shlian.

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Author:   Mark Bould (University of the West of England, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   BFI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.175kg
ISBN:  

9781844578054

ISBN 10:   1844578054
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   31 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1 Sf, Tarkovsky and Lem.- 2 Solarises.- 3 Tarkovsky's Solaris.- Notes.- Credits.

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Like the film, Bould's observations raise as many questions as he answers.' - Good Book Guide

'Like the film, Bould's observations raise as many questions as he answers.' - Good Book Guide

Author Information

MARK BOULD is Reader in Film and Literature at the University of the West of England, UK. He is the author of Science Fiction: The Routledge Film Guidebook (2012), The Cinema of John Sayles: Lone Star (2009), Film Noir: From Berlin to Sin City (2005), co-author of The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction (2011), and co-editor of the Science Fiction Film and Television journal.

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