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Article: Film: Double Bill - Andrei Ujica, Director Of `Out Of The Present', No w On Release, On His Ideal Cinematic Pairing 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (STANLEY KUBRICK, 1968) SOLARIS (ANDREI TARKOVSKY , 1972)
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- The Independent (London, England)
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- March 11, 1999
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THESE ARE the only science fiction films in the history of cinema
which have a philosophical purpose, in my opinion. Each tries hard
to be questioning, which is never an easy task. It is done quite
differently in each film. I would say that 2001 is clearly asking
about the existence of God. And the answer is yes, "it" exists.
Whereas Solaris presents a riddle; there is no clarity to the
philosophical question, and it is without an answer.
The future in Solaris is a planet in space that is almost a
conscious entity. A cosmonaut lands on a space station, and it is on
a planet that can intuit and provide anything that a human might
desire. In Kubrick's film, the computer comes close to ...