Comment by π stack
Re: "Andrei Tarkovsky movies on YouTube"
Also on criterion and hbo if you have a sub. kanopy, too. Rentable on amazon, apple, fandango
2025-08-24 Β· 8 months ago
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π drh3xx Β· 2025-08-24 at 15:35:
Nice, cheers for the share. I've not watched either before but I was just saying to someone earlier today I'd like to get hold of this version of Solaris on DVD as so far I've only ever seen the US (and much later) version starring George Clooney. I'm always horrified when the US do a release of something that's been covered elsewhere first, such as when they did a version of the originally S.Korean "The Eye". More often than not the original is superior. Which reminds me I really need to get hold of a copy of "Dumplings" on DVD too.
π stack Β· 2025-08-24 at 15:38:
The us version was not great, but I am so fond of Lem that I enjoyed it anyway. Nothing beats the book, and it is well translated in Eng at least.
π stack Β· 2025-08-24 at 18:54:
I love the idea of Solaris as a low-budget Soviet answer to 2001: a space odyssey... The tunnel scene vs hyperspace jump, the running around in a circular corridor vs. the incredible rotating space station... Switching from color to bw stock was not an artistic decision but due to film shortage...
Throw in some unrelated unrsolved daddy issues for no reason, and there you are.
π yalla [OP] Β· 2025-08-25 at 05:58:
Oh, Lem! I am still waiting for some director to find enough courage to get funds for making an adaptation of "The Invincible". Forget Michael Crichton's Prey, it was Lem who invented that genre... :-) OK, I did not find an earlier book mentioning a grey goo scenario.
π stack Β· 2025-08-25 at 12:54:
Return From The Stars is incredibly cinematic and relevant!
Chain of Chance as well.
Fiasco.
Futurological Congress, done for real this time.
Pirx is a perfect series.
π¦ Proton Β· 2025-08-30 at 12:53:
Futurological congress and Flow my Tears the Policeman Said are my two biggest fantasies to be made in that classic 1990s-2000s PKD adaptations style. Just imagine...
π stack Β· 2025-08-30 at 13:02:
There was a Hollywood movie loosely inspired by Futurological Congress, although it took me a while to figure that out... It was not a great adaptation at all, though.
Return From The Stars is an obvious candidate now that CGI is cheap. Also timely.
Original Post
Andrei Tarkovsky movies on YouTube β I recently found two movies directed by Andrei Tarkovsky on YouTube; first, StanisΕaw Lem's "Solaris" and then "Stalker" by the Strugastky brothers. Real SF gems, with English subs, free to watch at the time of this writing: Solaris [https link] Stalker [https link] Both books & movies are classics.