[OT] Dark Star (1974) - the platinum age of movies

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 9/2/10 14:55 CDT, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote in message
> news:i5ov2v$2c07$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 9/2/10 14:01 CDT, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> On 09/02/2010 04:47 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>>>>> What do you think about Solaris? I've heard reviewers praising it for
>>>>>> being "real" science fiction, so I've been tempted to try it out of
>>>>>> sheer curiosity, but I've never felt confident enough about it to
>>>>>> actually give it a try.
>>>>>
>>>>> I watched the original russian one. It's sci-fi, but it's rather long
>>>>> and boring. Like there's a long sequence of just the character driving
>>>>> on the freeway. Driving, driving, driving, ...
>>>>
>>>> That was a key scene.
>>>
>>> Whoosh. That's either your joke going way over my head, or the scene!
>>
>> The scene was of the main character driving on a busy highway into a
>> crowded metropolis. The meaning was to question the veracity and meaning
>> of perception, existence, and human interaction - all of which are central
>> themes in the movie.
>>
>
> Sounds like one of those ultra-artsy movies I would probably hate :/
>
> Kinda reminds me of that Robin Williams movie where he was a robot, and the
> David Bowie movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth". Both seemed to be trying for
> some sort of artsy profound "meaning", but ultimately came across as
> pretentious snore-fests.

Difference is, The Bicentennial Man and The Man Who Fell To Earth don't 
hold a candle to Solaris.

Andrei