love when a genre film knows exactly what it is, embraces its limits, and maximizes its potential. 10 things feels neither rushed, nor full of dead air—clearly earning its classic status
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Solaris 1972
I expended most of my thoughts on this last night at jimmy’s. I’ll just say that I haven’t felt or thought about a film like this in ages… possibly ever. There is much to pour over, much to subject to analysis—in the end it’s the stomach-churning-heart-soaring-mind-boggling sense of mystery that lingers beyond the final moments of the film into the days to come. Solaris clings to the soul like viscous fog hangs over the alien ocean. How do you even…
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