2 by Tarkovsky is a Member Month special event.
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Experience the mysteries and revelations of Andrei Tarkovsky’s science-fiction masterpieces, presented in gorgeous new restorations released by Janus Films.

SOLARIS

New restorarion produced by Mosfilm from a 2K scan of the negative. A Janus Films release.

"The films of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky are more like environments than entertainments. I saw his 1972 film "Solaris" at the Chicago Film Festival that year. It was my first experience of Tarkovsky, and at first I balked. It was long and slow and the dialogue seemed deliberately dry. But then the overall shape of the film floated into view, there were images of startling beauty, then developments that questioned the fundamental being of the characters themselves, and finally an ending that teasingly suggested that everything in the film needed to be seen in a new light. There was so much to think about afterwards, and so much that remained in my memory." -Roger Ebert

"Easily one of the most important science fiction films of all time." - Epoch Times

Ground control has been receiving mysterious transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is dispatched to investigate, he experiences the same strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his consciousness.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, Solaris was remade by Steven Soderbergh in 2002.

“In all the science-fiction films I’ve seen, the filmmakers force the viewer to examine the details of the material structure of the future…For a true work of art, the fake must be eliminated.” —Andrei Tarkovsky