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SolarisOther

by Andrei Tarkovsky

Who uses, recommends or left Solaris, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Sebastián Lelio
Chilean director and screenwriter of Gloria (2013), A Fantastic Woman (2017), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Disobedience (2017) and The Wonder (2022).
loved

It feels like everything in Solaris is transcendent and so deep. It’s hypnotic.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sebastián Lelio, the entry for Solaris.

2018-05-03·criterion.com ↗

Will Oldham
American singer-songwriter and actor who records mostly as Bonnie "Prince" Billy, a name he took in 1998 after recording as Palace from 1993 to 1997; acted in Matewan (1987) and Old Joy (2006).
loved

Solaris restructured my consciousness for a moment and helped lead me to believe that the past = the present = the future.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Will Oldham, the entry for Solaris.

2014-09-30·criterion.com ↗

Young Jean Lee
American playwright, director and filmmaker; led Young Jean Lee's Theater Company, toured her shows to more than thirty cities, and with Straight White Men (2018) became the first Asian-American woman to have a play produced on Broadway.
liked

But Solaris is great, too.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Young Jean Lee, the entry for Solaris.

2016-09-23·criterion.com ↗

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