Solaris Series: BFI Film Classics

Solaris Series: BFI Film Classics

M. Bould Solaris Series: BFI Film Classics ▶ Part of a set of 9 new BFI Film Classics, including authors such as Mark Kermode, publishing to coincide with a major BFI science fiction season in OctoberDecember 2014 ▶ Solaris is widely cited as one of the best scifi films of all time; the book also covers the acclaimed 2002 remake featuring George Clooney ▶ Tarkovsky's films are widely studied on Film Studies courses ▶ Richly illustrated, and will benefit from publicity surrounding the BFI Science Fiction season Despite being one of Andrei Tarkovsky's most successful films, Solaris (1972) was the one he most disliked. This dismissal of his most generically marked film has often been accepted by those quick to embrace the image of Tarkovsky as a transcendent artist 2014, 96 p. rising above the politics of the Soviet film industry and the trappings of genre to produce personal works of art. Printed book Going against such currents, Mark Bould instead treats Solaris as the product of a genre as Softcover well as the work of a skilled film-maker. He teases out Tarkovsky's fascination with Stanis? ISBN 978-1-84457-805-4 aw Lem, on whose novel the film was based, and also considers Steven Soderbergh's 2002 ▶ 14,99 € | £12.99 adaptation. ▶ *16,04 € (D) | 16,49 € (A) | CHF 16.50 Lively and revealing, Bould's examination situates Solaris within the Russian and global cultures of the fantastic, to which Tarkovsky contributed three major science fiction films. This special edition features original cover artwork by Matthew Shlian. The first € price and the £ and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with * include VAT for books; the €(D) includes 7% for Germany, the €(A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with ** include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted. Bloomsbury.

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