This week, we drift into the ocean of Tarkovsky’s exceedingly human, empathetic (and definitely anti-2001), SOLARIS.

Or, perhaps, the ocean drifts into us. Who can say? Really, you should watch this movie. It’s a big one.

References:

• Collected Screenplays by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Time Within Time: The Diaries
• BFI Tarkovsky Retrospective
• Akira Kurosawa on Watching Solaris With Andrei Tarkovsky
• Eduard Artemyev Journey to the Center of the Cinema Interview
• Mikhail Romadin interview with Criterion on Solaris
• Vasim Yusov Interview with Nostalghia.com

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.