{"product_id":"remakes-solaris-by-andrei-tarkovsky-1972-and-solaris-by-steven-soderbergh-2002-analysis-von-anna-zafiris","title":"Remakes: \"Solaris\" by Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)  and \"Solaris\" by Steven Soderbergh (2002)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 1, Utrecht University (Media Studies), course: Remakes \u0026amp; Parody, language: English, abstract: Thom Patterson from CNN expresses the issue of the remake in a very nice way: ¿Remaking well-known films can be the Hollywood equivalent of replacing the family dog or a favourite bathrobe: sometimes only the old one will do and a replacement is unthinkable.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn my case study I will take a closer look at the two different versions of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿Solaris¿:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrei Tarkovsky¿s ¿Solaris¿ (1972) and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Soderbergh¿s ¿Solaris¿ (2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Soderbergh¿s ¿Solaris¿ a worthy representative, replacement or addition to Tarkovsky¿s ¿Solaris¿ or is it just like Patterson describes it, unneeded like the replacement of the family dog? Is Tarkovsky¿s ¿family dog¿ so well-known and respected that a new ¿family dog¿ would be redundant?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst of all, one should notice that both films are based on Stanislaw Lem¿s book ¿Solaris¿. At least that¿s what one can read everywhere¿but is this so? Is Soderbergh¿s film a re-adaptation of Lem¿s book or is it rather a remake of Tarkovsky¿s film?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would like to analyse in what way the two directors developed the characters in the film having the book ¿Solaris¿ as the basis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy analysing the way, Soderbergh and Tarkovsky present the relationship between Hari\/Rheya and Chris and how the two directors develop the characters, I will also try to find an answer to the question whether Soderbergh¿s ¿Solaris¿ is a remake of Tarkovsky¿s Solaris or a re-adaptation of Lem¿s book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are the similarities and differences of the presentation of this relationship in the two films?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoderbergh for example never personally said that his film is only a remake of Tarkovsky¿s ¿Solaris¿ but also, or even more, a re-adaptation of Lem¿s book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would exactly apply to the theory of Jan Speckenbach, who mentions in his first part of ¿On the Remake. A cinematic phenomenon¿ that sometimes the director of a remake denies it to be one. Since it might sell better when it is a new adaptation of the novel - that also is used in the original film - that provided a basis for the remake and not just a remake of the original film. But did Soderbergh only refer to his film as a re-adaptation because it might sell better or is it really a re-adaptation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHari\/Rheya (named Hari in Tarkovsky¿s ¿Solaris¿, differently in Soderbergh¿s ¿Solaris¿ and same as in Lem¿s book: Rheya) also plays a central role in the two films, and I would like to analyse the representation of her in the two films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640526079\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAnalysis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640526079","offer_id":39441087955037,"sku":"9783640526079","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/b87a9e5e-0641-43a9-9b84-78f8267367ec.jpg?v=1777615615","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/remakes-solaris-by-andrei-tarkovsky-1972-and-solaris-by-steven-soderbergh-2002-analysis-von-anna-zafiris","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}