Solaris: The Wrecking of a Classic
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Originally posted by Chrismith:
First [i]Ocean’s 11[/i] a minor classic starring the “Rat Pack”.
Now [i]Solaris[/i] another minor classic.What,he can’t make his own screenplays?
He’s not primarily a screenwriter, he’s a director. He has, however, written several of his own films: [i]Sex, Lies and Videotape, King of the Hill, Underneath[/i] and [i]Schizopolis[/i]. He has, to date, done 2 remakes: [i]Traffic[/i], which was a heavily re-written adaptation of a British mini-series, and [i]Ocean’s 11[/i]. It remains to be seen whether [i]Solaris[/i] is a remake of Tarkovsky’s film, or a second adaptation of the Lem novel. When you’re talking about literary adaptations, it’s hard to say whether a film is a remake of a previous version or just another adaptation. Is the Spencer Tracy version of [i]Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde[/i] a remake of the Frederic March version? Is the Sci Fi channel mini-series [i]Dune[/i] a remake of David Lynch’s film?
–Aleck