Jim Windle[SMTP:jim_windle@eudoramail.com] wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:44:06 Trei, Peter wrote:
.... and here I was thinking that someone (perhaps Glass?) had written an
opera based on Lem's book....
There is a Russian movie of "Solaris" which is weird but interesting. An opera though, that definitely sounds like Philip Glass. After writing "Nixon in China" and "The Death of Klinghoffer" maybe someone could interest John Adams in the Jim Bell trial.
Jim Windle
Andrei Tartovsky directed Solaris. He's one of my favorite directors - twice I've accidentally flipped to TV onto subtitled Russian movies partway through, gotten fascinated by the film, only to later find that it was by Tartovsky (Andrei Rublyov, Ivan's Childhood). I also strongly reccomend Solaris and especially Stalker. Tartovsky's not for everyone though. Things happen slowly. Tartovsky's films make '2001' seem like 'Raders of the lost ark'. Peter Trei
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