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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 243739" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Monday (August 14).</p><p></p><p>Two interesting films tonight, film4, one sci-fact (sort of!), the other sci fi.</p><p></p><p>The Dish, 7pm.</p><p></p><p>A large Australian radio telescope is briefly joined onto NASA's spacecom network, so that tv pictures can continually be received from the 1st manned moon landing in 1969 (otherwise, there might be gaps in the coverage.....).</p><p>Humour is derived from the rural/isolated/shoestring setting, and Sam Neil is just right as the laid back pipe smoking academic.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dish" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dish</a> .</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory</a> .</p><p></p><p>Solaris, 9pm.</p><p></p><p>Alas, I've seen the orginal and brilliant Tarkovsky film, but not this remake, so can't comment on it directly (so, will be watching it with interest!). There's no way the remake could possibly be as good, but I'm sure it will be reasonable, as Soderburgh is an excellent director and Clooney a fine actor.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_%282002_film%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(2002_film)</a> .</p><p><a href="http://www.galilean-library.org/solaris.html" target="_blank">http://www.galilean-library.org/solaris.html</a> .</p><p></p><p>Stanislaw Lem was an interesting character. His books - to me - are more allegory and magical realism, certainly "not sci fi as we know it" (Jim!). Although a sci fi fan, I find his books hard going, and not very entertaining.</p><p>After the success of the (original) Solaris film, Lem became highly fashoinable, his books were translated into English, and he was invited to join the sci fi writers of America organisation. Which he did, then gave a speech that was highly critical of - and rather nasty about - American sci fi, so was promptly thrown out again!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Lem</a> .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 243739, member: 192438"] Monday (August 14). Two interesting films tonight, film4, one sci-fact (sort of!), the other sci fi. The Dish, 7pm. A large Australian radio telescope is briefly joined onto NASA's spacecom network, so that tv pictures can continually be received from the 1st manned moon landing in 1969 (otherwise, there might be gaps in the coverage.....). Humour is derived from the rural/isolated/shoestring setting, and Sam Neil is just right as the laid back pipe smoking academic. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dish[/url] . [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory[/url] . Solaris, 9pm. Alas, I've seen the orginal and brilliant Tarkovsky film, but not this remake, so can't comment on it directly (so, will be watching it with interest!). There's no way the remake could possibly be as good, but I'm sure it will be reasonable, as Soderburgh is an excellent director and Clooney a fine actor. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_%282002_film%29[/url] . [url]http://www.galilean-library.org/solaris.html[/url] . Stanislaw Lem was an interesting character. His books - to me - are more allegory and magical realism, certainly "not sci fi as we know it" (Jim!). Although a sci fi fan, I find his books hard going, and not very entertaining. After the success of the (original) Solaris film, Lem became highly fashoinable, his books were translated into English, and he was invited to join the sci fi writers of America organisation. Which he did, then gave a speech that was highly critical of - and rather nasty about - American sci fi, so was promptly thrown out again! [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem[/url] . [/QUOTE]
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