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Apr 20, 2026 2 hr 28 min

19 - Solaris (1972/2002)

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The boys kick off The Spring of Love proper with a beefy double feature of Andrei Tarkovsky's arthouse sci-fi tale of love and loss along with the confusing but interesting remake by our boy Soderbergh. We talk about Tarkovsky's beef with Kubrick and 2001, filmmaking in the USSR and how not very different it was from the West, explore the depths of hatred author Stanisław Lem had for both adapations and marvel about how Hollywood got together to make sure George Clooney's nude ass could appear in a PG-13 rated movie. Also discussed: Bad Day at Black Rock, Apocalypto, Ad Astra, Intersteller, The Drama (spoiler warning) plus the Larry McMurty novel Lonesome Dove and the new game from Pearl Abyss Crimson Desert. We will be back next week when we go back to 1966 for Claude Lelouch's gorgeous romance "A Man and a Woman". Thanks to Disco for the show art and to Eric for the theme music! Letterboxed: DeadFormatPod Bluesky: DeadFormatPod

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