Soderbergh Ep. 13: Solaris (2002) with Aaron Thorpe

Steven Soderbergh's second release of 2002, after FULL FRONTAL, was another very odd move: a remake of Andrei Tarkovsky's SOLARIS (well, more of a new adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel). Underappreciated at the time, Soderbergh's SOLARIS has grown in reputation as one of the great science fiction films of the 2000s - so we brought on a bonafide science fiction expert, Aaron Thorpe, to talk about it! Join us for a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation about the purpose of science fiction, comprehending the vastness of space, grief, blackness in sci-fi, and OSMOSIS JONES. Don't worry, it's plenty stupid, too. Further Reading: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects by Graham Harman Myths of the Near Future by J.G. Ballard Further Viewing: SOLARIS (Tarkovsky, 1972) CONTACT (Zemeckis, 1997) EVENT HORIZON (Anderson, 1997) OSMOSIS JONES (Farrelly, 2001)  STAR TREK: NEMESIS (Baird, 2002) Follow Aaron Thorpe: https://x.com/afrocosmist https://x.com/thetrillbillies https://substack.com/@spacelight Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart