An excellent space science fiction movie, the depth of thought should not be inferior to "2001 A Space Odyssey".
Trying to interpret this film from a quantum point of view (in the special environment of the Solaris planet, only my opinion):
Due to the special magnetic field and ocean radiation environment of the Solaris planet, the male protagonist also has memories of his deceased wife and a strong sense of missing that leads the female protagonist to manifest in a quantum state (neutrinos in this film). ( Consciousness and Participation of Consciousness in Quantum Theory. )
The heroine's whereabouts are erratic. It exists when the male lead (observer) observes, and disappears when the male lead sleeps with his eyes closed. After the male lead leaves the room, the female lead will self-destruct and cannot leave the male lead's observation. ( Probability clouds in quantum mechanics and observer-induced collapse of the wave function. )
Love, death and artificial intelligence.
The heroine is just an "artificial intelligence" quantum state formed by a mass of neutrinos, not a real human being. Love.
When the male protagonist and his friends quarreled, they said: "We have been quarreling, and we are about to lose our dignity and humanity."
The hostess said: "No, you are human and have your own thoughts, that's why you can quarrel, but I can't."
In the later stage of the film, the female protagonist begins to have 'humanity' by getting along with and browsing the past memories in the male protagonist's mind, becoming more and more like the male protagonist's former wife, quarreling with the male protagonist, questioning whether the male protagonist really loves him, and Trying to commit suicide like the deceased wife, the heroine here has actually become one with the deceased wife.
At the end of the film, with the destruction of the Solaris planet neutrino system, after the heroine disappeared forever, the hero was in pain, and discussed the dialogue of 'life and death' with his friends:
"Questions such as the meaning of life, when a man is happy, never arouse his interest, and should be asked before death."
"We don't know when our lives will end, so we rush our way."
"Don't be in a hurry, the happiest people are the ones who aren't interested in these weird questions."
"Having a question always expects an answer, yet some human truths need mystery to maintain, happiness, death, the mystery of love. Thinking about these is like going to the date of death, and thinking about how terrible it is to know the date of death, not to know death date, we seem to be living forever."
At the end of the film, the male protagonist is nostalgic for his wife's remaining breath, and chooses to seal himself on a small island in the Solaris ocean, waiting for a new miracle with the quantum existence of his father and dog.
I never saw that blue rose again, but it was enough to know it was there. Sometimes in the dead of night, I will move the crystal vase to the window and stand with my back to it. At this time, I can often smell the misty fragrance of the flowers and know that it must be there, and the eyes of the soul can see its every detail. a detail. I caressed every petal of it with my heart, watching it sway slightly in the night wind from outside the window... It is a flower that I can only look at with my heart.
According to Ding Yi, I still hope to see blue roses with my own eyes again in my life. From the perspective of quantum mechanics, the process of human death is the process of changing from a strong observer to a weak observer and then to a non-observer. When I become a weak observer, the probability cloud of the rose collapses to a state of destruction It's going to be slower, and I'm hoping to see it.
So, when I come to the end of my life, when I open my eyes for the last time when I am dying, when all my knowledge and memory have disappeared into the abyss of the past, and I have returned to the innocent feelings and dreams of childhood, that is When Quantum Rose smiled at me again.
—— Liu Cixin, "Ball Lightning"
In addition, the film also explores (sarcastically) some topics that are very in-depth now, such as 'interstellar colonization', 'the relationship between humans and non-humans', and 'anthropocentrism' in the age of the great voyage of the universe.
( "We have no interest in conquering the universe, we just want to extend the Earth to the boundaries of the universe."
"We don't know what to do with other worlds, we don't need other worlds, we just need a mirror."
"We've been trying to get in touch, but we've never been in touch."
"We're stuck in a stupid human predicament, going to great lengths for a world that doesn't need it, humans only need humans." )
As a sci-fi film from the Soviet Union in 1972, its cutting-edge theories and depth of thought really shocked me. I must know that theories such as quantum mechanical wave function collapse were still very cutting-edge physical theories at that time, plus the depth of the theory until now. The exploration of non-human humanity, love, life, death and the philosophical issues of existence, director Tarkovsky 's ability to make this kind of film is a testament to the depth of his skill.
When I sleep, I don't know fear, hope, trouble, and blessing, bless whoever invented sleep! Sleep is a coin that can buy everything, whether shepherds or kings, fools or wise. Sleep has only one downside, some say it's a lot like death.
The biggest flaw of this film is that due to the limitations of its age and technology, the set props and special effects are too simple and perfunctory (such as the part of launching a rocket at the space station), which is also where "2001: A Space Odyssey" is better than this film (and it is 1968). Year's movie ah hello).
If this film can be remade with today's special effects technology and props, then it will definitely be famous in film history, but which director has this ability?
(For the above quantum theoretical viewpoints, please read "Does God Play Dice?: A History of Quantum Physics" and Liu Cixin's "Ball Lightning", one is an easy-to-understand popular science book, the other is very good of science fiction, are involved.)
Also, the music is nice and the heroine is so beautiful.
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