But it’s an epic, 1972 film adaptation by the Russian auteur Andrei Tarkovsky that made Solaris notorious. Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘This quite mysterious dreamlike thing’: Donatas Banionis as Kris Kelvin in Tarkovsky’s 1972 film Solaris. Photograph: Mosfilm/Rex/ShutterstockAn adaptation of Solaris was an irresistible challenge for Greig, who is the artistic director of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre and one of Britain’s most highly regarded living writers. “And when Matthew came over, I asked, ‘What are we doing next?’ And he said, ‘Solaris.’”Greig had last seen the Tarkovsky film as a student and at first couldn’t imagine how a stage adaptation might work. We wanted a theatrical space like a space station of endless hotel rooms like a maze endlessly reproducing themselves.

Source: The Guardian June 25, 2019 18:00 UTC