Solaris story
Solaris is a 2002 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, and starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone. It is based on the 1961 science fiction novel of the same name by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Synopsis: A clinical psychologist arrives on a space station orbiting a mysterious planet to find that people from the memories of the crew are being conjured into reality.
12 total · 7 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with memories of a lost love | major | Chris Kelvin reflected back on his meeting of Rheya and their subsequent courtship throughout the film. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Chris Kelvin encountered replicas of his dearly departed wife, Rheya, while aboard the space station. |
| husband and wife | major | Chris Kelvin reflected back on his time together with his dearly departed wife, Rheya, throughout the film. At the same time, he was confronted by replicas of Rheya while aboard the space station. |
| romantic love | major | Chris Kelvin's love for his dearly departed wife Rheya was much explored. |
| space station | major | The film is almost entirely set on a rotating wheel space station orbiting the titular planet Solaris. |
| what if my personal identity came into question | major | The viewer is made to ponder to what extent was the Rheya replica was the the same as the Rheya who'd killed herself some years prior. |
| what if my thoughts became reality | major | A mysterious influence bound up with the titular Solaris planet conjured a version of Chris Kelvin's dearly departed wife, Rheya, into reality. However, Chris came to understand that it was not Rheya as she was in live, but rather Rheya as he remembered her. In the end, the said influence conjured Chris' earthly home into existence, presumably just as he had remembered it, implying that it was constructed using the contents of his mind. |
| coping with suicide | minor | Chris Kelvin lamented that his wife Rheya had taken her own life. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | Chris Kelvin was ferried from Earth to the distant planet Solaris in a futuristic spacecraft. |
| killing in self-defense | minor | The Snow replica explained that he'd killed the real Snow in self-defense. |