Le film Solaris, réalisé par Andrei Tarkovski - Aspects psychologiques et philosophiques

Sfetcu, Nicolae Le film Solaris, réalisé par Andrei Tarkovski - Aspects psychologiques et philosophiques., 2019 [Preprint]

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English abstract

The main psychological and philosophical aspects detached from the film Solaris directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, as well as the cinematographic techniques used by the director to convey his messages to viewers. In “Introduction” I briefly present relevant elements of Tarkovsky's biography and an overview of the novel Solaris by Stanislav Lem and the film Solaris directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. In “Cinematographic Technique” I talk about the specific rhythm of scenes, the radical movement triggered by Tarkovsky in modern cinema, the role of symbolic and iconic elements and the affinities with the fantastical field of Russian literature. In “Psychological Aspects”, I analyze the question of communication in a human society of the future considered by Tarkovsky as rigid, of the obsession with the house and the personal evolution of Kris, Hari and their relationships. In “Philosophical Aspects”, the film is analyzed through the philosophy of mind (Cartesian dualism, reductionism and functionalism), the problem of personal identity, the theory of heterotopic spaces developed by Michel Foucault and the semantic interpretations that can be deduced from the film. I also analyze the question of personal identity through the philosophy of Locke. The "Conclusions" show the general ideas of this essay, namely that man's attempts to classify and maintain forms of interaction with unknown entities will always be doomed to failure and will reflect a major error of the panoptic world in which we live. In this framework of analysis of the philosophy of mind, functionalism seems to be the most intuitive. Solaris, however, is a film that begins with a search for answers and then brings a whole range of different questions to those answers.

French abstract

Les principaux aspects psychologiques et philosophiques détachés du film Solaris réalisé par Andrei Tarkovski, ainsi que les techniques cinématographiques utilisées par le réalisateur pour transmettre ses messages aux spectateurs. Dans « Introduction », je présente brièvement les éléments pertinents de la biographie de Tarkovski et un aperçu du roman Solaris de Stanislav Lem et du film Solaris réalisé par Andrei Tarkovsky. Dans « Technique cinématographique », je parle du rythme spécifique des scènes, du mouvement radical déclenché par Tarkovski dans le cinéma moderne, du rôle des éléments symboliques et iconiques et des affinités avec le fantastique domaine de la littérature russe. Dans « Aspects psychologiques », j'analyse la question de la communication dans une société humaine de l'avenir considéré par Tarkovski comme rigide, de l'obsession de la maison et de l'évolution personnelle de Kris, Hari et de leurs relations. Dans « Aspects philosophiques », le film est analysé à travers la philosophie de l’esprit (dualisme cartésien, réductionnisme et fonctionnalisme), le problème de l’identité personnelle, la théorie des espaces hétérotopiques développée par Michel Foucault et les interprétations sémantiques pouvant être déduites du film. J'analyse également la question de l'identité personnelle à travers la philosophie de Locke. Les « Conclusions » montrent les idées générales de cet essai, à savoir que les tentatives de l'homme pour classer et maintenir des formes d'interaction avec des entités inconnues seront toujours condamnées à l'échec et refléteront une erreur majeure du monde panoptique dans lequel nous vivons. Dans ce cadre d'analyse de la philosophie de l'esprit, le fonctionnalisme semble être le plus intuitif. Solaris est toutefois un film qui commence par une recherche de réponses et vient apporter à ces réponses toute une gamme de questions différentes.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: film, Solaris, Andrei Tarkovski, psychologie, philosophie, techniques cinématographiques
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user: Nicolae Sfetcu
Date deposited: 26 Jan 2024 07:06
Last modified: 26 Jan 2024 07:06
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/45511

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