Film: "Solaris"

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This paper discusses the plot of the film, "Solaris", and how it attempts to answer the question of life after death in the affirmative: life, or at least love, does survive physical death. The paper specifically discusses the ineffability of the God force, symbolized by the planet Solaris, as well as how life, love and death are concomitantly viewed in terms of this theme. The paper concludes that "Solaris" appears to elevate love to the level formerly occupied by religious faith and that it offers humanity a new type of religion; a religion based upon love. Love is the ultimate ineffable force; it is the source of life, but also the source of death when intruded upon by rage, fear and pain, for which there is no forgiveness.

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"Chris chooses to remain on the doomed station rather than face further life without Rheya on earth. He has no way of knowing what the outcome will be and most likely believes that he will simply die. His "redemption" is therefore not based upon faith, but rather upon the love emotion. Emotion in this case takes the place of faith in redemptive force. Furthermore, his "afterlife" entails life with his love rather than a religious god force. As such, Chris's love comes to symbolize the deepest force of contemporary humanity."

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