I didn't have any vacation days left so I worked on all days other than the two Christmas and Boxing Day bank holidays (but had to work New Years Day) so I didn't really get to relax or unwind much before having to be at the coalface again. I did however get to rewatch the Tarkovsky movie Solaris from the early 1970s. Its been hailed as a great movie but honestly on the rewatch I found it really drab and implausible. The only thing it really has going for it is the philosophical dialogue but even this I found very clunky. The editing it terrible also, I didn't see the need for the long 2 minute cut of stock footage of what I am guessing was a motorway in Korea. I guess in 1970 it was deemed as futuristic looking but nowadays very dull. On the whole I was underwhelmed with it, if I wanted better sharp deep think dialogue I will always be better off with My Dinner with Andre which has barely aged in comparison.
