But Solaris is less a science - fiction film than it is an existentialist melodrama that, by winnowing itself down to the fierce romanticism at the heart of Lem's novel (and Tarkovsky's trance - like adaptation), locates the core
issues of
identity and love that
plague the dark hours.
But students also have to develop their legal reasoning skills, a moral and professional
identity, and an understanding of the access to justice
issues that
plague our society.