Since the Solaris Ocean creates entities based on the dreams and memories of the visitors, Kris is obvious: he's haunted by the suicide of his wife. Since she never leaves his thoughts, Solaris continually re-creates her.
The others are all problematic. Did Fechner see an image of his own infant son, or just an infant child? I don't recall Gibarian's account of his visitor, and was under the impression that Snaut's visitor was a girl or young woman.
When I first saw the movie, I thought that Sartorius' visitor was a small child, but on second viewing I saw that it was indeed a dwarf. Perhaps Solaris was re-creating something from Sartorius' nightmares. Alternatively, Sartorius seemed to have the best understanding of how Solaris operated, so perhaps he was intentionally "willing" Solaris to create bizarre beings for his own amusement.
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vladchan
11 years ago
My 2c is that Gibarian's preteen girl represents that he is a closeted pedophile - notice her somewhat skimpy outfit and the tender way she hands him a glass of milk in the vid. That's why he refused to let anyone in his room because they would figure out what's going on.
-- Mothershytter... Son of an ass!!
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Edward_de_Vere
11 years ago
Alternatively, it could have been Gibarian's daughter (perhaps deceased like Kelvin's wife)?
In the case of Dr. Sartorius, I suspect that he was similar to a couple of other Stanislaw Lem creations - Drs. Diagoras and Carcorian (sp?) in Memoirs of a Space Traveler, recluses (like Sartorius) who create worlds of artificial organisms to communicate with and for their amusement. Perhaps Sartorius needed a dwarf for his personal freakshow?
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