{"title":"Books, at the cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome books are born from cinema. Others give birth to films. There's no point reading them all, but it surely makes sense to watch (and read) at least a few. The same gaze, at two different paces. For us, always in the same room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf one of these days you feel like going to the cinema, it wouldn't hurt to go to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/medeiafilmes.com\/cinemas\/cinema-medeia-nimas\"\u003eNimas\u003c\/a\u003e, on Avenida 5 de Outubro. Don't be surprised if you don't know any of the films showing. You'll get used to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"solaris","title":"Solaris","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"370\" class=\"\"\u003ePublished in 1961, it combines scientific speculation with a profound meditation on the nature of consciousness, communication, and the limits of knowledge .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"1214\" class=\"\"\u003eThe book offers no explanations (nor does the film, Tarkovsky). Will we ever know what it really means to understand the “other”? Will it ever be clear to us that the other is always a form of life radically different from our own? We are imprisoned by our selfishness, so it is rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1689\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1233\"\u003eStanisław Lem\u003c\/strong\u003e (1921 - 2006, Poland) was one of the greatest science fiction and philosophy of science authors. A doctor by profession, he wrote novels, essays, and short stories. Marked by a critical view of technology and a profound humanism, his work transcends the boundaries of the genre.  He explored themes such as ethics, artificial intelligence, and the fate of humanity. \u003cem data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1581\"\u003eSolaris\u003c\/em\u003e is his most translated and adapted book. An essential classic of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\n\u003ch6\u003e« In 1976, the American Science Fiction and Fantasy Association revoked Stanisław Lem's (1921-2006) honorary membership. A “technical” decision that Lem himself attributed to the fact that he had questioned the quality of science fiction published in the United States. In truth, Lem had accused almost all contemporary science fiction of being mediocre, theoretically underdeveloped, formulaic, and trivial. The American case seemed the most serious to him. » in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/expresso.pt\/cultura\/2021-04-11-Solaris-no-centenario-de-Stanisaw-Lem.-Por-Pedro-Mexia-760e9510\"\u003eExpresso\u003c\/a\u003e\n\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing has changed, therefore. That is why, if you want to see the film, you should watch Tarkovsky's version. 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It is not merely an account of the worst nuclear accident in history. You will realise this as soon as you begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"541\"\u003eThe author, with her remarkable ability to give voice to the forgotten, paints a painful and moving portrait of the 1986 disaster, not through technical facts, but through the memories and emotions of the people who lived through the tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"1033\"\u003eAleksiévitch forces us to confront the reality of Chernobyl beyond the numbers and statistics. 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