 The DVD from Criterion has many small differences in the subtitles from the  VHS version released by Fox Lorber. Most are inconsequential (in the VHS  version, Kriss father compares him to "an accountant" while in the DVD he  refers to "a bookeeper") but the VHS versions subtitles are incomplete,  simplifying some passages and eliminating simple phrases. Early on, Kriss  father refers to "that damned Solaristics" (sic) in the VHS version; the  subtitles in the DVD say "These Solarists." (In this scene, the VHS version  may be more accurate: the DVD commentary by the film historians refers to the  line as "damned Solaristics.") Also, the VHS verson has Sartorius saying "All  the rest is bullshit," while the DVD has him saying, "Everything else is  whim." Also, in the in the VHS version, several of the black