Thu July 23, 2015
Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 1979)
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A sci-fi tale that unwinds in the environs of the soul takes the form of a nightmarish quest for nothing less than truth itself. In a plot employing the roughest outlines of a novel by Soviet sci-fi writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, a writer and a scientist follow a shaven-headed "stalker" into forbidden territory, a dangerous wilderness known as the Zone. Tarkovsky forces—or perhaps allows—"reality" to yield up abstract images of startling originality, and his vision of landscape is nothing less than truly mystical—these are places to be found only in humankind's spiritual Baedeker. On top of everything else, Tarkovsky was a director who truly grasped the aesthetic power of color, and this unforgettable pilgrimage is bathed in eerie sepia hues.
• Written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Photographed by Aleksandr Knyazhinsky. With Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko. (163 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Contemporary Films)
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A sci-fi tale that unwinds in the environs of the soul takes the form of a nightmarish quest for nothing less than truth itself. In a plot employing the roughest outlines of a novel by Soviet sci-fi writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, a writer and a scientist follow a shaven-headed "stalker" into forbidden territory, a dangerous wilderness known as the Zone. Tarkovsky forces—or perhaps allows—"reality" to yield up abstract images of startling originality, and his vision of landscape is nothing less than truly mystical—these are places to be found only in humankind's spiritual Baedeker. On top of everything else, Tarkovsky was a director who truly grasped the aesthetic power of color, and this unforgettable pilgrimage is bathed in eerie sepia hues.
• Written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Photographed by Aleksandr Knyazhinsky. With Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko. (163 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Contemporary Films)
Imported Print!
A sci-fi tale that unwinds in the environs of the soul takes the form of a nightmarish quest for nothing less than truth itself. In a plot employing the roughest outlines of a novel by Soviet sci-fi writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, a writer and a scientist follow a shaven-headed "stalker" into forbidden territory, a dangerous wilderness known as the Zone. Tarkovsky forces—or perhaps allows—"reality" to yield up abstract images of startling originality, and his vision of landscape is nothing less than truly mystical—these are places to be found only in humankind's spiritual Baedeker. On top of everything else, Tarkovsky was a director who truly grasped the aesthetic power of color, and this unforgettable pilgrimage is bathed in eerie sepia hues.
• Written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Photographed by Aleksandr Knyazhinsky. With Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko. (163 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Contemporary Films)
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A sci-fi tale that unwinds in the environs of the soul takes the form of a nightmarish quest for nothing less than truth itself. In a plot employing the roughest outlines of a novel by Soviet sci-fi writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, a writer and a scientist follow a shaven-headed "stalker" into forbidden territory, a dangerous wilderness known as the Zone. Tarkovsky forces—or perhaps allows—"reality" to yield up abstract images of startling originality, and his vision of landscape is nothing less than truly mystical—these are places to be found only in humankind's spiritual Baedeker. On top of everything else, Tarkovsky was a director who truly grasped the aesthetic power of color, and this unforgettable pilgrimage is bathed in eerie sepia hues.
• Written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Photographed by Aleksandr Knyazhinsky. With Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko. (163 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Contemporary Films)
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