Stalker
The film has a hypnotic pull, drawing the viewer deeper and deeper into its enigmatic adventure by crafting a world all its own.
Stalker
One of the most immersive and rarefied experiences in the history of cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker embarks on a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape.
A hired guide—the “Stalker” of the title—leads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumored to fulfill one’s most deeply-held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and making what would be his final Soviet feature, Tarkovsky created a challenging and visually stunning work, his painstaking attention to material detail and sense of organic atmosphere further enriched by this vivid new digital restoration. At once a religious allegory, a reflection of contemporary political anxieties, and a meditation on film itself—among many other interpretations—Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.
A hired guide—the “Stalker” of the title—leads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumored to fulfill one’s most deeply-held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and making what would be his final Soviet feature, Tarkovsky created a challenging and visually stunning work, his painstaking attention to material detail and sense of organic atmosphere further enriched by this vivid new digital restoration. At once a religious allegory, a reflection of contemporary political anxieties, and a meditation on film itself—among many other interpretations—Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.
Genre
Drama,
Sci-Fi
Runtime
161
Language
Russian
Director
Andrei Tarkovsky
Cast
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy,
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Awards:
Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ~ Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Richard Brody, New Yorker
In the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s science-fiction drama from 1979, the near-future is a cold and mucky ruin, both physically and emotionally. A man whose strange status as a “stalker” allows him to enter the Zone—a sealed-off area of menace and promise—defies his distraught wife to lead two ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 5.26.17 - 6.01.17
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