The best movie ever made. I could say ‘my favourite film’, but that’s not quite the case. You don’t need to read anything about it, although there is plenty, you know it by watching. And amazingly you can see it for free here…
Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky 1979 https://youtu.be/Q3hBLv-HLEc
Mosfilm are currently distancing themselves from the Kremlin by offering their back catalogue free to the world.
It may be that you are either in the club or not. Many aren’t. The effect it had on me when I discovered it as a student was strong and lasting. Finding something on your own, endures. I have bored many people about this film since 1979, and now I’m boring you.
You are most welcome.
The history of its production is quite an odyssey of paranoia and conspiracy.
Doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhK7hMBli4s
Book https://geoffdyer.com/books/zona/
The sonic landscapes within it are memorable and astounding. Having said that, my wife calls it dentist music. I assume this means it has the timbre of drill on tooth rather than Muzak in the waiting room while you read your Scots Magazine. She doesn’t like Stalker either.
Go on, give it a go! I know you want to shave your head and lie in a puddle.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/06/andrei-tarkovsky-stalker-russia-gulags-chernobyl
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