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Stalker (1979)
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Stalker
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"Up until this point, there is only one film that I've ever seen that I could label as an "abstract film". That film is none other than Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. It means so many different things to so many different people, and that's where its appeal lies. I can now add Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker to that short list. Unfettered by exposition or backstory, Stalker is a film that relies only on what you see and hear for the two and a half hours it is playing. When it is over, it leaves you to decide what it means. The story revolves around an enigmatic "Zone" that the government is keeping everyone from visiting, for fear they'll reach an infamous room fabled to grant your deepest wish. The path to the room is arduous and often deadly, and on top of that, its traps change on a random basis. Enter our main character, one of the guides, called stalkers, designated to lead people through the deadly terrain. On this particular day he is taking a writer and a scientist to t ... "
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown round #2”. Read more about that here. Stalker I'm not exactly sure how to begin this review. Stalker is a movie that leaves you contemplating so many different things for so long. Probably even more than Andrei Rublev or Solaris which are the two other movies I've seen by Andrei Tarkovsky and could be described in the same way. I feel like it's a film that in a way is very difficult to discuss with other people, especially to try to describe if you haven't seen it. The discussions this movie will cause you to have is more of a contemplation within yourself. And it's hard to describe because what it evokes doesn't come about because of the simple events that could be given in a synopsis. There are a lot of long takes and the dialogue is often sparse and philosophical. Some of the images are
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"This is a list for Round 2 of my movie year countdown viewing project as first described here. If by any strange chance whoever is reading this is actually following along you may notice that I'm still less than two thirds of the way through my original one. Well I'm starting this new one because as much as I love old movies it can get a little tedious watching just older movies. So I'm going to be blending my watching of the two lists together. Still focusing on the original one, but every once in a while sliding in the next entry from this new list.Again these new movies are limited to full length movies that are available on Netflix. And for this new round instead of picking a movie from every year, I will be picking a movie from every two years. For example the first movie must have come out during 2006 or 2007. The second movie must have come out in 2004 or 2005. The next in 2002 or 2003. You see.The list is not finished yet, but here is what I have decide ... "
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"Stalker is one of those films that you can never let go of. The more you see it, the more you begin to realize the sheer oddity and genius of the film. The imagery is that you have never seen before and the questions that are asked of you are challenging and will have you questioning your sanity for days. "
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"it is a hard movie. each time I saw it I ended up with head aches. the movie is all about “the road to the question“. It is so opposed to the hic et nunc (here and now) way of living so dear to us that I’m not afraid to call it a new paradigm. This is not a consumption movie. It is a movie meant to make u doubt if u really are still capable to feel and think. "
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