Stalker

Stalker

By Andrei Tarkovsky

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1979-05-01
  • Advisory Rating: NR
  • Runtime: 2h 41min
  • Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Production Company: Vertical Entertainment
  • iTunes Price: USD 14.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
5/10
5
From 15 Ratings

Description

A hired guide—the Stalker—leads a writer and a professor 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, Tarkovsky created an immersive world with a wealth of material detail and a sense of organic atmosphere. A religious allegory, a reflection of contemporaneous political anxieties, a meditation on film itself—Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.

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Reviews

  • low buget

    1
    By jgears
    I like scifi movies but this one was just bad. story was ok but everything esle was bad. Just a waste of money and time
  • Annihilation fans, skip

    2
    By StepsAscend
    If you feel pressured to watch this because you liked Annihilation, don’t. Some of the concepts are there and there surely is a connection, but this is tedious. Artistically very interesting but all the tension is just a result of excruciatingly slow pacing. Perhaps it loses something in translation but regardless, it’s not worth the time.
  • Perfect

    5
    By XfilesRock
    Literally perfect. I’ve never watched a film that made me feel in utter awe.
  • Just OK

    3
    By MTM.MAN
    And I am only giving it an ok rating out of respect for several quality aspects of the picture. You have to admit that the imaginative art work of the cinematograpy was very interesting, but the movie itself was quite odd & unusual & often boring. It is like a very out there world within a world & difficult to figure out what is transpiring, without giving away too much. I try to rate these movies, on whether I would watch it more than once, & this is one I can appreciate but not miss it if I never watch it ever again.
  • An Act of Genius

    5
    By Jason MacBride
    Long, and it requires your full attention. But you'll be well-rewarded for the effort. Close to being a perfect movie. It will leave you stunned and you will think on it for days afterward.
  • If you only watch one film in your life...

    5
    By Lone Resident
    ...make it Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' - end of story.

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