What would you do if you were given the opportunity to fulfill your heart's wish?
The 1979 film Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky) is generally regarded as science fiction, but there is enough anticipation and visceral tension that I would consider it a psychological thriller as well, deeply philosophical and full of symbolic imagery and dialog, and overall very unsettling on multiple levels.
The "stalker" in this story makes a living as a guide of sorts, hired by
individuals to navigate them through The Zone, a dangerous forbidden
place, to a mysterious room that grants the visitor his or her deepest
desire. The landscape seems devoid of human life, overgrown, only
crumbling ruins remain.
This film is a masterpiece, visually breathtaking despite its vivid imagery of filth, pollution, desolation, and decay in a seemingly post-apocalyptic society. The sound design and score are equally as incredible, haunting.
Stalker has quite a long running time at nearly three hours. Despite its slow, ponderous pace, it's never dull, it's full of beautifully composed & surreal imagery. This is one to watch and discuss with deep-thinking friends. This is one that's going to stick with me for a long time.
Rating: 9/10 Jackos [🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃_ ]
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