Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker embarks on a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape. Cannes prize-winner.
"Twenty years ago a falling object...
Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker embarks on a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape. Cannes prize-winner.
"Twenty years ago a falling object decimated a provincial Russian town, and those who later went near the crash site—now known as The Zone—disappeared. Access is strictly prohibited, but outsiders can still get in with the help of a “stalker.” Inside The Zone is The Room, within which secret wishes can be granted. Based on the novel Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers, Stalker is a visually extraordinary and philosophically provocative fable about the limits of knowledge—personal, scientific, and spiritual." (Film Society Lincoln Center)
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92 %25,630 reviewsAudience score rating
"Andrei Tarkovsky's epic inquiry into freedom and faith presents an arduous journey for the spectator, but conjures up its own mystical universe with majestic conviction."
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Total Film
Total Film"Tarkovsky conjures images like you've never seen before; and as a journey to the heart of darkness, it's a good deal more persuasive than Coppola's."
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Time Out
Time Out"Tarkovsky realises the allegorical tale with an overwhelming density of visual detail..."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"Stalker, a sombre futuristic fantasy from the Soviet Union, attempts to build an apocalyptic vision out of the most impoverished materials imaginable."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A vast prose-poem on celluloid whose forms and ideas were to be borrowed by moviemakers like Lynch and Spielberg."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The film has a hypnotic pull, drawing the viewer deeper and deeper into its enigmatic adventure by crafting a world all its own."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Seminal feature from Tarkovsky, the master of atmosphere and multi-functional allegory is truly affecting, as well as fodder for countless film studies curricula."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineStalker (1979) | Details
Award winner- Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Tarkovsky), 1980 Cannes Film Festival
- Rating
- PG, Mild themes, Mild coarse language
- Runtime
- 163
- Genre
- Drama, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
