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Stalker is a 1979 Soviet science fiction art film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky with a screenplay written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
The film tells the story of an expedition led by a figure known as the “Stalker” (Alexander Kaidanovsky), who guides his two clients—a melancholic writer (Anatoly Solonitsyn) seeking inspiration, and a professor (Nikolai Grinko) seeking scientific discovery—through a hazardous wasteland.
Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) English6•7 months agoThis is based on the novel Roadside Picnic, by the same writers, which is also the source of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games.
It was also a major influence on Annihilation.
Zoidsberg ( @Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca ) English2•7 months agoRoadside Picnic is fantastic.
zcd ( @zcd@lemmy.ca ) English4•7 months agoI remember this movie being sort of hypnotic. The story behind the filming of it is really interesting also, just a complete disaster/shit show