Stalker - Dream Sequence

[Lpedraja2002]

Ugh, I watched this film shortly after I finished the game Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, so anyone who has played that knows how disappointed I was while watching this film, I had to fast forward some parts since they were so slooooowww!

Best Tarkovsky film to me will always be Solaris, though I still haven't seen Mirrors.

[shiffty1032231]

This is my favorite scene in Stalker.

[DeMysteriisDomSathan]

Well, well, well... 1:57 illegal coat of arms on money. Soviet censors must be blind.

[DuskAndHerEmbrace13]

This makes me want to scuba dive.

[pablofilms4]

there are not words for describe this film. absolutly perfect

[Quex01]

Quite an opposite, that movie requiers very clear head to understand it. And wisdom. Else it would be like watching Mona Lisa painting drunk.

[Yseulte]

Brilliant brilliant movie.

[scottmackeen]

Tarkovsky's films were truly staggering works. The release of a Tarkovsky fillm was a major event. Each one is filled with great depths of thought and spirituality. I know of no other filmmaker more obsessed with stirring moods within us through imagery.

[kellnola]

funny how Americans are obsessing over the least interesting part of the video, a sub machine gun. Never mind the brilliant use of reflections and water, just focus on the guns, people. It doesn't freaking matter that is was a tommy gun, he probably used whatever was handy. If he had cared, he probably would have used a PPSh, better than a tommy gun anyway. Way better.

[ateniense7]

"The passage of time and inertia time"

[TheWyrmOuroboros]

4 people didn't make it through the meat grinder.

[Kievest]

Hypnotic and fascinating, speaks volumes without words! Thank you fakenphoney

for posting and to opensecret51 for sharing!

[PrimusInterInpares]

At 2:35, you can see a calendar that's been opened to December 28th. Strangely, that turned out to be the date of Tarkovsky's death. Weird.

[kellnola]

@PrimusInterInpares yes, especially since this movie is most likely what caused his death, from cancer.

[berserkersen]

@PrimusInterInpares

how do you know it is december?, i only see the 28

[Blyledge]

@PrimusInterInpares

And it was exposure to this heavily polluted water that led to his death seven years later.

[corso513]

@PrimusInterInpares Extremely creepy, and I'll tell you why.

Look at the Wikipedia encyclopaedia link on Stalker, the production notes..

The Vladimir Sharun quote near the bottom regarding the area it was shot, circumstances and deaths of Tarkovsky and his Wife in connection with this film.

[subsigma]

@corso513 alguien me tiene que decir por es aterradora ¡¡¡he¡

[kathisterimata]

you do realise of course that this is the greatest scene ever made right?

[Svargedorath]

amazing movie ! ! !

[khashayar44]

What a strange movie! It explores some major philosophical themes.

[Nerevar1990]

Oh my god this movie is beautiful

[pealik22]

Funny that 1:59 there are some old Estonian coins from 1930s

Estonian coins and thompson in soviet movie?

[eziux]

@pealik22 actually this scene was shot in Estonia near Tallin.

[mobius1aic]

It's amazing how good the film looks from the quality of the film itself. It doesn't look like it was from 1979, but perhaps the 90s. Where the Soviets making as high quality film equipment as the West was or did they get theirs imported in?

[neocoders]

@mobius1aic Yes, and to think that much of the film's appearance is due to it being incorrectly processed!

[TheSYNTHOID]

@mobius1aic Analog, my friend, Analog. It will always look "warmer".

[mobius1aic]

@TheSYNTHOID Yeah but it looks "warmer" than western movies from that era. Maybe it's the lack of quality on youtube that keeps us from seeing that.

[TheSYNTHOID]

@mobius1aic Maybe, maybe not. I watched the whole film on Google Video (it's still available) and it looks the same. It must have something to do with the film itself. Listen to the music, that to, also sounds incredible Analog and warm. If you're interested, I've done a cover of the main theme "Meditation"; it's on my channel.

[zeldakix2007]

I have a stalker. she's insane.

[NenziTre]

Stalker + joint = mystical experience.

[TheRussianGlory]

@NenziTre

I think shrooms would be more interesting.

[Caomusca]

@NenziTre

haha i was sure i wasn't the only one to think this is a good idea

i`m gonna watch it tonight stoned

also i fucking love this movie

[olddino2005]

Strugatsky brothers rewrote the script five times, and only about the latest version Tarkovsky said: this is what I wanted

[Aramastad]

Just amazing cut scene.. But I think you should had the dog scene too... That make the whole scene complete.

[sk8rocksick1]

Dont just stand there, come in!

[ThwartedVillainy]

So they made a movie out of that game, huh? Nah, the game is better. This is BOOOOORRRINNNNGGGGG.

[VitasWishList]

@ThwartedVillainy Ignorant comment...

No, Tarkovsky made the movie based on short story. The game was made 25 years later.

After such unresearched statement (sign of you not caring about what you're saying), why would anyone care about your opinion?

[ThwartedVillainy]

@VitasWishList Yah, I'm pretty sure that the game was first. The game came out in 2006 or something, this video is 2 years old. Come on, that's basic math. Don't be dum.

[TheSauronator]

@ThwartedVillainy

You're so stupid its not even funny. You trollin' or somethin?

People told you - its a movie from the 70's. Both the movie and the game are loosely based on the novel "Picnic on the Sideroad" by Strugatsky brothers.

[ThwartedVillainy]

@TheSauronator haha, calm down dude. I was making a joke with my first comment, but then that guy took it seriously and got angry, so I decided to mess with him.

[TheSauronator]

@ThwartedVillainy

Well then sorry - my bad. I thought you were a fail troll =)

[hellmine]

you alloy with Broomhandle. it is a ww2 german pistol but in the, it is obviously thompson

[LKerRKwa]

good hunting stalker XD

[Urdalibertine]

Dirty commie movie for the win.

[89Obscure]

OMG, he's Strelok!

[loribit85]

Does 'Roadside Picknick' shed any light whatsoever on the meaning of this movie?

[ToggleJabaut]

definitely a thompson, you can see the handle, if it was a mouser it would just have the barrel.

[Szczotkov]

my favourite part of the movie.

almost 4 minutes of reflection about your life.

[nitroglobus]

@Szczotkov

I agree with you. The pure beauty of this sequence may come from its very slow rhythm that allow us to think, at last.

[DJDAVIDXJOVAN]

I heard a lot people died during the filming becouse of the radiation

[Darkinsigniosis]

The video is corrupted for me. It stops at 0:15.

[Darkinsigniosis]

Has Stalker been made available on Blu-Ray yet? Metropolis has one now, so why not?

[seekthedragonout]

Does anybody know the music?

[ksushka]

@seekthedragonout

Eduard Nikolaevich Artemyev - composer for 3 of Tarkovsky movies.

[Penfish2k]

Thompson question and scene question answered:

Since the filming was done in Estonia, I'm willing to bet Tarkovsky found that thompson there. Most Estonians joined the Finnish in World War 2, where they used some British and American made-weaponry.

The scene's purpose is to show that everything man-made will eventually be forgotten. In the end, medicine (needle), memories (picture), wealth (coins), war (thompson) and technology (spring) will all corrode eventually be swolled up by the earth.

[Penfish2k]

I'm not religious, but here's the bible reference in the opening dialogue for the curious:

Revelations 6:12-17

I've got to admit, even tho I'm atheist--it's a pretty awesome passage lol

[someoneigna]

Why is there a Thompson in a Russian lake? haha that was funny

[Quex01]

@someoneigna In a book, wich this movie is based on, took place in a ficticious western country, so they showed western artifacts there. People in Soviet Union didn't drive around in Land Rovers eighter. This movie is not about Russia, it's about humanity. Tarkovsky was not a typical soviet film director.

[someoneigna]

Why is there a Thompson in a Russian lake? haha that was funny oh is not a lake, is a flooded house, haha

[creamneuron]

best szene from best movie EVER! genius!

[amineurin]

and it is not a thomson! it's mauser

[amineurin]

this sequence ...is outstanding! the best i ever saw! a true masterpiece!

[bradshawvincent]

moving and wonderfull.i think its about human folly and failiure.all the objects in the water testify to our bankruptcy as a species.all thats missing is a hole gushing out oil!

[crismartinus]

great post thank you. someone knows if the soundtrack was ever released

[777TIZZable]

Interesting Video Mate!!!!!!!!!!

[fjuraa]

what would an american gun be doing there...i mean how would it get there?.... if it was an mp40 i would get it but hmm....

[LovecraftsNest]

the Chernobyl is used as symbol for the whole world, and the chamber is the symbol for the meaning of the entire life, God

[ZemplinTemplar]

Oh, and this scene... This scene is one of the most haunting ones in any movie, period. I still remember it down to minute details, even though I saw the film 4 years ago. P.S. Yes, the firearm is possibly a rusty Tommy gun.

[ZemplinTemplar]

Though I was a bit disappointed that the movie deviated from the novel in several ways, I still think it expressed the key themes and the bizzare post-apocalytpic atmosphere spot on. In spirit, it has a dark and cynical tone quite similar to that of the Strugatskis. So yeah, I was pleased. :-)

[TearsOfWar1]

I am downloading this movie right now. (IDK where else to get it so I have to torrent :/) This looks like a really good movie. Found about this from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC. Every scene, every frame, feels like it could be a piece of art.

[fakenphoney]

@Lucidius134 looks like a pistol, maybe a Mauser?

[Lucidius134]

@fakenphoney

It lacks the 'broomhandle'. And by that I mostly mean the handles don't look too simular.

Also you can see a foregrip.

[Kos45]

@fakenphoney Definitely a Thompson with a dry mag-well. You can tell by the cocking handle on the receiver, and its controls. It does kinda look like a pistol though. It took me a while to catch it. :p

[Kos45]

EDIT: been answered 100 times.. woops :p

[ianispooponastick]

@fakenphoney definitely a thompson

[SMGJohn]

@fakenphoney That's an American M1A2 Thompson

[scarfaceforevr]

@fakenphoney it is a thompson because it's bigger than a mauser

[Kicsur]

@fakenphoney No, it IS a Thompson! The for of the grip and the safety switch tells everything. Just compare it to this image:

[Kicsur]

@fakenphoney @fakenphoney No, it IS a Thompson! The for of the grip and the safety switch tells everything. Just compare it to an image of a thompson!

[hobofactory]

@fakenphoney

Definitely a Thompson Model 1928 sub-machine gun.

[egdqv13234]

@fakenphoney nop its a thompson sub machinegun a1 i think

[Bl0odVomit]

@egdqv13234 actualy its a Thompson 1928 w/o the front pistol grip, and a short stick magazine, you can tell because the charging handle is on the top of the reciever

[egdqv13234]

@Bl0odVomit yah gangster one from godfather...

[IneptTroopr]

@fakenphoney No, that's definitely some variant of a Thompson submachine gun. Because of the extensive lend-lease act during WW2, the USSR had a lot of American weapons, so its probable that they were easy to come by and use for filming in the '70s when this was shot. Brilliant shot btw; one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite films!

[ByardJones]

@fakenphoney you can kind of see at the corner of the box shape has more gun to show. it looks more like a rifle to me, but i don't know if it's a thompson for sure.

[Stoitist]

@fakenphoney

It's a Thompson M1A1. The pistol grip has grooves for the fingers, and you can see the foregrip, the safety / selector, and the distinctive cocking handle on top.

Beautiful clip by the way.

[bobohobo1441]

@fakenphoney No. Thomspon for sure.

[jakobborg]

@fakenphoney That's a Thompson alright

[Starioshka]

@fakenphoney

nah i looked closer it is a thompson.

[The0ptimistic0ne]

@fakenphoney Looks like a tommy to me, I always wondered why they had US weapons in the movie (I think they showed an m1911 later on as well).

[skumar8]

@The0ptimistic0ne could be from lend-lease equipment in ww2, the soviets fielded churchill tanks and american trucks as well. or who knows maybe it was a creative decision.

[Lievcocijo]

@Lucidius134

it is a thompson..

you may wonder what is doing there until you see writer´s gun´s fate

[anz00n]

@Lucidius134 It's a Thompson.

[Isosyth]

@Lucidius134 Yeah, that's a Thompson

[TheSirSandro]

@Lucidius134 It is a Thompson.

[Socrates271]

@Lucidius134 I know my ww2 guns, that's a thompson.

[TheNaturat]

@Lucidius134

It`s Thompson M1928A1 or M1921

[deussolinvictus]

@Lucidius134 It's a Thompson. During WW2 as part of Lend Lease, American tanks were sent to the USSR came equipped with Thompson SMGs as part of the normal support gear for the tank crew. Well, problem is, the USSR didn't use .45 ACP, so the Thompson SMGs were utterly useless due to a lack of ammunition and wound up being packed away as direct surplus. I imagine the one used in this film was one of those Lend Lease SMGs.

[ghost9431]

@Lucidius134 it is

[waddupnoob]

@Lucidius134 naw thats an m1928 thompson you can tell by its open bolt on top of the gun you got it right

[Boldark]

@Lucidius134 yes, is a tommy gun

[Boldark]

@kellnola no, is a tommy gun

[mrErikLundgren]

This might just be the best movie ever. I was blown away the first time I saw it.

[AlexeiBuldakov]

Composer Artemyev made incredable music

[PIKlynch]

this is the most beautiful thing i´ve ever seen in my life

[Nekronn]

greatest movie ever made!! this is pure art !!! this is art!!! i saw it 5 or 6 times,and i still want to watch it over and over again,because i always find out new things in this movie.

[ShiftyMcSly]

I can't even imagine how much work went into getting these shots so perfect, if you watch closely right at the end there, the camera was moving downwards, tilting upwards and zooming out all at the same time :P

[supagog]

i once watched a russian film it was kind of like stalker all i remember is these guys walking around a forest with a geiger counter and then they went down a hole. There was a girl who was sick and needed massages or something. I think her dad was looking for a cure for her. It was really eery film if anyone knows whats its called please let me know :)

[ShadowoOfBlood]

I was going through the special features on the DVD and everyone is dead! I'm not kidding, actor for the Stalker died in very early 60's of heart attack, actor for Writter died at age 47 of cancer, actor for Prof. was in his late 70's anyway and director in his mid 50's. And all but two crew members are still alive. In fact a sound tech that is still working today is positive that they were poisened when they shot the area at the plant. O_o

[Windkind0]

Chernobyl was in 1986 this film is from 71 so there is no way this could be about the chenobyl-disaster. I know, there where thinks like that before ( e.g. the Kyshtym disaster in Majak in 1957 which was top secret until the end of the cold war).

I read a book from tarkovskji and he said, he don't wants to answer these questions, because this questions are intended to be like they are. He might had answers in mind - but it wouldn't be him if he would tell them. Think about them for yourself

[FuckWorkdays]

this film is from 1979, Windkind0

[ACENLJ]

Doesn't matter, that's still way before Chernobyl

[MrBoBoTom]

Get out of here stalker.

[Gotteskrieger07]

This movie was made in 1973. It's not about the Chernobyl disaster. Tarkovsky made it as a symbolic film for a man who leads people to God. In this particular excerpt the book for Revelation in which your number in your name is from is recited from. John 3:16.

[Gotteskrieger07]

In case you felt offended, I meant none. I thought you might have found it interesting that the movie quoted from the same book the numbers were from is all. =] Have a happy new year.

[Windkind0]

You're saying, numbers are numbers - but what is "numbers". "numbers" is a word which has a certain meaning. A simple numer like 7 oder 5 is a symbol and symbols are connected with meanings (otherwise you wouldn't know what to do with that symbol). If you read a 100 on a street-sign you'll know "oh I shouldn't drive more than 100 here" if you read it on a banknote you think "woah thats enaugh money for..."

But what you're never thinking is: "its just a number"

Symbol in context. That's it.

[BrickBeige]

but as far as i know the end of the movie was filmed in front or close to the powerplant. unfortunately i havent seen the movie yet.

[raulprima]

i hope you are not talking about reactor 4...

this movie was made BEFORE the Chernobyl disaster

[BrickBeige]

According to Wikipedia the film was mainly shot somewhere around Tallin, so my info about Chernobyl was probably wrong.

[14ALL41OK]

@raulprima also the director of this film died 1986 year of disaster, some say he was killed by KGB...??WTF??

I want to hear his thoughts on the disaster considering his movie was a premonition of it happening.

[FuckWorkdays]

it came out 1979, Gotteskrieger07

[Vandertop]

@Gotteskrieger07 Its not a good idea to read too much into Tarkovsky's films. Ie 'this image is symbolic of this...' etc. He intended his films to just be appreciated for what they are. People find whatever they want in them. He said once he didn't know what the images in his films mean.

[shalashaskalives]

@Gotteskrieger07 its been widely documented that the religious references depict a preoccupation only. tarkovsky has always said that the symbolism is flat, the objects are to be understood as objects, things of materiality and texture which hold age. he has described any direct metaphorical abstraction as crude. for me the film documents the complexity of the human condition rather than the pursuit of the afterlife. the greatness of a film like this is of course the broad interpretation

[almanacofsleep]

@Gotteskrieger07 The is no symbolism in this film, there is no true interpration of this film, only opinions imformed by personal experience of the veiwer.

[bradshawvincent]

@Gotteskrieger07 the stalker doesnt lead people to god but to the zone where all desires will come true. its based on a short story (called roadside picnic) where an alien race comes from another planet and mysteriously set up a zone to fullfill all our desires. my reading of this revolves around the question of what if a highly evolved aliens visited the earth who were so advanced that in relation to us they vertually would be gods in our eyes.

[bolotofloto]

@Gotteskrieger07 fiction novel "Roadside Picnic"  by Arkadii i Boris Strugatskie

[MarselZiyazov]

This is russian language

[lilium202]

srry but what language is this? Just curious.

[Saavik256]

Russian.

Revelation 6:12-13

[demonoide]

i saw this movie for the first time yesterday.

It wasn´t slow for me at all, actually i didn´t wanted to end.

I just saw it again. Simply a masterpiece.

[MsKevin400]

i dont understand why is this movie so awesome there is nothing srry i havent saw that film

[RADIOKLOW]

I remember seeing the Stalker for the first time. This was my intorduction ot Tarkovsky, a revelation in the sacred sense. During a longtime I flet there were only three authors in cinema : him, Bergman, and Antonioni. Of course I was wrong !

[FSGrapecataz]

Stalker was a fucking AMAZING film. Like Countevil said, the long lasGET OUT OF HERE STALKER

[ViolentViolin]

"Come in, don't just stand there" and movie is good, vodka is fine, book is better HIGH-FIVE!

[Nekronn]

And yet,you must love them.This is the meaning of life,said the great Dostoievski....

[AbsoluteBrutality]

Its really atmospheric to watch this part even on youtube... And still the most joy this film brings me in a dark,silent room where you are almost like in open space, and on my big screen there is this everliving masterpiece slowly moving frame after frame, sound by sound into the deep world of imagination where you create your only unique meaning of this film. This is what i call the joy of life, the joy of moment... Thank you Andrey Tarkovsky.

[ThoughtShard]

I always thought that this scene represented the "dirt" of humanity.A syringe,a gun,ambigous metallic shards,picture of a political figure etc.Tarkovsky is the the best director of all time though if i had to pick the best movie,i can't decide between Stalker or Zerkalo.

[raulprima]

what is the movie Zerkalo about?

[cyrusmir]

simply put, It is about Tarkovsky's mother

[countevil]

This is a brilliant film. It definately requires patience. It's worth watching it to the end. It may be slow, but thats part of what makes it work. I love the long lasting shots. They're so impressive.

[Benoit1911]

Ma favourite movie ! A masterpiece :)

[repe112]

Yes, forget that hollywood shit and watch the real masterpieces like stalker.

[ClaudeFrollon]

@repe112 hollywood has some nice films too but those effects just cant make the films deeper and dont forget it hollywood has learnt much from tarkovsky and russian cinema, of course stalker is still beats any hollywood film with its atmosphere but I guess isnt just for anyone

[Manzeron]

@repe112

Preech bruther !!! That's what we call seventh art !!!

and fuck Transformers, Twilight, Iron man and all those hollywoodian shit!!!!

[sebastiantsiwt]

yes it is an artistic film so if you have strong ADD and have seen to many hollywood B movies , you might not have the patience required to appreciate this masterpiece.

[lordsamoth]

any1 mind telling me what the meaning is behind all that i relly like it.

[BrokenGlassHandjob]

If you have to ask what the meaning is you're missing the point. Tarkovsky's whole theory of film is that you should create your own symbolic associations, not allow them to be prescribed

[posholvglush]

u should configure ur own :)

[jpastuch]

ew 5.1 mix. USE THE ORIGINAL RUSSIAN MONO!

[aaman4567]

well i'll check it out, looks interesting.

[aaman4567]

is the movie any good? and is it anything like the game?

[WeHaveExplosive]

Yes... and no, the game only borrows little bits and pieces from this film and the book Roadside Picnic.

[bob333336]

I say see it, it was really deap for me. The game takes things from this movie and the book roadside picknic. The book is a good read too :)

[CommunistHamster]

I don't recommend it. It's an art film... I guess I just don't get these things.

I can recommend the book, though; "Roadside picnic".

[zagyex]

no. the game is nothing like the movie. there is nothing like this movie.

[Muszynianka2]

art before profit

[Artas1984]

FISHES!!!!

[hermanitostandil]

I'm agree. This is one of the best sequences in cinema. The music is great!!

[dirtysouthblues]

does anybody know if the syringe has any metaphoric meaning?