Sin duda el mejor en expresar la condicion humana tarkovsky convierte el cine en obra de arte de muy alto nivel, una muestra del triunfo del cine y los filmes en sus 130 años de existencia aproximadamente.
this movie is my favorite of all time, because it's almost perfect. Great directing, acting and photography, and the most important of all, full of pure human emotions and deep philosophical meenings, something that's missing from the shallow hollywood movies
Tarkovsky was a big fan of Kurosawa and Bergman. Both elderly than him. Yet both of them found his movies work of art. Bergman said "Tarkovsky is for me the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream". And if that's not a compliment, i don't know what should be.
The possibility of understanding the symbolical "items" im this movie is awesome. The director appeals to your humanity,it makes you part of the movie. I think there are as much opinions as there are viewers. The story itself,and dialog are from a book,but i doesn't minimize the work of this director. A work with a very low budget,from what i've heard. camera usage should be used as a lesson for all the future directors, the music is also a big part of the "ego" of this movie. Acting-top notch.
@alakhazom Water in his films is symbol of time. Maybe I shouldnt revial this because many people who read this and watch film after will have spoiler, but like you said many symbols, best is river and many old objects in river. Things are in river and river constantly flows like time does, and things are constantly changed every moment by time because they are in time, like objecys in river are constantly effect by river flow and they are changing decaying more and more....
I have that triumph feeling. It happens when i discover something special. It happened when i discovered Rashomon and subsequintly kurosawa.
now it's Stalker and Tarkovsky (it's my first film from him that i"ve seen; i hope the feeling won't fade away). The movie itself blew me right away (actually this trailer did it first). Could not believe the beautifull scenes, the "dream" feeling that this movie had. The music. The art.
i always discussed with other film lovers that the film reminds me of
a film from a parallel universe with it being its logic and different laws of nature...i mean the spirituality and i always loved the way Tarkovsky used water in his films
OMG Tarkovsy was the master of photography..there was no director before or after him who did it this way. The railroad sequence or the dream sequence are just unbelieveable!
This is fascinating. Look at the movie. It was made in 1979, but it might as well be a 2001, 2005 movie.
The story is quite modern, the photogrpah is modern, the clothing is modern, heck it IS a modern movie. That is where Tarkovsky´s genius relies: it is still current no matter when his movies were done.
It grabs my soul straight from my heart and shakes it. It was Tarkovski, along Kubrick, Kurosawa, Welles, Eisenstein, Hitchcock, Buñuel, Chaplin and Fellini who made me fall in love with cinema. This is true art, and the guys like Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich the guys who makes me wonder what has come to movies.
Did you put this trailer together? Either way, wonderful how the Professor asks if the Writer is going to teach him about the meaning of life, cue beautiful train shot + beginning of the music. It's so beautiful.
I think the part with the girl at the end should be left out. There's actually a hint towards her abilities in the beginning of the movie :) Not that it matters that much, this movie isn't 'spoilable'.
This film gave me more than any other movie. Didn't force into me a clear message, but gave me faith and hope. Long cuts are perfect for thinking. No. 1 film for me.
@Cokoholicar when you watch it you will understand. It's not only Stalker. All the movies of Tarkovksy are amazing, hypnotic, beautiful, nothing can compare to them. They are very slow and sometimes it's hard to follow and get the message, but it worths every second you spend watching the movie.
@silentheaven Glad to see you looking quality films. I can name many great films, but among the best I dont know if its in best 9 or 20,40, but still some among graetest are: Ivan the Terrible (1944), Ivan the Terrible (1958), Andrey Rublev (1966), Solaris (1972), Zerkalo (1975), Fanny och Alexander (1983), Persona (1966), Autumn Sonata (1978), Potemkin (1925), Strike (1925), Metropolis (1927), Seventh Seal (1957), Ikiru (1952), Rashomon (1950), Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Graduate (1967)...
@zigifrojd Thank you for your reply, I will watch them as soon as I can. By the way, I'm italian, so seeing "Ladri di biciclette" on your profile makes me really "proud"! :) Thank you!
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@mocsoc I'm not going to post this comment. It means that I'll die within 2 days and be free from a tough exam ahead. But something tells me you're just a miserable trickster and stupid motherf***er.
P. S. I'd prefer 'Black Hawk Down' to this weird movie. The director must have had mental problems.
@ketrov Oh, I might worry you a little: I'm a Master of linguistics. I thought IQ levels are identified by elaborate testing but INTELLIGENT people have their own ways, don't they?
im currently working on a little 2d videogame based very heavily on this, my favourite movie . If anyone would be interested then just contact me for details =)
I want to find more cinema like this. The contemplative, poetic, visually perfect and at the same time chaotic existentialism that movies such as this conjure. If anyone has any recommendations please let me know.
@SeekerInTheSchy continue watching movies by tarkovsky, check out Dersu Uzala by Kurosawa, Bernard Queysannes Un homme qui dort, Robert Bresson, Wim Wenders wings of desire & kings of the road, Victor Erice, Theo Angelopoulos, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Ingmar Bergman, Alexandr Sokurov & Konstantin Lopusjanskij (do note that the spellings of the russian names might differ -kij might be spelled -ky in anglophone langs). Consider that an introduction..
I read that actor was sick due radiation!!! You can surely call this peace of art...because no stunt man can double that! These actors really gave everything they have to make this...
Russia has STALKER, Scandinavia has PERSONA, Germany has M, France has PLAYTIME, Spain has VIRIDIANA, Japan has RASHOMON, HK has IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, Italy has OPEN CITY and America has 2001. All of which are masterpieces in cinema.
Its not so much that Americans have made equally good films its that Tarkovsky was on another level to almost all other film makers, east and west. Its obvious Tarkovsky was something the world had never seen before or will ever see again. Stalker blows almost everyone away.
I think this was easier to watch than solyaris, even though this felt bleaker. I guess it's because the journey that characters are taking phases movie nicely. Just to watch these movies at night after few beers... even when they are so dim they somehow manage to give comfort. World moves so fucking ridiculously fast and still I feel that I should give it something as a feedback. What could I give, when everything is just flooding surface information, with no depth anywhere?
its so good that movie was made by russians, not americans. otherwise it would be like stalker game-full of monsters, guns and stuff. this movie is deep, touching and true, not cheap fun what would americans make
Honestly, if you think not a single intelligent, thoughtful, thing has come out of the US movie industry in it's entire 100+ year history, you're a fucking retard.
Cultural elitism pisses me off no matter what culture.
From Europeans it's just hypocritical as fuck considering in my 6 years living in Paris I was exposed to the same dumb shit I was in America.
@ogloosh You should consider then leaving Capitalism alone and re-think what might be important to you in life. Nobody forces you to stay anywhere on this planet.
anyway: outstanding Movie. Saw it a couple of years ago. Never read the Book. Maybe one Day.
@WrathOfPhropet Going to challenge what you said here. So you say Americans don't make thoughtful movies? What about Eraserhead then? Blade Runner? 2001 Space Odyssey? The Silence of the Lambs? Black Swan? And even District 9? Which, was an action movie, but had a powerful message with it. Don't make assumptions or hateful comments about other cultures or people, I don't. All it does is make more problems.
@TheCunningAndFought I say, that Stalker would be action movie. maybe it would be great, but not near to this one. Holywood makes movies to sell them, not to make art... mostly
@WrathOfPhropet if you are referring to a shadow of chernobyl, it's actually an Ukrainian game. Also it's a great game, even though incommensurable with tarkovsky's movie.
Well, again. Art ain´t something which comes easy like that and cryptic like that. It is communication and ist meant to be understood- its not like just sitting down,looking like an idiot, drinking and vomit, call it a katharsis and get admired for that. So if your "Art" does not find general acceptance and understanding without any excuse and explanation,find another way to compensate for your mental disorders, but do not bore the audience.
@MikethePencil09 Maybe, if u r not able to understand it, it's not the author's problem, but yours? of cours, art doesn't need to be accepted by "general audience". Actually, it doesn't need anyone acceptance or approval. it is not something which must be sold by any means. I can't believe i have to understand such a trivial thing
@MikethePencil09 Maybe, if u r not able to understand it, it's not the author's problem, but yours? of course, art doesn't need to be accepted by "general audience". Actually, it doesn't need anyone acceptance or approval. it is not something which must be sold by any means. I can't believe i have to understand such a trivial thing. If you "look like an idiot", may be you are indeed not so clever, eh? It's a good chance for you to train you brains and improve your taste. Carpe diem, honey
@MikethePencil09 This film was made for an incredibly small amount of money, not to mention it was made in Soviet Russia which was an incredibly mind-control asylum at the given time. It is also not "a bunch of drug flashes", it's open for interpretation. It's interactive. It's not shoving the plot down the viewers throat. It's touching, especially for me, a person grown up in a place full of industry, wounds made by communism and the unfulfillness of everything. It's not art, it's a hint.
Well its based on the book that I can translate into "Picnic on the edge of road"/ "Piknik na skraju drogi"/ and original: "Пикник на обочине" and I was really disappointed about the movie, Its kind other than book. Anyone has his own idea about the book, I felt like this movie is a bit boring because of science fiction life thoughts of the actors. But It wasn't really bad at all. But the best i suggest to try finding that book! It is really good.
This film is so wonderful it makes me feel like crying because I'm completely overwhelmed by it on every level. I feel I see the world like how this film is presented aesthetically and in the verbal. So much power. I have so much love for Tarkovsky.
The old picasso game still works well, now in film biz, too. Just throw a lot of nonsense, drugflashes and drunken fragments in a movietrack and pretend to express something, and all the naives go like "Wow!" But if this is what you all consider as being art, well, just go ahead.
@MikethePencil09 Exactly, these "Auteur" films forget that they are a 2 hour movie, not a painting. Sometimes people put their "art" above the reason I'm watching the movie, entertainment. Strive for balance, ex The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky or The Return by Andrei Zvyagintsev.
@MikethePencil09 You were obviously to stupid to notice any of the symbolism in nearly all the scenes, you call yourself an artist, an author and a teacher? I feel sorry for anyone you've taught, because you're as blind as a fucking bat.
A beautiful and calm piece of art that sets you in the mood you can't delete from your brain until the very day of your death. The soundtrack, the atmosphjere, the camera - everything is paced perfectly, giving enough time to think about everything. This is the most important movie ever. Visionary and humble. Thank you, Andrei.
@PercyS0uLFiRePh03niX yeah i had to order it on amazon, its sad to see a great director as an unknown in the states. i cant believe no one has herd of this guy. and i hope the dvd isnt dubbed
Love it... Don't know how he did what he did, but I've never seen anything more beautiful and genius than this movie. Tarkovsky is one of the rare people who are born to create and I'm quite sure he knew that well !!!!!!!
This looks like an awesome movie! i cant wait to see it! i see where GSC took their idea for the best game ever made! lets see if it's the best movie ever made now!
@crissXssirc believe me, it is. although the game sucks (don't get me wrong, i LOVE s.t.a.l.k.e.r.) in comparison to this movie. besides, both the movie and the game were insipred by the novel "roadside picnic" by boris strugatsky, so i'd recommend reading this masterpiece as well. preferrably before you watch the movie.
ok, no, the order doesn't matter. but PLEASE, for art's sake, ENJOY this movie.
@achaziel I saw it...and man this is an amazing movie! i cant wait to find a copy of roadside picnic! i see now where GSC got their inspiration for s.t.a.l.k.e.r! it's simply amazing! to people here who did not see the movie i recommend trying to find it!
And most of all s.t.a.l.k.e.r fans! watch this movie! its like the father of our favorite game!
@crissXssirc Roadside Picnic is most in line with Stalker the Game's storyline. Tarkovsky took the theme as a background for his movie, though it's been a while since I last saw the movie.
Too bad that this is the most slowestgoing film I´ve ever watched. If it was edited down to 90 minutes, I too would have agreed on it's philosophical supremacy.
Yep, the film with it's moody environment has to some extent inspired the Stalker games. Also, the main search for artifacts is derived from a sci-fi novel by the Strugatsky brothers.
@agents1986 sorry, but it does not matter at all whether you think it lives up to the "hype". How can YOU judge things like that? WHO are you? And even if you WERE someone, it does not matter either. There is no hype, there is ART.
"... i will watch stalker and we'll see if it lives up to the hype ..." - If you are expecting "Transformers", you'll be wasting your time.
If you are interested in Tarkovsky, my suggestion would be to start with Solaris. It's a bit more mainstream, with beginning and end. Just keep in mind that his films are not about the story. They have tendencies to hook without you understanding why.
There are not enough superlatives to define Tarkovsky.
Regardless of its profound content, Stalker does seem to be part of another dimension. It's an unique achievement, a masterpiece that makes us wonder how it is even possible to create such deep poetry with images.
But so is Nostalghia, Solaris, Andrei Rublev and virtually all Tarkosvky's films.
The essense of this movie is that it is about men's problems, men's neuroses. The writer's groupie who wanted to join the "adventure" was calmly sent packing by the Stalker at the start of the film. Stalker's wife is but a crutch in his grim life. Tarkovsky shows how we men are (ir)responsible creators and destroyers of everybody's destiny.
nice!
VyciookasSnioka 5 months ago
If I had to save 4 films:
Stalker
Dersu Uzala
2001 Space Oddisey
Andrei Rublev
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This was the best movie I have ever seen.
Therushe 5 months ago
Sin duda el mejor en expresar la condicion humana tarkovsky convierte el cine en obra de arte de muy alto nivel, una muestra del triunfo del cine y los filmes en sus 130 años de existencia aproximadamente.
katoc100 6 months ago
this movie is my favorite of all time, because it's almost perfect. Great directing, acting and photography, and the most important of all, full of pure human emotions and deep philosophical meenings, something that's missing from the shallow hollywood movies
motorheadanthrax 6 months ago
this movie made me love ambient
escobari 6 months ago
a fabulous movie
kiuhy8 7 months ago
Tarkovsky was a big fan of Kurosawa and Bergman. Both elderly than him. Yet both of them found his movies work of art. Bergman said "Tarkovsky is for me the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream". And if that's not a compliment, i don't know what should be.
alakhazom 7 months ago
The possibility of understanding the symbolical "items" im this movie is awesome. The director appeals to your humanity,it makes you part of the movie. I think there are as much opinions as there are viewers. The story itself,and dialog are from a book,but i doesn't minimize the work of this director. A work with a very low budget,from what i've heard. camera usage should be used as a lesson for all the future directors, the music is also a big part of the "ego" of this movie. Acting-top notch.
alakhazom 7 months ago
@alakhazom Water in his films is symbol of time. Maybe I shouldnt revial this because many people who read this and watch film after will have spoiler, but like you said many symbols, best is river and many old objects in river. Things are in river and river constantly flows like time does, and things are constantly changed every moment by time because they are in time, like objecys in river are constantly effect by river flow and they are changing decaying more and more....
zigifrojd 6 months ago
@alakhazom
What me realy suprised was that the MP's who lie rusty in the river are american models. And I ask myself if that shut have s special symbolysem
Bronzedraken 5 months ago
I have that triumph feeling. It happens when i discover something special. It happened when i discovered Rashomon and subsequintly kurosawa.
now it's Stalker and Tarkovsky (it's my first film from him that i"ve seen; i hope the feeling won't fade away). The movie itself blew me right away (actually this trailer did it first). Could not believe the beautifull scenes, the "dream" feeling that this movie had. The music. The art.
alakhazom 7 months ago
this. was. amazing.
ultra pretentious, but more amazing.
Exestenz 7 months ago
i always discussed with other film lovers that the film reminds me of
a film from a parallel universe with it being its logic and different laws of nature...i mean the spirituality and i always loved the way Tarkovsky used water in his films
navojoARISTOCRAT 7 months ago
masterpiece
Iliuminatas 7 months ago
agree. fuckin masterpiec
dibaucheri 7 months ago
@Black666Burzum yeah)
rolexpwn 7 months ago
masterpiece
zzohrehrah 7 months ago
Varg Vikernes favorite movie :)
Black666Burzum 7 months ago
OMG Tarkovsy was the master of photography..there was no director before or after him who did it this way. The railroad sequence or the dream sequence are just unbelieveable!
amineurin 7 months ago
This was made before the chernobyl disaster so how could the movie be based on the game?
SlipknotFanize 7 months ago
@SlipknotFanize look it up on wikipedia, its more game based on movie based on book
DarkApostleMatt 7 months ago
No idea what this is about but holy shit do i wanna see it.
broccolifan1 7 months ago
Worst movie ever, but made a good inspiration to the stalker games.
CU2UK 7 months ago
@CU2UK You're a complete moron.
squeemu 7 months ago
@squeemu can u explain wht it was about? i ve just watched but i didnt understand anything? it would be perfect if there was a real story.
esraretin 7 months ago
@esraretin if you dont understand it just read book
roman1989svk 7 months ago
@CU2UK Go back to your mother´s pussy, you asshole!
666Camafeu 6 months ago
This is not a sci-fi movie or an art house piece, Stalker is about spiritual quest.
Quex01 7 months ago
This is fascinating. Look at the movie. It was made in 1979, but it might as well be a 2001, 2005 movie.
The story is quite modern, the photogrpah is modern, the clothing is modern, heck it IS a modern movie. That is where Tarkovsky´s genius relies: it is still current no matter when his movies were done.
makidtrej 8 months ago
It grabs my soul straight from my heart and shakes it. It was Tarkovski, along Kubrick, Kurosawa, Welles, Eisenstein, Hitchcock, Buñuel, Chaplin and Fellini who made me fall in love with cinema. This is true art, and the guys like Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich the guys who makes me wonder what has come to movies.
carmaj156 8 months ago 7
Did you put this trailer together? Either way, wonderful how the Professor asks if the Writer is going to teach him about the meaning of life, cue beautiful train shot + beginning of the music. It's so beautiful.
I think the part with the girl at the end should be left out. There's actually a hint towards her abilities in the beginning of the movie :) Not that it matters that much, this movie isn't 'spoilable'.
kerelberel 8 months ago
@kerelberel agreed that the trailer is A++. Even showing the ending doesn't give away this film.
Context81 5 months ago
there is no better movie than this one.
abbad0n 8 months ago
This movie is a trip down to the deepest bottom of your soul. And you don't even know what you're going to find when you'll get there...
padrefaria 8 months ago
At us in Russia everywhere Stalker .
nastvood 8 months ago
Coolest movie evr
My favorite from now on,,,
EarthquakeMachine 8 months ago
Greatest photography in ANY movie EVER!!!!!!
tzogreekwarrior6 8 months ago 3
That movie is a big trip into something like other world... beyond time
ziolowi 8 months ago
This film gave me more than any other movie. Didn't force into me a clear message, but gave me faith and hope. Long cuts are perfect for thinking. No. 1 film for me.
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what is this movie about?
MrJuliusrapper 9 months ago
Maybe the best movie in history. The feeling after been watching it is fantastic.
90Buscape 9 months ago
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Why? I don't understand- Please explain why?
Cokoholicar 9 months ago
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@Cokoholicar when you watch it you will understand. It's not only Stalker. All the movies of Tarkovksy are amazing, hypnotic, beautiful, nothing can compare to them. They are very slow and sometimes it's hard to follow and get the message, but it worths every second you spend watching the movie.
01sugarplumfairy 7 months ago
The one dude looks like Woody Harrelson.
Swastek 9 months ago
One of 10 world's biggest masterpieces ever made in film art.
zigifrojd 9 months ago
@zigifrojd Can you name the other 9 for me? I'm looking for great films :) Thank you!
silentheaven 9 months ago
@silentheaven Glad to see you looking quality films. I can name many great films, but among the best I dont know if its in best 9 or 20,40, but still some among graetest are: Ivan the Terrible (1944), Ivan the Terrible (1958), Andrey Rublev (1966), Solaris (1972), Zerkalo (1975), Fanny och Alexander (1983), Persona (1966), Autumn Sonata (1978), Potemkin (1925), Strike (1925), Metropolis (1927), Seventh Seal (1957), Ikiru (1952), Rashomon (1950), Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Graduate (1967)...
zigifrojd 9 months ago
@silentheaven There is my list of 200 best films (like good film recomandation) on my yt profile, for more films if you dont know what to watch next.
Hope this recommandation I wrote will be usefull. :)
zigifrojd 9 months ago
@zigifrojd Thank you for your reply, I will watch them as soon as I can. By the way, I'm italian, so seeing "Ladri di biciclette" on your profile makes me really "proud"! :) Thank you!
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mocsoc 9 months ago
@mocsoc I'm not going to post this comment. It means that I'll die within 2 days and be free from a tough exam ahead. But something tells me you're just a miserable trickster and stupid motherf***er.
P. S. I'd prefer 'Black Hawk Down' to this weird movie. The director must have had mental problems.
Groenum 9 months ago
@Groenum You need to be at least smart to understand this kind of films, but as your IQ is medium,
'Black Hawk Down' will entertain you.
ketrov 9 months ago
@ketrov Oh, I might worry you a little: I'm a Master of linguistics. I thought IQ levels are identified by elaborate testing but INTELLIGENT people have their own ways, don't they?
Groenum 9 months ago
Amazing film!
Mr20sangs 10 months ago
@vincentdebroglie nope.avi
megakillerx 10 months ago
советская классика
STALKER1918 10 months ago
GET OUT OF HERE STALKER!
megakillerx 10 months ago
im currently working on a little 2d videogame based very heavily on this, my favourite movie . If anyone would be interested then just contact me for details =)
MEKON17 10 months ago
Outstanding! Best movie ever made! Totaly stunning
Teamfagott 11 months ago
True Art ...
... & a Warning .. to the Nuclear Lobbyists and Govt. liars .. all on the take at the expense of humanity.
Thx for posting.
StandUp555 11 months ago
Brilliant movie, Thanks Andrey Arsenevich!
TheAlexBest 11 months ago
tragic movies like this isent about what it looks like in that time peroid, its about those who died within it
devilatthedoor123 11 months ago
Tarkovsky was genius.
PekarRichard 1 year ago
Russian/Maco????
katinasvenska 1 year ago
This film looks amazing.
I want to find more cinema like this. The contemplative, poetic, visually perfect and at the same time chaotic existentialism that movies such as this conjure. If anyone has any recommendations please let me know.
SeekerInTheSchy 1 year ago
@SeekerInTheSchy continue watching movies by tarkovsky, check out Dersu Uzala by Kurosawa, Bernard Queysannes Un homme qui dort, Robert Bresson, Wim Wenders wings of desire & kings of the road, Victor Erice, Theo Angelopoulos, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Ingmar Bergman, Alexandr Sokurov & Konstantin Lopusjanskij (do note that the spellings of the russian names might differ -kij might be spelled -ky in anglophone langs). Consider that an introduction..
happyoccasion 11 months ago
@SeekerInTheSchy Trust me it is amazing. The photography is just... Well you could take any frame and it looks like a painting.
THEMANOUTOFTHECAVE 11 months ago 32
@THEMANOUTOFTHECAVE agree
nyamcz 10 months ago
@SeekerInTheSchy all Tarkovsky
517057 9 months ago
чистой удивительность из этого видео, сделанное мне говорят на русском
akku95 1 year ago 3
@akku95
No idea what you said, but thumbs up anyway.
sartanko 1 year ago
@akku95 Силлы американ усс тхе гугле транслате XDD
117piehitman 11 months ago 2
Amazing movie. Makes you think about a lot of concepts.
TheRussianGlory 1 year ago
i haven´t seen the film yet but this trailer shows a great atmosphere!
MrBlizZardWizZard 1 year ago
I read that actor was sick due radiation!!! You can surely call this peace of art...because no stunt man can double that! These actors really gave everything they have to make this...
I;ll watch it for sure! Tarkowski, god bless ya!
IvanMyRooM 1 year ago
@IvanMyRooM actually it was due all that "bathing" in the sewage waters... That wasn't a very smart move from Tarkovsky, actually.
DigGil1 1 year ago
Where I can find this movie on english titl???
Svetovidijak 1 year ago
"Andrei Tarkowski" is the definitive answer to the question why Film was invented! Period!
KRAFTWERK2K6 1 year ago
GET OUT OF HERE,STALKER!
Volleylord 1 year ago
Russia has STALKER, Scandinavia has PERSONA, Germany has M, France has PLAYTIME, Spain has VIRIDIANA, Japan has RASHOMON, HK has IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, Italy has OPEN CITY and America has 2001. All of which are masterpieces in cinema.
tool619 1 year ago
@tool619
What is the M from Germany? Metropolis?
47KURE 1 year ago
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@tool619
What is the M from Germany? Metropolis?
47KURE 1 year ago
Its not so much that Americans have made equally good films its that Tarkovsky was on another level to almost all other film makers, east and west. Its obvious Tarkovsky was something the world had never seen before or will ever see again. Stalker blows almost everyone away.
TongueCathedral 1 year ago
I think this was easier to watch than solyaris, even though this felt bleaker. I guess it's because the journey that characters are taking phases movie nicely. Just to watch these movies at night after few beers... even when they are so dim they somehow manage to give comfort. World moves so fucking ridiculously fast and still I feel that I should give it something as a feedback. What could I give, when everything is just flooding surface information, with no depth anywhere?
MrAyrhead 1 year ago
I can totally relate to The Stalker, especially when he says, "My happiness, my freedom, my self-respect are all in the Zone."
IggyHazard 1 year ago
If you like movies that make your imagination run wild, this is great!
wojack1000 1 year ago
I meant to say incredible, not incredibly.
mumificiranipjetao 1 year ago
its so good that movie was made by russians, not americans. otherwise it would be like stalker game-full of monsters, guns and stuff. this movie is deep, touching and true, not cheap fun what would americans make
WrathOfPhropet 1 year ago
@WrathOfPhropet
Honestly, if you think not a single intelligent, thoughtful, thing has come out of the US movie industry in it's entire 100+ year history, you're a fucking retard.
Cultural elitism pisses me off no matter what culture.
From Europeans it's just hypocritical as fuck considering in my 6 years living in Paris I was exposed to the same dumb shit I was in America.
ogloosh 1 year ago 5
@ogloosh You should consider then leaving Capitalism alone and re-think what might be important to you in life. Nobody forces you to stay anywhere on this planet.
anyway: outstanding Movie. Saw it a couple of years ago. Never read the Book. Maybe one Day.
Nhordmyr 11 months ago
@Nhordmyr
What the fuck did my comment have to do with capitalism?
"Nobody forces you to stay anywhere"
No shit. I'm just saying people are retarded the world over. And people who assume their country is somehow less retarded are full of shit.
ogloosh 10 months ago
@WrathOfPhropet Going to challenge what you said here. So you say Americans don't make thoughtful movies? What about Eraserhead then? Blade Runner? 2001 Space Odyssey? The Silence of the Lambs? Black Swan? And even District 9? Which, was an action movie, but had a powerful message with it. Don't make assumptions or hateful comments about other cultures or people, I don't. All it does is make more problems.
TheCunningAndFought 1 year ago
@TheCunningAndFought District 9 is a South African film goddammit!
I agree with you tho.
GritCityDisciple 1 year ago
@TheCunningAndFought I say, that Stalker would be action movie. maybe it would be great, but not near to this one. Holywood makes movies to sell them, not to make art... mostly
WrathOfPhropet 1 year ago 54
@WrathOfPhropet so judge all of American filmakers by hollywood. like all of russians are drunks?
jakeupstudios 11 months ago
@WrathOfPhropet You have spoken from my heart!Well said my friend, well said!
endre1989 10 months ago
@WrathOfPhropet Is stalker, an action movie without action ?
SweeetPicker 9 months ago
@SweeetPicker No, it is not an action movie. I just said that It could be and I am glad that it isn't
WrathOfPhropet 9 months ago
@TheCunningAndFought You're damn right ...
SweeetPicker 9 months ago
@WrathOfPhropet if you are referring to a shadow of chernobyl, it's actually an Ukrainian game. Also it's a great game, even though incommensurable with tarkovsky's movie.
MrAyrhead 1 year ago
By the trailer I understand the movie is a brain fuck.
kostya92 1 year ago
tarkovsky just......got it.
scrubs21 1 year ago
i heard that a stalker movie is arround ^^ where can i buy it or find it? the movie of the game if u know.
KNIEBEL0815 1 year ago
This movie is different from anything I had ever seen. It made me like movies in general, in a way I never did before.
silhuetto 1 year ago
Well, again. Art ain´t something which comes easy like that and cryptic like that. It is communication and ist meant to be understood- its not like just sitting down,looking like an idiot, drinking and vomit, call it a katharsis and get admired for that. So if your "Art" does not find general acceptance and understanding without any excuse and explanation,find another way to compensate for your mental disorders, but do not bore the audience.
MikethePencil09 1 year ago
@MikethePencil09 Maybe, if u r not able to understand it, it's not the author's problem, but yours? of cours, art doesn't need to be accepted by "general audience". Actually, it doesn't need anyone acceptance or approval. it is not something which must be sold by any means. I can't believe i have to understand such a trivial thing
olkaLaguz 1 year ago
@MikethePencil09 Maybe, if u r not able to understand it, it's not the author's problem, but yours? of course, art doesn't need to be accepted by "general audience". Actually, it doesn't need anyone acceptance or approval. it is not something which must be sold by any means. I can't believe i have to understand such a trivial thing. If you "look like an idiot", may be you are indeed not so clever, eh? It's a good chance for you to train you brains and improve your taste. Carpe diem, honey
olkaLaguz 1 year ago
@MikethePencil09 This film was made for an incredibly small amount of money, not to mention it was made in Soviet Russia which was an incredibly mind-control asylum at the given time. It is also not "a bunch of drug flashes", it's open for interpretation. It's interactive. It's not shoving the plot down the viewers throat. It's touching, especially for me, a person grown up in a place full of industry, wounds made by communism and the unfulfillness of everything. It's not art, it's a hint.
mumificiranipjetao 1 year ago
Well its based on the book that I can translate into "Picnic on the edge of road"/ "Piknik na skraju drogi"/ and original: "Пикник на обочине" and I was really disappointed about the movie, Its kind other than book. Anyone has his own idea about the book, I felt like this movie is a bit boring because of science fiction life thoughts of the actors. But It wasn't really bad at all. But the best i suggest to try finding that book! It is really good.
morderca95 1 year ago
This film is so wonderful it makes me feel like crying because I'm completely overwhelmed by it on every level. I feel I see the world like how this film is presented aesthetically and in the verbal. So much power. I have so much love for Tarkovsky.
brainiacbelle 1 year ago
Just realized that this movie has nothing to do with Chernobyl since it was released seven years before the power plant even erupted.
Flashlight1996 1 year ago
@Flashlight1996 Wich makes Stalker also a poetic apocalypse prophecy ;)
AtomaWeb 1 year ago
5 ppl were monolithians
P4ttegrisen 1 year ago 2
Andrei Tarkovsky is not from Earth.
Momirski 1 year ago
what is the music/Soundtrack on this movie/video?
sorry my english is bad..
flexibleapproach 1 year ago
@flexibleapproach
Edward Artemiev Stalker Meditation
Momirski 1 year ago
@Momirski THANKS
flexibleapproach 1 year ago
The old picasso game still works well, now in film biz, too. Just throw a lot of nonsense, drugflashes and drunken fragments in a movietrack and pretend to express something, and all the naives go like "Wow!" But if this is what you all consider as being art, well, just go ahead.
MikethePencil09 1 year ago
@MikethePencil09 that'' s 99 % of the entertainment right now .. no need to rate this one down
alexscorpion 1 year ago
@MikethePencil09 Exactly, these "Auteur" films forget that they are a 2 hour movie, not a painting. Sometimes people put their "art" above the reason I'm watching the movie, entertainment. Strive for balance, ex The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky or The Return by Andrei Zvyagintsev.
ItsDickCheney 1 year ago
@MikethePencil09 congratulations! you must be a Hollywooder :P Bet you're at the wrong party, must feel lonely here.
bolderiks 1 year ago
@MikethePencil09 You were obviously to stupid to notice any of the symbolism in nearly all the scenes, you call yourself an artist, an author and a teacher? I feel sorry for anyone you've taught, because you're as blind as a fucking bat.
SpektralKush 1 year ago
A beautiful and calm piece of art that sets you in the mood you can't delete from your brain until the very day of your death. The soundtrack, the atmosphjere, the camera - everything is paced perfectly, giving enough time to think about everything. This is the most important movie ever. Visionary and humble. Thank you, Andrei.
mumificiranipjetao 1 year ago
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scenes from this movie stayed with me forever
kiuhy8 1 year ago
5 people need to go kill themselves right away.
No I haven't seen the film yet, but I fucking want to!
Xanatos712 1 year ago
does anyone know where i can watch this movie
thebuttbat23 1 year ago
@thebuttbat23 try downloading from torrents
PercyS0uLFiRePh03niX 1 year ago
@PercyS0uLFiRePh03niX to late, i just bought the dvd, i already know that this movie will be great
thebuttbat23 1 year ago
@thebuttbat23 Well at least its good that you own the dvd. Movies that doesnt suck are worth purchasing.
PercyS0uLFiRePh03niX 1 year ago
@PercyS0uLFiRePh03niX yeah i had to order it on amazon, its sad to see a great director as an unknown in the states. i cant believe no one has herd of this guy. and i hope the dvd isnt dubbed
thebuttbat23 1 year ago
@thebuttbat23 dl from torrentz
srinivaskari 1 year ago
What is the movie about ?
SpartanCat05 1 year ago
it is abou CNPP , because the chernobyl reactor 4 has been destroyed in 1985.
TheJugernaut94 1 year ago
tarkovsky along with kubrick are my favorite directors. just look at the above sequence...
6020e3 1 year ago
am ordering thi son netflix now. is it anything like the games?
joke788 1 year ago
awesome game, good movie, now if only i can find the books for this and Metro 2033, its hard to get metro in america
gabba1gabba1hey 1 year ago
Love it... Don't know how he did what he did, but I've never seen anything more beautiful and genius than this movie. Tarkovsky is one of the rare people who are born to create and I'm quite sure he knew that well !!!!!!!
027Karunesh 1 year ago
This looks like an awesome movie! i cant wait to see it! i see where GSC took their idea for the best game ever made! lets see if it's the best movie ever made now!
crissXssirc 1 year ago
@crissXssirc believe me, it is. although the game sucks (don't get me wrong, i LOVE s.t.a.l.k.e.r.) in comparison to this movie. besides, both the movie and the game were insipred by the novel "roadside picnic" by boris strugatsky, so i'd recommend reading this masterpiece as well. preferrably before you watch the movie.
ok, no, the order doesn't matter. but PLEASE, for art's sake, ENJOY this movie.
thanks in advance.
achaziel 1 year ago
@achaziel I saw it...and man this is an amazing movie! i cant wait to find a copy of roadside picnic! i see now where GSC got their inspiration for s.t.a.l.k.e.r! it's simply amazing! to people here who did not see the movie i recommend trying to find it!
And most of all s.t.a.l.k.e.r fans! watch this movie! its like the father of our favorite game!
crissXssirc 1 year ago 2
@crissXssirc Roadside Picnic is most in line with Stalker the Game's storyline. Tarkovsky took the theme as a background for his movie, though it's been a while since I last saw the movie.
Pseudologic 1 year ago
My favorite was the Professor
Bl0odVomit 1 year ago
It's not cinema, it's only magic.
sathasekhem 1 year ago 2
Too bad that this is the most slowestgoing film I´ve ever watched. If it was edited down to 90 minutes, I too would have agreed on it's philosophical supremacy.
volunteerz 1 year ago
Как же всё это красиво, как во сне
iammotorocker 1 year ago
If only I could speak Russian...
SavageArms357 1 year ago
Is this suppose to be the movie, that Stalker the games based off?
RiOrDaN1229 1 year ago
Yep, the film with it's moody environment has to some extent inspired the Stalker games. Also, the main search for artifacts is derived from a sci-fi novel by the Strugatsky brothers.
volunteerz 1 year ago
where the heck can I get this?
medicnmute 1 year ago
I was wondering, does anyone know why Stalker says the meat grinder 5the tunnel at 2:45 killed so many people?
thespartanlegoguy 1 year ago
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donbelindo 1 year ago 59
@donbelindo i think you might be exaggerating. based on this trailer i cant see how what youre saying can be correct.
agents1986 1 year ago
@agents1986 please, if you had watched Tarkovsky's films you wouldn't have said that.
This IS even beyond the notion of art. It's more than that. It is the impossible.
otavioandradas 1 year ago
@otavioandradas i will watch stalker and we'll see if it lives up to the hype.
agents1986 1 year ago
@agents1986 sorry, but it does not matter at all whether you think it lives up to the "hype". How can YOU judge things like that? WHO are you? And even if you WERE someone, it does not matter either. There is no hype, there is ART.
otavioandradas 1 year ago
@otavioandradas yeah its probably just hipster art fags who would think its amazing anyway. they all think stuff thats actually shit is amazing.
agents1986 1 year ago
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"... i will watch stalker and we'll see if it lives up to the hype ..." - If you are expecting "Transformers", you'll be wasting your time.
If you are interested in Tarkovsky, my suggestion would be to start with Solaris. It's a bit more mainstream, with beginning and end. Just keep in mind that his films are not about the story. They have tendencies to hook without you understanding why.
VitasWishList 1 year ago
@donbelindo yes, yes, yes, absolutely right.
There are not enough superlatives to define Tarkovsky.
Regardless of its profound content, Stalker does seem to be part of another dimension. It's an unique achievement, a masterpiece that makes us wonder how it is even possible to create such deep poetry with images.
But so is Nostalghia, Solaris, Andrei Rublev and virtually all Tarkosvky's films.
It is beyond human.
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@donbelindo it´s just a movie fuckface...
Dom699 1 year ago
one of the best film im ever seen
EldarGTX260 1 year ago 17
This film's atmosphere is so rich in its grit that you can practically taste the locations.
Its one of the few films with a realistic visual for its locations, meaning that the beauty in each film seems so much more obtainable.
darkwartexx 1 year ago
The essense of this movie is that it is about men's problems, men's neuroses. The writer's groupie who wanted to join the "adventure" was calmly sent packing by the Stalker at the start of the film. Stalker's wife is but a crutch in his grim life. Tarkovsky shows how we men are (ir)responsible creators and destroyers of everybody's destiny.
A refreshingly non-PC view. And a truthful one.
SovietWarrior 1 year ago
I'm sorry, but I have to depress my eyeball..
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awesomeness..
Bukamura 1 year ago