Rent Stalker (1979)
Deep within the Zone, a bleak and devastated forbidden landscape, lies a mysterious room with the power to grant the deepest wishes of those strong enough to make the hazardous journey there. Desperate to reach it, a scientist and a writer approach the Stalker, one of the few able to navigate the Zone’s menacing terrain, and begin a dangerous trek into the unknown. Tarkovsky’s second foray into science fiction after ‘Solaris’ is a surreal and disturbing vision of the future. Hauntingly exploring man’s dreams and desires, and the consequences of realising them, ‘Stalker’, adapted from Arkady & Boris Sturgatsky’s novel ‘Roadside Picnic’, has been described as one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.
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- DVD
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BFI Classification:
Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
| Release Date: | 22/04/2002 |
| Production Year: | 1979 |
| Run Time: | 161 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour and B & W |
Special Features:
- Stills gallery
- Cast and crew biographies and filmographies
- Interviews with director of photography A. Knyazhinsky / production designer R. Safiullin
- Extract from Tarkovsky’s diploma film "The Steamroller and the Violin"