Grim, cynical, and serious men, these two appear to have lost their humanity and are looking to regain it. The Writer claims he is on a quest for inspiration. The Professor hopes to win a Nobel Prize for performing a scientific analysis of the Zone.
The trip to the Room is arduous. It begins outside the Zone. For this segment of Stalker , Tarkovsky elected to film in a monochromatic brown that makes everything appear dirty and disused. It emphasizes the glumness and hopelessness of the normal world.
Once the characters evade the government blockade and enter the Zone, Tarkovsky switches to conventional color. The Writer in particular chafes at the indirect route while the Professor does as instructed — except on the occasion when he leaves behind his backpack and returns for it.
Stalker is not without moments of tension. Although the journey through the wilderness leading to the Room is supposed to put the viewer on edge, I found this segment to be dull and drawn-out. It effectively concludes the stories of the Writer and the Professor. An epilogue, like the prologue, focuses on the Stalker and his family. He has a wife and a little girl. June 13, at am. TheMillionMen says:.
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Yet even if you manage to give the guards a slip, there are still countless subtle traps laid by whatever sentient intelligence that controls the Zone. Rationality is of no help here. One can only progress along a meandering path that can only be followed by intuition. The Stalker, with his shaved head and a perpetually haunted expression on his face, is a sort of holy fool; a man who is both addicted to the strange energy of the Zone and bound to help his fellow man.
Once deep in the room, the three engage in a series of philosophical arguments that quickly turns personal. Shot with smudgy, almost completely desaturated colors, the world outside the Zone seems to be a grim, dismal place — as if Tarkovsky were trying to evoke the industrial hellscape of Eraserhead by way of Samuel Beckett. Stalker was in fact shot in an industrial wasteland outside of Tallinn, Estonia, down river from a chemical plant.
Inside the Zone, however, the surroundings are lush and colorful, filled with glimpses of inexplicable wonder and beauty. Religious faith? The cinema itself? Above, you can watch a trailer for the film. As mentioned, you can also watch the film online, with English subtitles, in two locations — Youtube here and Daily Motion Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3.
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