Shodan's Kitty on 5/7/2007 at 06:30
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/)
It looks pretty interesting. Apparently the movie is based on a novel and both the novel and the movie inspired the game.
I'll probably check it out sometime this week.
242 on 5/7/2007 at 08:47
Quote Posted by Shodan's Kitty
(
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/)
It looks pretty interesting. Apparently the movie is based on a novel and both the novel and the movie inspired the game.
I'll probably check it out sometime this week.
Be warned that it's art-house, if you mostly like popular movies you more than likely won't get/like it.
I love the soundtrack, it's fantastic especially for 1979, the guy who made it was peoneer of electronic music in SU.
Angel Dust on 8/7/2007 at 12:23
Good luck finding it, I've been trying to find this movie for a few months now. Our local art house DVD shop has almost all of Tarkovsky's other works but not this one. But the owner is actively looking for it.
Flux on 8/7/2007 at 16:49
It might be a difficult watch at first if you are not into these kind of films but visually it's a masterpiece in the traditional sense of 35mm cinematography. It's slow paced, you don't have to watch the whole film at one take, but seriously, if there can ever be a "poetic film", this is it.
If you liked the locations in the game, you'll love the locations in this one also. There is a rumor that Tarkovsky and the crew were exposed to radiation/poisonous chemical waste during the filming in Estonia's abandoned hydro power plant since many of the crew died from cancer/untimely deaths, including the director himself.
Also, the movie's title stalker means "guide", not the threatening meaning in English.
242 on 8/7/2007 at 17:01
Quote Posted by Flux
There is a rumor that Tarkovsky and the crew were exposed to radiation/poisonous chemical waste during the filming in Estonia's abandoned hydro power plant since many of the crew died from cancer/untimely deaths, including the director himself.
Nah, it's just a red herring.
Flux on 8/7/2007 at 17:44
rumor:Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
Anyway, the locations are (
http://www.wpoy.com/linnamae.htm) real.
abrasax on 9/7/2007 at 07:05
Stalker was filmed in Estonia? I'm from Estonia! that's awesome, haha. great film
vurt on 9/7/2007 at 07:09
It's great, the photo is fantastic. Solaris is his best work though, imo.
