Stalker [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Stalker [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Natasha Abramova
Natasha Abramova
, Faime Jurno
Faime Jurno
, E. Kostin
E. Kostin
, R. Rendi
R. Rendi
, Aleksandr Kaidanowski
Aleksandr Kaidanowski
Stalker [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Stalker [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Natasha Abramova
Natasha Abramova
, Faime Jurno
Faime Jurno
, E. Kostin
E. Kostin
, R. Rendi
R. Rendi
, Aleksandr Kaidanowski
Aleksandr Kaidanowski

Blu-ray (Color)

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Overview

Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, an allegorical science fiction film like his earlier Solaris, was adapted from the novel Picnic by the Roadside by brothers Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky. The film follows three men -- the Scientist (Nikolai Grinko), the Writer (Anatoliy Solonitsyn), and the Stalker (Alexander Kaidanovsky) -- as they travel through a mysterious and forbidden territory in the Russian wilderness called the "Zone." In the Zone, nothing is what it seems. Objects change places, the landscape shifts and rearranges itself. It seems as if an unknown intelligence is actively thwarting any attempt to penetrate its borders. In the Zone, there is said to be a bunker, and in the bunker: a magical room which has the power to make wishes come true. The Stalker is the hired guide for the journey who has, through repeated visits to the Zone, become accustomed to its complex traps, pitfalls, and subtle distortions. Only by following his lead (which often involves taking the longest, most frustrating route) can the Writer and the Scientist make it alive to the bunker and the room. As the men travel farther into the Zone, they realize it may take something more than just determination to succeed: it may actually take faith. Increasingly unsure of their deepest desires, they confront the room wondering if they can, in the end, take responsibility for the fulfillment of their own wishes.

Product Details

Release Date: 07/18/2017
UPC: 0715515200912
Original Release: 1979
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Language: English
Time: 2:41:00
Sales rank: 275

Special Features

New 2K Digital Restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room; Interviews from 2000 with Set Designer Rashit Safiullin and Composer Eduard Artemyev; Interview from the mid-1990s with Cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky; Plus: An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Natasha Abramova Marta,Marta, doch Stalkera
Faime Jurno Sobesednitsa Pisatelya
E. Kostin Lyuger
R. Rendi Actor,Patrulnyy politseyskiy
Aleksandr Kaidanowski Stalker
Anatolij Solonicyn Pisarz
Alisa Freyndlikh Zhena Stalkera
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy Stalker
Anatoliy Solonitsyn Pisatel,Actor,Actor
Nikolay Grinko Professor,Scientist
Sergey Yakovlev Professor
Vladimir Zamanskiy Sobesednik Professora po telefonu
Anatoly Solonitsin Actor
F. Yurma Actor
Emin Khachaturyan Conductor
Alexander Kaidanovsky Actor
Alissa Freindlich Actor
Eduard Artemev Composer
Eduard Artemyev Composer

Technical Credits
Andreï Tarkovsky Director,Director,Screenwriter
Alexandra Demidova Producer,Executive Producer
L. Tarkovskaya Executive Producer
Arkadiy Strugatskiy Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Boris Strugatsky Screenwriter
Arkady Strugatsky Screenwriter
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