Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER is a metaphysical allegory in the guise of a sci-fi adventure, that like most of this visionary director's films, alternates between mesmerizing brilliance and intense boredom.
In a futuristic and desolate industrial wasteland, there exists a supernatural "Zone" which contains a miraculous "Room," where all of one's wishes will be granted. The Zone has been declared off limits, but unauthorized guides known as Stalkers still lead travellers inside. One such Stalker
(Aleksandr Kaidanovsky) meets a Writer (Anatoly Solonitsin), and a Professor (Nikolai Grinko) who hire him to take them into the Zone, and the Stalker agrees to do so, despi...
Released:
1979
Rated:
NR
Length:
161 mins