Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by gware (D) on November 07, 2002 at 16:14:21

In Reply to: Re: stalker posted by Victor Khomenko on November 07, 2002 at 15:44:42:

To enjoy the Stalker it is probably best to have no actual familiarity with Russia
Tarkovsky takes us from the opening scene (which is a magnificent piece of understatement in itself) on to a place so far removed from what most Westerners are familiar with, that it could be the dark side of the moon.
Cleverly, Tarkovsky familiarises the audience with the bleak interiors and wide expanses, until by the films end, when the wife slips on the ice at the entrance to the bar, it could be our own front door
The seamless way the film goes from Black and White, to Sepia, to Color I've never seen in any other film
Tarkovsky plays a trick with the viewers perception of space and time when the travellers get lost in the "Zone" at one point that's also very clever; they come back to the same spot they started from as if no time had passed, it's quite eery
It's a most unusual film that is certainly not to most peoples taste, I think it's Tarkovskys greatest film, the acting and the dialog are low key but very well crafted
Let's see if they can do a remake of that, with George Clooney as the Stalker
Eric
Tokyo