Film Screening: "Stalker"

Original Title: Сталкер (Stalker)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Release Year: 1979
Country of Production: Soviet Union
Runtime: approx. 163 minutes
Genre: Science fiction, drama, philosophical film
Based on: loosely based on the novel *Roadside Picnic* by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Synopsis: A so-called “stalker” guides a writer and a professor through the mysterious “Zone.” There, a hidden room is said to fulfill a person’s deepest desires.
Distinctive feature: The film makes use of long takes, slow camera movements, and a dense, meditative visual language. The journey through the Zone thus becomes an exploration of hope, faith, responsibility, and human desire.