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• RE: Almost total shit - rivervalley817 08:29:31 10/10/20 (10)
  In Reply to: RE: Almost total shit posted by Victor Khomenko on October 10, 2020 at 07:29:42

  having read 'Roadside Picnic' I've been interested in 'The Stalker'
  
  have you seen it Victor [or anyone] ??
  
  wondered what became of it's inevitable companion piece Tale Of The Troika
  
  with regards,
  
  

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film)   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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  • "Stalker?" I'd rank - tinear 06:59:36 10/15/20 (6)
    In Reply to: RE: Almost total shit posted by rivervalley817 on October 10, 2020 at 08:29:31

    it a Tarkovsky classic. Beautiful, mysterious. More poetry than drama. For me, it has a special attraction: Anatoly Solonitsyn, as great as any modern film actor. "The Mirror,""The Ascent," and many other great films made more so by his presence.
    

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    • Watching this one was like being force fed . . . - Billy Wonka 14:01:51 10/19/20 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: "Stalker?" I'd rank posted by tinear on October 15, 2020 at 06:59:36

      a big bottle of reds. (No pun.) Like the Raven . . .
      

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    • RE: "Stalker?" I'd rank - rivervalley817 09:07:45 10/15/20 (4)
      In Reply to: RE: "Stalker?" I'd rank posted by tinear on October 15, 2020 at 06:59:36

      ah ... having read many of Victor's posts and gaining respect for the nuance of his viewpoint from a cultural perspective his impression seemed rather jaundiced to me ... I'll endeavor to look the film up
      
      thank you
      
      with regards,
      
      
      

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      • Be prepared for a very, very different film experience. Refreshingly absent are CGI, - tinear 15:55:52 10/16/20 (3)
        In Reply to: RE: "Stalker?" I'd rank posted by rivervalley817 on October 15, 2020 at 09:07:45

        booming music, overacting, clever camera tricks, and the "eat your pablum" that childish Hollywood futuristic films usually sling.
        
        Cerebral. Poetic. And with wonderful actors, all. I've watched it innumerable times and look forward to the next viewing.
        

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        • RE: Be prepared for a very, very different film experience. Refreshingly absent are CGI, - rivervalley817 17:41:39 10/16/20 (2)
          In Reply to: RE: Be prepared for a very, very different film experience. Refreshingly absent are CGI, posted by tinear on October 16, 2020 at 15:55:52

          one of the more bipolar film reviews I've read lately, but thanks ; )
          
          I don't think that you'd steer me wrong unless you were pranking me ...
          
          yet I'm immune ... I even liked 'A Boy & His Dog' ft. a young Don Johnson
          
          this film could never 'out B' that!
          
          best regards,
          
          
          

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          • Tarkovsky doesn't care about entertainment; no more so than Dostoyevsky... nt - tinear 14:54:36 10/21/20 (1)
            In Reply to: RE: Be prepared for a very, very different film experience. Refreshingly absent are CGI, posted by rivervalley817 on October 16, 2020 at 17:41:39

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            • RE: Tarkovsky doesn't care about entertainment; no more so than Dostoyevsky... nt - rivervalley817 16:03:43 10/21/20 (0)
              In Reply to: RE: Tarkovsky doesn't care about entertainment; no more so than Dostoyevsky... nt posted by tinear on October 21, 2020 at 14:54:36

              in Russia YOU entertain Dostoyevsky!!!
              

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  • The Stalker - Victor Khomenko 09:05:06 10/10/20 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: Almost total shit posted by rivervalley817 on October 10, 2020 at 08:29:31

    I was never a Strugatsky fan, always considered their work a fodder for immature pseudo-intellectuals... and I tried The Stalker two or tree times, and bailed out each time. I don't remember the Troika.
    
    Strugatsky's main audience was the technical intelligentsia class.
    

    
    
    
    

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    • RE: The Stalker - rivervalley817 09:18:08 10/10/20 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: The Stalker posted by Victor Khomenko on October 10, 2020 at 09:05:06

      thanks ... I think
      
      be well,
      
      
      

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      • RE: The Stalker - Victor Khomenko 06:31:26 10/12/20 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: The Stalker posted by rivervalley817 on October 10, 2020 at 09:18:08

        Clearly, I was talking about their local audience. Watching an ant hill and living inside it are two very different things. :)
        

        
        
        
        

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