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RE: "Stalker": Need you be Russian to be entertained by this?

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Rod H.

In Reply to: RE: "Stalker": Need you be Russian to be entertained by this? posted by mr grits on July 18, 2007 at 10:20:16

I've seen five of his films, and "Stalker" was the only one I didn't care for. My wife, however, liked it the most of all his films, with "The Sacrifice" being a not-so-close second. She fell asleep twice trying to watch "Solaris", yet was riveted to "Stalker".

She's not Russian, and I have no idea why she liked it so much. The only thing I can think of...she is a big fan of fantasy films.

Rod

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Just because Russian novels are a mile long doesn't mean their films should be, ugh. * - mr grits 13:28:04 07/18/07 (4)
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- RE: Just because Russian novels are a mile long doesn't mean their films should be, ugh. * - Maril555 05:11:12 07/20/07 (3)
  The novel movie based on is not a mile-long. It's written by brothers Strugatsky, and is outstanding read.
  Movie has very little in common with the book, both in contents and spirit.
  Movie basically borrows a very general outlines of the the "Zone " idea,
  and some characters. Stalker, the main character in the movie, couldn't be more different from his literary protagonist "Red head".
  I could never understand the movie, and I'm a big fan of Strugatsky's.
  Tarkovsky himself is a different story, better saved for another occasion.
  I watched "Mirror" again recently- it is not bad, but IMHO is pretty far from being a staple of the cinematograhy. Same statement, multiplied by 10, applies to "Stalker" as well.
  - Which of his films should I try next? - mr grits 09:24:38 07/20/07 (2)
    I'll usually eat at a bad resturant two or three times just to make sure.
    
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    Complicit Constapo Talibangelical since MMIII
    - "Mirrors" and "Solaris," not forgetting that "Andrei Rublev" is one of the - tinear 14:21:22 07/20/07 (0)
      best films of the past fifty years.
    - RE: Which of his films should I try next? - Maril555 10:17:45 07/20/07 (0)
      OK, OK, No more watching Tarkovsky's movies. I promise.
      I think VK made me do that (watching "Mirror")

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