Stalker /
At the center of an outlawed region called The Zone lies a mystical room altered by unnatural forces. Armed guards are the first in a series of lethal obstructions that prevent outsiders from reaching the place where fantastic powers can fulfill one's greatest desires. Only the Stalker can lead...
| Uniform Title: | Stalker (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Russian |
| Language Notes: | Russian dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[New York, New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
888. |
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| Summary: | At the center of an outlawed region called The Zone lies a mystical room altered by unnatural forces. Armed guards are the first in a series of lethal obstructions that prevent outsiders from reaching the place where fantastic powers can fulfill one's greatest desires. Only the Stalker can lead a scientist and writer through The Zone where an obstacle course of mental and physical barriers tests the limits of their endurance. At the end they must face a room where the center of power and evil confronts them and the future of mankind. |
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| Item Description: | Adapted from the novel Roadside picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: New 2k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; new interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: a Book about a Film about a Journey to a Room; interviews from 2000 with set designer Rashit Safiullin and composer Eduard Artemyev; interview from the mid-1990s with cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky ; plus: essay by critic Mark Le Fanu. Title from sell sheet. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (161 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. + 1 folded sheet. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; NTSC, region A; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| ISBN: | 9781681433295 168143329X |