Stalker
Title:
Stalker
Author:
Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986, director.
Publication Information:
New York : Kino International Corp., 2006.
©1979
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (163 min.) : sound, color/black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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 man'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.
General Note:
DVD release of the 1979 motion picture.
Based on the novel "The roadside picnic" by Arkadii Strugatskii and Boris Strugatskii.
Special features: interviews with composer Artemyev, cameraman Knyazhinsky, and set decorator Rashit Safiullin ; excerpt from "The steamroller and the violin", Tarkovsky's diploma film at the Soviet film school VGIK ; "Memory" a short film about Tarkovsky's home ; cast & crew biographies/filmographies ; photo album.
Language:
Russian
English
French
Spanish
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature film -- Disc 2. Extras.
UPC:
738329048822
Format :
DVD
