How Tarkovsky's Stalker plays with your mind
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
- Hey BTW, you can watch Stalker officially for free on RUclips, here's the URL:
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Chapter information:
00:00-00:30 - Intro
00:30-01:20 - Explaining Basics
01:20-02:45 - Exploring Zone
02:45-04:48 - The Meat grinder
04:48-06:00 - The Danger
06:00-08:00 - The Characters
08:00-09:00 - Happiness?
09:00-10:45 - Different Views
10:45-12:45 - The Myth
12:50-13:50 - SPOILER!
--SPOILERS BELOW--
About the question of wether it's real or not for Tarkovsky...
I think it is real for him. As I mentioned he was religious, meaning that he believes in the room within the context of this video.
As to the proof, I think there's couple, but the most important is this:
At the end of the movie Stalkers child telepathically moves the glass on the table in the real world. Thus confirming that something extraordinary is truly happening in this world. 
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Hey everyone, just a reminder that you can watch Stalker for FREE on RUclips courtesy of Mosfilm.
If you haven't watched it, definitely give it a shot, it's one of my favorite movies of all time:
ruclips.net/video/Q3hBLv-HLEc/видео.htmlsi=f2GcZ5yZjX_osVDq
I would like to add, this version seems to be higher quality than the HBO Max release of the Criteron version of the film
When directly compared the audio in the YT version you linked is much better, and the subtitles are better too (visually at least)
Slow burner but a magical film to be sure.
Yeah, slow and beautiful, like all of Tarkovskys works.
@@embellished-videos I don't know if I would call Ivan's Childhood slow? It is definitely beautiful....but not slow. I really don't consider Solaris slow. Rublev and Mirror yes. Those fit your take.
You forgot to mention another important character, Monkey, the Stalker's mutant daughter with psychic powers. That's a whole other angle.
Yeah I wanted to focus on the zone mostly.
But, I honestly feel like talking too much about her would give away some details that I prefer viewers to guess themselves.
Basically, I tried not to spoil the whole movie
@@embellished-videos im not sure how you look at it, but i always saw the scenes in colour as places of Hope. The Zone and scenes with Monkey are in colour. The Zone gives hope and the girl is hope because she can change the future / she is the future.
It is a gripping film...and so is the novel it is based on: Roadside Picnic.
Similar to Solaris in that it Fucks with Your Mind. The Subconscious mind.
The characters are being driven by an underling motive that they themselves can't control.
one of the most well written analysis i have seen in a while, truly well done. keep it up
It plays with my mind in that i will completely mentally check out after 90min, every time i watch it, but still act like its a great movie.
😂 yeah for me it’s 2001 space odyssey that does that. But I can’t even stand to watch 90mins of that movie.
What about the apocalypse now? That movie is boring
Yeah that one is slow too. But, I much prefer that to 2001. Parts of the movie are really cool and it's got a certain vibe to it.
There's another one that comes to my mind, Taxi Driver. I hated it first time I watched it, but really loved it on my next viewing.
I guess you have to be in certain mental space to enjoy these movies.
I watched it a few days ago at 00:00-03:00 without even looking at the phone or away in general once lol.
Stalker for me is a film that just captures me from start to finish, even in those 5 min long scenes wheres apparently "nothing" happening.
Social media didnt destroy my attention span yet and im kinda proud of that.
Thank you for your genius and Rest In Peace, Andrei Tcharkovsy
That's sad it ain't working for ya, I sink into it like a vivid dream, love it so much
Great analysis. Loved the intro
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video and solid interpretation. 💪🏻
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Superb video 👍
Thanks 🤗
The dog reappears in Nostalghia
Didn’t know that, haven’t seen it yet
@@embellished-videos I should post my Stalker and Nostalgia reviews....
@@rmsrmsrmsrmsyes sir.Do you have a letterboxd?
fantastic video
Thanks!
perfect
Fantastic!
Thank you!
Good video. I wish you touched on the aspects of telekinesis, though. I have no idea what to make of that
Well, I think that telekinesis is there to answer the question of whether the magic of zone is real or not.
The kid in general can be interpreted in many ways.
But I’d like to think that it gives us a definite answer that it was not made up. We see a clear unexplained miracle.
My theory is that the Stalker and his family have already gone inside the room before and had their deepest desire fulfilled. The deepest desire the Stalker had was faith and purpose, and that's why he became a Stalker. He said that he has never been inside the room but I think that in the process of fulfilling his desire his memory of being inside the room was erased, since if he had kept the knowledge of the realness of the room then his faith would no longer be faith but fact. His wife also fulfilled her deepest desire which is to have a "Bittersweet love" with the Stalker, to have a meaningful life despite suffering, which we see in her monolog at the end of the film. And the kid of course desired superpowers, telekinesis, and perhaps the only one who knows the realness of the room since he is a direct proof of divine power. And probably also the only character in the film that seems to possess the truth and thus is free from suffering, since in every shot we see him, he is emotionless, while all the other characters have emotional breakdowns throughout the film. Great video tho, maybe do The Mirror next, it is my favorite Tarkovsky film.
Telekinesis in the film is meant to show the central argument about faith. There seems to be a lot of allusions to the concept that technology and scientific advancement have eradicated our ability to just blindly believe in things for the sake of belief. The two instances of telekinesis occur during scenes where the nearby train shakes the building; leaving it up to the interpretation of the viewer to decide whether this seemingly magical act is real or if it’s perfectly explainable through logic and rational thinking. (The cups move because the train shakes them)
this is a good video, congrats
Thanks!
Nice
One significant problem associated with Stalker which I haven't seen discussed much is that at least some viewers would have been familiar with the Strugatsky brother's book, Roadside Picnic, and its connection with the movie. As a result, such viewers might have drawn from the book where the movie tended to be different or even minimalistic, that is, viewers unconsciously integrating elements from the book into the movie; the basic nature of The Zone and the artifacts contained within it, and their special properties for example... e.g. In the book, the dangers are clearly laid out, where as in the movie, the potential power of the zone is not convincingly evidenced, though briefly with the glitch involving the bird, rain in The Room (?), and tangentially at the very end, when the Stalker's daughter displays psychokinetic abilities... In any case, I would think that anyone already familiar with the book would have a stronger tendency to assume The Zone to be genuinely magical and dangerous, which would tend to mask the intentions of the film director. One might even go so far as to say that Tarkovsky's film, with its religious undertones, uses the basic premise of the book, and certain elements from it, as vehicles for a very different story and even a different fundamental theme.
I’ve read the book after watching the movie.
Gotta say, they are barely related.
I feel like Tarkovsky started with true adaptation of the film(I mean there are some elements there), but abandoned that idea and went into completely different direction.
The book is amazing too and it also explores interesting ideas, plus it’s short. So it’s a good read.
Persoanlly I see the Stalker movie as an unofficial sequel to the book, where Red got his sudden wish of a better world for everyone, just not the obvious way, rather than suddenly having an utopia, he came to believe he can make the world a better place by taking people to the Zone, so they may have the experience he had.
real💯
Slow burn movies are my favorite
Whats the name of the song from the intro?
Not sure, it’s a license free song I’ve found somewhere, then i cut it up a bit to match the video
What is that song at the end?
Not really a song, sorry dude. It's a 50 second loop.
How accurate would it be: the movie is about living in the USSR which is the zone, the "room" represents religion/truth, and the character of the Stalker is a guide that wants to bring people to religion/truth. The director also plays the role of a meta-stalker who creates the movie in order to bring his audience to the truth of religion in the USSR? (I should stop here, but I will continue.) The scientist and the writer are intellectuals who don't believe in faith so they refuse to enter the room since it would destroy their world view. The stalker is a person of faith who has accepted his lot in life. Tarkovsky created the movie without any transcendence to a more beautiful existence because he felt that accepting your place and introspection are the best ways to cope with living in the USSR at the time.
Yeah, I'd say you're spot on. But, I also have to add that Tarkovsky never wanted his movies to be specifically about 1 thing. He wanted different people to feel and find different things in his movies.
@@embellished-videos Yes I totally agree with what you're saying The artist made it ambiguous enough so that everybody could come up with their own ideas
Most overhyped movie by movie snobs... High school philosophy level quotes, with bit of very good dialogue. Nice cinematography and the most boring pacing ever. This movie is NOT entertainment, but an exercise in self indulgence, nihilism and amateur philosophy.. If it did not look "stunning" then nobody would say its a masterpiece but just another B "smart" movie
Go watch Fast and Furious
@@alchie3867 Thats the best response your brain can muster? Try watching some Terrence Malick for a real elevating experience
"nihilism" where? this movie is very much Against nihilism. The Stalker is very much a spiritual guide, yes, the writter and the professor are nihilists, but they are more or less the antagonists of the movie. At the end, when the very exhasted Stalker is ranting about the journey, he doesn't talk about how life sucks and nothing has real worth, he rants about their lack of faith and hope, something he clings to.