How to use time without wasting it?

Garry 2022-04-20 09:01:35

Every time I watch a film by director Tarkovsky, I will have a doubt about myself, wondering whether the films or other forms of works I usually come into contact with are dominated by fun. In a fast-paced environment, whether a film is attractive enough to watch seems to be a dominant factor. It cannot be denied that such films have, or even very much, have their own space and market. The space is that they may not lack value for discussion, and the market is that we undeniably seek resonance, whether laughter, anger, sigh, sorrow. This Saturday, there was nothing to disturb, and the heat of the coffee was slowed down. As in this film, Tarkovsky uses slow camera movements and zooms, slow dialogue rhythms, to construct environments and convey ideas. Any utilitarian wish cannot be realized in the "room", how should we face up to our own pursuit? When desire and reason conflict, which is the id? Is this film, which has been used by a large number of netizens for boring and boring evaluations, worth two and a half hours of our lives? At least, these questions cannot be answered in Stalker. Not for resonance, not for acquisition, I occupied my own two and a half hours. I have a deep respect for this work of art, and I will never forget Tarkovsky's peaceful narrative and photography.

Stalker (1979)
8.8
1979 / Soviet Union / Drama Science Fiction Mystery / Andrei Tarkovsky / Alexander Keidanovsky Alisa Freindrich

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Extended Reading
  • Chelsea 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    [China Film Archive Beijing Film Festival Screening] Film version. For some reason, compared to DVD resources, the overall picture of the film is extremely reddish. The consistent long-lens photography style is great. The plot and connotation are not obscure in Laota's works. It could be the inspiration for the Tunguska explosion, a metaphor for Soviet authorities to imprison their minds, and a Chernobyl prophecy. At the end, the train rumbles with "Ode to Joy", and the mysterious power of the little girl shudders

  • Amiya 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    The world's anxiety and struggle are concentrated in one person. The characteristics of the three protagonists are not likable. The subtitles of the version are not very good. Wet, hazy, those creepy shallow close-ups are perfect

Stalker quotes

  • Writer: Forget your rucksack. What's in it? Diamonds? You'll lose your way. The Room will give you all you desire. It will snow you under with rucksacks.

  • Writer: The main thing is that the professor's rucksack and spare pants are safe.

    Professor: Don't poke your nose into another guy's drawers - if you know what I mean.