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Re: Tarkovsky Films Free Online (2010)

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Post by VeejayRampay »

Jd wrote: post #3

Tarkovsky is my favorite 20th century film director bar none. Here's are some reasons why and why you might also be interested in his films: (1) He described his art as poetry applied to cinema or "sculpting in time," a fundamentally different conceptual idea of the cinematic art that he went to a great length to clarify (in a book of the same name, highly recommended). (2) His use of color is incredible. Some films,…

Also his son appears in Werner Herzog's "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga", which is both odd and awesome.

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Post by mratzloff »

eswat wrote: post #20

I recommend reading Roadside Picnic[1] if you’ve watched Stalker (movie is based on the book). There is also the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game series[2] that’s loosely-based on both. Also recommended if you’re into post-apoc and want a different perspective on it than western video games. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._(series)

Roadside Picnic is one of my favorites. I've been wanting to watch the Tartovsky film (Stalker) but had been waiting for a Blu-ray version. This works, too!

(Never touched the game, but the reviews look good. Unfortunately I'm terrible at FPS games, so I doubt I'll ever play this.)

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Post by yevy »

prima-facie wrote: post #8
Jd wrote: post #3

Tarkovsky is my favorite 20th century film director bar none. Here's are some reasons why and why you might also be interested in his films: (1) He described his art as poetry applied to cinema or "sculpting in time," a fundamentally different conceptual idea of the cinematic art that he went to a great length to clarify (in a book of the same name, highly recommended). (2) His use of color is incredible. Some films,…

> (2) His use of color is incredible. Some films, especially stalker, are near black and white with incredibly vibrant and poignant uses of green. Actually the first part of Stalker was (re)shot in black and white because they damaged some part of the original film reel. After about 40 minutes or so into the movie it switches to color. The tint you're talking about is a technique created by Tarkovsky which alters the…

While the official story is that the film stock was accidentally damaged during development, it is also known that Tarkovsky was unhappy with how those scenes were originally filmed. He wanted to reshoot them, but the budget committee turned down his request. Shortly afterwards the film was mysteriously ruined. The committee had no choice but to let Tarkovsky film the scenes again. Since they could not afford to buy more color film stock, the reshoot was done in black and white.

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Post by wahnfrieden »

dharma1 wrote: post #11

still waiting for a high quality HD transfer of Stalker...

You'll have more luck keeping an eye out for 35mm screenings near you. I saw it on 35mm a few weeks ago, the picture and color was stunning. Much better than any bluray release would be :) I wonder why there's no bluray, it might be caught up in some licensing hell. There's not even a good US domestic DVD.

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Post by udev »

Watching a Tarkovsky movie is a very interesting experience. People that never did are in for a treat. All you need are good subtitles.

One might say that a movie is a movie, a sequence of images, and it can't be that much different.

Yet, there is that feeling, that unmistakable sensory discovery that you make, when watching a movie like Stalker, or Mirror. You will find yourself in an unusual, novel, state of mind, and will witness your thoughts wandering on new territory.

I have, as many others here, difficulty putting these things into words. But that is for the better, as you should see for yourself.

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Post by ijk »

mratzloff wrote: post #22
eswat wrote: post #20

I recommend reading Roadside Picnic[1] if you’ve watched Stalker (movie is based on the book). There is also the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game series[2] that’s loosely-based on both. Also recommended if you’re into post-apoc and want a different perspective on it than western video games. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._(series)

Roadside Picnic is one of my favorites. I've been wanting to watch the Tartovsky film ( Stalker ) but had been waiting for a Blu-ray version. This works, too! (Never touched the game, but the reviews look good. Unfortunately I'm terrible at FPS games, so I doubt I'll ever play this.)

There are a couple of articles you might find interesting, that build on some of the links between the film, the book, and the games:

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/may/01/zone-cherno...

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/ghosts-of-future-borrow...

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Post by 10098 »

Jun8 wrote: post #2

Watching Stalker may forever alter your taste in cinematography, it's so beautiful. Solaris is also good (watching it back to back with the Clooney remake is an interesting experience); Lem pretty much hated all three adaptations ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(novel) ), an adaptation that reflects the alienness that he wanted to underline would be an interesting movie. You might want to think about what repr…

I watched Stalker years after reading the novel it was based on. It was the first Tarkovsky film I watched and I didn't even know who Tarkovsky was at the time. My thoughts immediately after watching it were "wow, this is bad, the book is so much better", and then I found out that this is actually a critically acclaimed movie. I don't get it.

Re: Tarkovsky Films Free Online (2010)

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Post by 10098 »

avodonosov wrote: post #17

Bad translation. Some phrases in subtitles have opposite meaning; or another character starts speaking, but subtitles join his words to the sentence said by the previous speaker. E.g. stalker says "идите" (go away), translation says "come with me"

The funny thing is "идите" can mean both "go away" and "come with me" depending on the context and intonation. They should've simply translated it as "go!".
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