Episode 308: Stalker / Сталкер (1979)

Special Guest: Geoff Dyer
Guest Co-Hosts: Elric Kane. Joe Yanick


Andrei Tarkovsky 's Stalker (1979) is a deceptively simple film about three men who venture into the verdant and mystical "Zone" in search of a room where their innermost desires will come true. Based loosely on Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkadiy Strugatskiy, the film becomes a meditative experience about art, religion, and logic.

Elric Kane and Joe Yanick join Mike to discuss this unusual "science fiction" film.


Buy Stalker on DVD

Buy Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky

Buy Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer

Buy Roadside Picnic, read by Robert Forster

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