Stalker (The Criterion Collection)

rumored to fulfill one’s most deeply held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Tarkovsky created an immersive world with a wealth of material detail and a sense of organic atmosphere. A religious allegory, a reflection of contemporaneous political anxieties, a meditation on film itself—Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.FILM INFOSoviet Union1979161 minutesColor1.37:1RussianSpine #888SPECIAL FEATURESNew 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackNew interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a RoomInterviews from 2000 with set designer Rashit Safiullin and composer Eduard ArtemyevInterview from the mid-1990s with cinematographer Alexander KnyazhinskyPLUS: An essay by critic Mark Le FanuNew cover by Tamas Horváth