Stalker (1979)

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  BarneyNuttall

  9 / 10

  A testament to film itself, Stalker is Tarkovsky's dystopian opus. While Tarkovsky famously refuses to explain the meaning behind his films, I saw a deeply theological power at play. The film questions belief in the face of adversity, debating the worth of faith in the face of poverty, war or the unknown; the wretched.
  
  Taking place in a blistered, diseased Russia, Tarkovsky employs a mixture of black and white film with colour, creating a clear contrast between the worlds: one of fantasy and one of realism.
  
  Much could be said about the film. It's lack of names for its characters, strange psychic powers, invisible threats which we never truly see, shadows of people who stalk the characters as they traverse the destructive landscape.
  
  Stalker is a film that literally stalks its audience. It creeps along, keeping a distance and watching, biding its time. It never strikes but instead whispers.

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