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RUSSIA · 1979
Stalker
Synopsis
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
Cinematic DNA
What I wanted to do in 'Arrival' was trying to create that kind of mood of loneliness, this kind of poetic quality that you can find sometimes in Tarkovsky. For me, ‘2001’ and ‘Stalker’ are the two main inspirations for ‘Arrival’.
Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' taught me to trust in the power of the image and the duration, and these are principles I apply to my films, like 'Norte'.
This Film Influenced
→ Inception (2010)
→ Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
→ Annihilation (2018)
→ Ex Machina (2014)
→ Roma (2018)
Films with Similar Themes
writer · strugatsky · wish · stalker · guard
