Pete Clarke Wrote:
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> Hi Sue,
>
> I'm tempted to say "Solaris" but "Stalker",
> although it is difficult, seems to have managed to
> reach deep inside - I haven't seen it too many
> times but the imagery and, above all, the
> atmosphere, seem to have made an impression that
> I've never quite shaken off; I find that, when I
> try to write, my words are informed by what I saw
> in "stalker".
>
> Pete
>
> History is not a science; it is a method.
> Charles Seignobos

That's very interesting. I did watch Stalker and found it to be, for me, the most difficult to absorb.. and it was most definitely very powerful. On of these soon days, I plan to view it again.

Also, I feel that every Tarkovsky film is masterly and powerful; in fact, I have watched them all at least once, every last film he made, including "The Killers," "The Steamroller and the Violin," "My Name Is Ivan," "Andrei Rublev," "The Mirror," "Solaris," "Stalker," "Nostalghia," and "Sacrifice."

Nostalghia was made in Italy, and Sacrifice in Sweden because T had to leave Russia in order to survive artistically. These two films make a particularly spiritual and visual ending to T's career, especially the last which deals with a personal solution to apocalypse.. just lovely.

Take care,
Sue