I'm very curious about the release of "Stalker" 40 years ago, how many viewers watched it, and whether it caused a heated media discussion. (Ignoring the box office, the ticket prices of Soviet films have always been very low. According to the fare-wage ratio in the late Soviet Union, assuming that our current average salary is 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, the ticket price is equivalent to today's six or seven yuan.) Among the Soviet audiences with relatively high overall cultural quality, there may be many fans of "Stalker".
Andrei Tarkovsky's sci-fi masterpiece "Stalker" continues the obscure, slow-paced, neurotic, and more puzzling continuation of "Fly to Space". Some people say that "Andrei Rublev" is tied with "Stalker" as Tarkovsky's most difficult film. How did you come to this conclusion? "Andrei Rublev" is a biography anyway, what kind of story is "Stalker" about? It's less storytelling than "Fly to Space," and its attitude toward sci-fi skin is more casual than "Fly to Space." Really, don't think of "Stalker" as a sci-fi movie, it's like a piece of toilet paper to sci-fi, tossed after blowing your nose and throwing it away. Really "blow your nose", Stalker is filthy and watery from start to finish. I've been worried that something unbearable will suddenly emerge from the unbridled sewage. In this regard, Tarkovsky is much kinder than the Hollywood gang, and his films are never scary and disgusting.
Although the appearance is very different, in essence, "Stalker" and "Flying to Space" are both psychological dramas under the guise of science fiction, and can even be regarded as sister chapters. When I was talking about "Flying to Space", I introduced the concept of ego and id, and "Stalker" went a step further and tried to explore the realm of superego. (Copy a paragraph from an encyclopedia, note: Freud divides the personality structure into three levels: id, ego, and superego. The id is an innate instinct, an energy system composed of desires, including various physiological needs. Ego Located in the middle layer of the personality structure, it regulates the id on the one hand, and is subject to the superego on the other hand, and follows the principle of reality. The superego is internalized from social norms, ethics, and values, and pursues a perfect state.) On the spiritual level, "Stalker" is a big step forward from "Fly to Space". "Fly to Space" still has third-person characters. All the characters in "Stalker" are clones of "I", multi-faceted. All point to the heart of "I".
In reality, we may have such an experience. When we feel that our hearts are dusty, we will hope for a bright light to clear the clouds and see the sun. Emmanuel, where to find it? Or seek it from the outside, visit the masters, read the classics, drink chicken soup; "Stalker" is a tossing in the depths of the soul, and finally stopped on the threshold that seemed to be superego, fearing, struggling, and shrinking, only to see the glittering inside the door, and a greasy liquid swallowed the glittering again.
From the third paragraph, it's my wild thoughts. The greatest joy in watching Andrei Tarkovsky's films is thinking. After thinking about your own nonsense, go to the Internet to see other people's nonsense, criticize a sentence, nonsense. I'm curious, those who watch "Stalker" and watch Hi, where is Hi? I really want to ask someone who understands for help, and lend me the inspiration to truly understand "Stalker".
Finally, talk about it, why watch such a bad movie? Because "Stalker" is a divinely directed work, with a high rating, I am curious about the Soviet sci-fi film, and it is interesting to write this after reading it.
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