……. Why are contemporary Russians so afraid of "mental crisis"?
For me, the "mental crisis" will always heal. Spiritual crisis-an attempt to find oneself and gain a new faith. People who think about mental problems may have a mental crisis. The soul desires harmony, and life is not harmonious. This contradiction is the driving force of action, the source of our pain and hope, and the affirmation of our spiritual depth and spiritual potential.
"Stalker" is about this subject-he has repeatedly lost and moved his faith, but every time he re-interests in serving those who have lost hope and fantasies. It is very important that the script conforms to the triunity of time, space, and behavior. ……In "Stalker", I hope that time is not broken by the switching of the shots. It flows in the shots. Editing only means the continuation of the behavior, rather than disrupting the time. It has no function of selecting materials-I I want the whole movie to look as if only one lens was used. I think this minimalist solution can do a lot. I drastically modified the script to minimize external effects. In principle, I don't want to use unexpected scene transitions, incident locations, and plot conflicts to attract people's attention-what I pursue is the simplicity and simplicity of the entire film structure.
...In "Stalker", I focus on the most important points, so the atmosphere is more lively and moving than in my previous movies.
What theme should "Stalker" express? In layman's terms, it is the dignity of human beings and the suffering after losing their dignity.
Let me remind you that several protagonists of the film got up and went to a certain room in the restricted area, where it is said that everyone's most secret wish can be realized there. When writers and scholars traversed the strange space of the restricted area accompanied by the stalker, the stalker told them a story of authenticity to be tested: there was once a stalker nicknamed "Wild Boar" entered that room, hoping to let him The brothers who died due to their faults were resurrected. After the "Wild Boar" returned home, he found himself extremely rich. The restricted zone fulfilled his most secret desire, not the one he desperately suggested to himself. "Wild Boar" finally hanged himself. When our host experienced, thought and reflected all the way, and finally reached the destination, they decided not to enter the room because they were not willing to risk their lives. Their minds have been sublimated, and they realize their tragic imperfections. They don't have enough power in their hearts to believe in themselves-but they have enough courage to spy on themselves, and then they are horrified!
The wives of the stalkers came to the inn where they rested, which puzzled the writers and scholars, as if they were faced with a mystery. Standing in front of them was a woman who was tortured by her husband and gave birth to a disabled child for him. She still loved him as she did when she was young, without asking for anything in return. Her love and loyalty are the last miracles against the lack of faith, moral deprivation, and spiritual deprivation in modern society, and writers and scholars are victims of modern society. Perhaps in "Stalker", I felt for the first time that I must firmly express the main value of man, that is, as everyone said, why do people live.
…In "Stalker" I said it more thoroughly-human love is such a miracle, it can resist any kind of boring theory that explains the hopelessness of the world. This kind of emotion is shared by human beings, and undoubtedly, it is also human value. Although we don’t know how to love...
The writers in "Stalker" judged how boring it is to live in a world full of restrictions, and even accidents are the product of these restrictions, but we haven't realized it yet. Perhaps the writer went to the restricted area just to collide with the unknown that shocked him. However, what really shocked him was the power of loyalty and human dignity of an ordinary woman. So, is everything subject to logic, and can everything be dismembered and all the ingredients calculated in detail?
The important thing is that I have to analyze the human nature of everyone through this movie. It exists like a crystal, insoluble and indivisible, and ultimately forms human value. On the surface, every character has suffered setbacks, but in fact they have gained the most precious thing: faith! They felt the most important thing. It lives in everyone's heart.
Only the opening scene of "Stalker" is considered fantasy. The reason why this scenario is convincing is that it helps us clearly recognize the moral conflicts that are most important to us. There is no fantasy element in the actual encounters of the protagonists. The purpose of this filming is to make the audience feel that everything is happening in the moment, and the restricted area is right by our side.
People often ask me what the restricted area is and what it symbolizes, and they often make meaningless guesses. I am always annoyed and disappointed about this. Forbidden areas, like other things that appear in my movies, have no symbolic meaning: the forbidden area is the forbidden area, and the forbidden area is life. When crossing the forbidden area, people may be frustrated or hold on. Whether he can persevere or not depends on his self-esteem and ability to distinguish between priorities. I know that my responsibility is to make people think about their inner multiplication. This important and eternal thing is usually ignored, although people are in control of their own destiny, but they always chase illusory things. But people will eventually find that everything will be attributed to the simplest component of human nature, and the only thing people can count on in their existence is the ability to love. This ability will grow in everyone's heart while driving the life posture, giving life meaning. My responsibility is to make people feel that they need love and a beautiful call while watching my movies.
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