What is the poem at the end of Stalker?

In the film, the Stalker recites a poem by Tarkovsky’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky: Now summer is gone. And might never have been. In the sunshine it’s warm.

What does the dog in Stalker represent?

This might explain why a dog from the Zone follows them home: we first see the black dog as Stalker whispers Biblical passages about God walking with believers without making Himself known to them, and perhaps by following the people out of the Zone the dog signifies the Zone’s “approval” of their faith.

What did Tarkovsky say about Stalker?

Tarkovsky also wrote “Stalker is from the word ‘to stalk’—to creep.” in a 1976 diary entry. In the film, a “stalker” is a professional guide to the Zone, someone having the ability and desire to cross the border into the dangerous and forbidden place with a specific goal.

What is the theme of Stalker?

Stalker (Tarkovsky, 1979): Themes on Purpose, Happiness, Hope and Faith.

What does the wish granter say?

All the Wish Granter asks in return is a small payment, but what it is, children, I’ll leave you to find out.”

What was it a meteorite A visit of inhabitants of the cosmic abyss?

“What was it? A meteorite? A visit of inhabitants of the cosmic abyss? One way or another our small country has seen the birth of a miracle-the Zone.

What is a Storker?

a person who pursues game, prey, or a person stealthily. a person who harasses another person, as a former lover, a famous person, etc., in an aggressive, often threatening and illegal manner: Hollywood stars often have security guards to keep dangerous stalkers at bay.

Is the marked one Strelok?

Strelok (Russian: Стрелок), also known as the Marked One (Russian: Mеченый), is the protagonist and player character of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. He also appears as the main antagonist of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and a major character in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

What does Stalker mean when he says ‘home at last’?

Indeed, Stalker’s remark upon entering the Zone, ‘home at last’, and his consternation upon returning to his family home, embody the term ‘nostalgia’, ‘the pain of the return home’ so central to Tarkovsky’s films. The Zone can be seen as an Eden, and is thus representative of the original home of humanity. If, then, as Tarkovsky claims:

What happened to the director of the movie Stalker?

The director died of cancer outside Paris at the end of 1986, at the age of fifty-four. Stalker was his second attempt at grappling with science-fiction sub­ject matter, after the space adventure Solaris (1972), though it is different in almost every way from that earlier film, as well as from The Mirror.

Is Stalker a dystopian film?

Strangely enough for a sci-fi film, Stalker contains virtually no visual elements which are indicative of a parallel world, future time, or alien presence; the only real suggestion that there may be a dystopian society within the film is the security which surrounds the Zone.

What makes Tarkovsky’s the stalker so special?

By stripping down the original story in this fashion, Tarkovsky lays emphasis on time, space, and emotion rather than the alien aspects of the Stalker’s world.