It's not one of the most momentous 'dialogues' but one of the most momentous 'monlogues,' in a way a soliloquy for he truly is alone in his revelations.......
This is my favorite essay of Stalker on youtube. This is my favorite movie of all time but I haven't encountered many people in my life who I can share my love of it with. This is a beautiful video that makes me feel seen, in almost the same way as the film itself made me feel seen
If only we could pass these memories on and experience them as our elders have. We might be less likely to repeat the process if we experience the pain and suffering and the opposite.
I loved Stalker because it fits my favorite type of story, the "Journey" both in the physical and mental sense. Characters traveling discovering new places and stories while discovering themselves is my most entertaining type of media. That's why i feel like i didn't care if it was long, i am traveling with those three guys to the mysterious zone and that's enough for me.
it's great dialogue, because in the book Roy and the other replicants have no real redeemable features similar to Decker. But in the film they are more human fighting against the limited lifespan which in the books can not be fixed but here in the film it is something that has been imposed on them.
Dammit ... I was hoping for the scene itself, not a breakdown/analysis. The scene was art ... can you imagine breaking down the Mona Lisa into dots on a grid? That's what this needless analysis is like; vandalism, in fact.
According to the documentary On the edge of Blade Runner, Rutger Hauer even improvised this line (Tears in Rain) during filming, as the screenplay by David Webb Peoples and Hampton Fancher only contained an alternative version of Roy's last words.
Oh man what an astonishing video..... amount of soothingness and relaxing this video assessed me... Man i will come off this essay sporadic for therapy...for sake of my sanity.....
Never watched it yet, but no one comes back because once they get to the room where one’s desire’s become manifest one simply evaporates into nothing, because we all really want to die
I don't think Stalker takes place in a post-apocalyptic world--it's pretty much our world, where the haves have it all while others are pushed to the edges to inhabit used-up places such as the post-industrial landscape of the Rustbelt in the USA. Specifically in Stalker we see a link to the outside world embodied in the Writer's glamorous girlfriend who drives off in a luxury sports car. I think the point of the Professor and Writer's quests is to show that even when one succeeds within civilization's institutions (academia/research) and industries (publishing/entertainment), it is not enough to soothe the spirit. They are not fleeing an apocalypse but seeking a deeper fulfillment than their apparent success on society's terms can provide.
in The Evolution Of Film,,, Roy dieing, is the logical progression from HAL dieing... HAL ends up desperate, trying to cling to "his life"... Roy, ends up accepting his fate,,, and goes into whatever future there is for him, with a sense of accomplishment...
That's the obvious thing and has been said a thousand times over. I mean no disrespect to Vangelis, I listen to his tracks almost every single day to fall asleep. Robert Bresson once said "Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen." and in my humble opinion that's my attempt here. Music requires no explanation, we immerse in it immediately. And that's why I let it play even though I knew I will get content id match for the music and not make any money from this video. I have mentioned about the music without actually mentioning it. Cheers.
