Re:Reading Soviet Sci-Fi at the End of the World
by UncleOxidant on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:22PM
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Haven't read Roadside Picnic, but I've seen Tarkovsky's Stalker several times. How do they compare? Stalker on it's own is an amazing piece of art. The Stalker in the monologue at the end laments that no one believes anymore (this seems to be Tarkovksy's critique of materialism and probably got him in trouble with the Soviet censors) - it can also be seen as depressing, but there's that bit at the very end when Stalker's daughter does that telekinesis thing which can be seen as being a bit hopeful for the future.
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Re:Reading Soviet Sci-Fi at the End of the World
by animal531 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @05:32AM
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I always thought that Stalker is pretty much the Soviet version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both are really good, but by modern standards extremely slow.
Stalker is only very loosely based on the Roadside Picnic universe, since you like you movie you should definitely give the book a go.
Re:Reading Soviet Sci-Fi at the End of the World
by abruzzi on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:39PM
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they are similar yet very different. Stalker focuses on a single journey into the Zone, Rodaside picnic focuses on the life and world surrounding the zone. I've always said that Roadside Picnic is dark realist SciFi that dabbles in Philosophy, while Stalker is Philosopy that dabbles in dark realist SciFi.