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-<![CDATA[
-<p>
-<strong>
-<em>
-Stalker
-</em>
-(Russian: Сталкер) [related: The Zone]
-</strong>
-<br/>
-Seminal 1979 film by
-[[andrei-tarkovsky]]
-loosely
-based on the 1972 novel
-<em>
-Roadside Picnic
-</em>
-by Boris and Arkady
-Strugatsky. The film outlines a journey in and out of
-[[stalker]]
-<sup>
-</sup>
-, an alien-generated
-<sup>
-</sup>
-alternate reality physicalized as having color beyond the sepia lense used in
-the remainder of the film.
-<em>
-Stalker
-</em>
-centers largely on the almost
-immutable nature of core subconscious desire and the role of radioactive and
-chemical waste as conduits for the supernatural [see: Spiderman]. Due to various environmental
-and interpersonal conflicts,
-<em>
-Stalker
-</em>
-was shot three separate
-times
-<sup>
-</sup>
-in areas rife with toxic pollution, consuming over 16,000 feet of film. In the years following
-the release of the film, Tarkovsky and a number of other members of the crew
-died of cancer of the right bronchial tube, including Larisa Tarkovskaya, the
-filmmaker's wife. Despite persistent rumors to the contrary,
-<em>
-Stalker
-</em>
-was
-<em>
-not
-</em>
-shot in the
-[[chernobyl]]
-<sup>
-</sup>
-—the 1986 nuclear disaster took
-place seven years after the film's release. Remarkably, however, the film alludes repeatedly to the [quote] "breakdown
-of the fourth bunker" and features numerous shots of distant power plants, adding credence to claims that Tarkovsky
-himself was
-[[error]]
-<sup>
-</sup>
-.
-</p>
-<div class="footnote">
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-And within The Zone is The Room - the full unveiling of damning desire. Ref#
-[[error]]
-from
-<em>
-Stalker
-</em>
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-The origin of the Zone is never clearly delineated in the film - "alien" here refers to something of strange or unknown origin.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-Crew from the film claim the second and third shootings are almost identical, with the only difference being the removal of Georgy Rerberg, the film's original cinematographer, from all crediting materials.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-<em>
-Stalker
-</em>
-was shot on the Jägara River in Tallinn, Estonia.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-A claim supported by Tarkovsky's fascination with and subsequent tutelage under famed psychic
-[[ninel-kulagina]]
-whose extensively documented telekinetic abilities directly influenced the closing sequence of the film.
-</p>
-</div>
-]]>

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