Behold The Zone. Beyond the checkpoint lies the unknown.
Some persue its secrets. Others worship its power.
They say it can grant wishes. They also say it can destroy lives.
What will you find? Only a STALKER can take you there…
‘The Zone wants to be respected. Otherwise it will punish.’
A hired guide—the “Stalker” of the title—leads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumored to fulfill one’s most deeply held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and making what would be his final Soviet feature, Tarkovsky created a challenging and visually stunning work, his painstaking attention to material detail and sense of organic atmosphere further enriched by this vivid new digital restoration.
At once a religious allegory, a reflection of contemporary political anxieties, and a meditation on film itself—among many other interpretations—Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.