Stalker

audiovisual digital film film major Lifetime Path planned

Creators

Andrei Tarkovsky, director
Arkady Strugatsky, screenwriter
Boris Strugatsky, screenwriter

Canon Rationale

A major philosophical science-fiction film, included for duration, landscape, Soviet cinema, adaptation, metaphysical audiovisual form, and its persistent film-canon reception.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 109.

Evidence

review essay: The Criterion Collection, 'Stalker'.
institutional list: BFI, Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time, 'Stalker (1979)'.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, access preservation required

Completion unit: watch the complete feature film in a subtitled edition. Record restoration or release version used.