With a broad taste in films, I am open to regularly trying titles from other countries to broaden my knowledge and possibly make new discoveries of something I want more from. Of course there are certain films that are generally seen as classics, capable of having impact on its viewers. Films that have stood the test of time and have not been forgotten. If you make a comparison with art, then they are the paintings and sculputers that everyone knows such as the Mona Lisa (Leonardo Da Vinci), the starry night (Vincent van Gogh) or the creation of Adam (Michelangelo).
Last week, Stalker, by Andrei Tarkovsky, played in the cinema. An acclaimed science fiction arthouse film. It is about a character, who is called the “Stalker”, who guides people through the “Zone”. In this area, which may have been visited by aliens, normal laws of nature no longer apply and one wrong step can mean the end of your life. The goal is to reach a room in that area in which you can make your deepest wishes come true. Obviously a fascinating starting point, but the film itself did not fascinate me enough and was so slow that I fell asleep twice (the show was in the middle of the day). Now there are plenty of other slow films that I have seen, where this was not the case and which I was able to enjoy, but what was the cause here? Continue reading
