Yes the history of Stalker movie is very complex. Wikipedia says (and is maybe wrong?) that an early version of the script based on another book by the brothers was abandoned - the brothers rewrote this script as The Wish Machine - published in UK as Stalker. It was THIS that i have read.
Tarkovsky then decided to adapt Roadside Picnic instead. In the third and final filming it would appear that he has used elements of both earlier sources since the movie contains ideas from one source, the wish chamber - the family background etc whereas Roadside has scenes such as the nut throwing and the cable car into the zone sequence etc.
I am enjoying Roadside very much indeed - but i would like now to track down The Wish Machine (UK Stalker) as well!
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Date: 2009-03-13 08:38 pm (UTC)Tarkovsky then decided to adapt Roadside Picnic instead. In the third and final filming it would appear that he has used elements of both earlier sources since the movie contains ideas from one source, the wish chamber - the family background etc whereas Roadside has scenes such as the nut throwing and the cable car into the zone sequence etc.
I am enjoying Roadside very much indeed - but i would like now to track down The Wish Machine (UK Stalker) as well!