a picnic for stalkers

[wytchcroft]

 

and so now i am reading again
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which was the basis of the Andrei Tarkovsky film Stalker.

Stalker, like Solaris, is one of my very favourite movies.



However, unlike the source novel for Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem, which i love and have read many times - i have only read a section of 'Picnic' and that was many years ago.

The film of Stalker is sometimes known as Zone (and often the use of the concept of 'Zone' is remarked upon in critics' writings) which for me immediately calls to mind the poem Zone by Apollinaire - an extraordinary work in itself. (A very crude translation of which can be found on-line here.)



You are weary at last of this ancient world
Shepherdess O Eiffel tower whose flock of bridges bleats at the morning - zone.

So, maybe in a couple of days, i might have a bash at reviewing Picnic and talking a bit about my love for Stalker and for Zone. 

Comments

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

yes, but it is interesting because it made me think of other incidents such as '3 mile island'... :)

[viklamist.livejournal.com]

What are you mean spouk me abaut "incidents such as '3 mile island'"?

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

US radiaoactive catastrophe at reactor on 3 mile island.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident

[viklamist.livejournal.com]

thanx!

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

:)))

Комиссия по расследованию /The Investigation Commission/ 1979 !!!

[alek-morse.livejournal.com]

By the way, in that 1979 (!) the Soviet filmmakers shot movie "Комиссия по расследованию" (The Investigation Commission)

LenFilm studio

info in Russian
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/3113/annot/

На атомной электростанции происходит авария. Сюда приезжает специальная комиссия и выясняет, что, с одной стороны, в аварии есть вина главного инженера АЭС, а с другой - явные ошибки в расчете реактора... О том, как это виделось за 8 лет до Чернобыля.

my translation of the film annotation:

The incidient has been in the Nuclear Generating Station. The Investigation Commission came in here, and they find out, on one hand, the accident was Chief-Engineer fault, on another hand, there were obvious errors in the design of reactor...

genre: "factory drama" + elements of melodrama

screen caps:
http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/3113/foto/

info
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077817/

Re: Комиссия по расследованию /The Investigation Commission/ 1979 !!!

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

Спасибо! высокого интереса!:)

Re: Комиссия по расследованию /The Investigation Commission/ 1979 !!!

[alek-morse.livejournal.com]

yet the link

http://videoua.ru/main/9312-komissija_po_rassledovaniju_1978_tvrip.html

Re: Комиссия по расследованию /The Investigation Commission/ 1979 !!!

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

cheers:)