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]

when the bears dance once more through St Petersburg my friend... ;))

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

actually, you are maybe more English than me! You could drive round London with Livanov in disguise:) I will be in tiny Russian hut, learning to read! HA HA! :))

Fasten your little boy seat belt, please!

[alek-morse.livejournal.com]

:)))

By the way,
recently I have read an interesting post in some Live Journal. This posted by young Russian woman, who now lives in San-Paolo. She is married to a Latino-American...

When they were in Petersburg, she told him that Russian people so loved bears, that they (i.e. "we") have the bears as domestic animals.
yes, this young woman likes jokes ;)))

her husband has reflect upon... especially after they saw the social poster, on wich a toy bear was portrayed and the warning from Road Police: "Fasten your little boy seat belt, please!"

well,

Re: Fasten your little boy seat belt, please!

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!:D

priceless!:)