The parallels to Tarkovsky’s state of mind at the time are obvious.

In this place lies a Room that grants visitors' innermost desire.

Unfortunately,Stalkeris famous for beingthe film that took its director’s life.

A man standing on a cloud-like surface in Stalker.

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Clocking in at 45 minutes, it was technically Tarkovsky’s first feature.

It’s undeniably an above-average student movie with lots of strengths…

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Nostalgia - 1983

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The Sacrifice - 1986

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Andrei Rublev in a medieval church, in Andrei Tarkovsky’s ‘Andrei Rublev’ (1966)

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Alexander Kaidanovsky as The Stalker in the middle of a river with a dog

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A young boy standing amid a wrecked city in Ivan’s Childhood

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Igor Fomchenko as Sasha, playing the violin in Andrei Tarkovsky’s ‘The Steamroller and the Violin’ (1961)

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