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Tarkovsky’s Masterpiece “Stalker” at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Imported print! Gregory Verkhovsky in person!

Stalker
1979, Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 163 min., 35 mm., with Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoli Solonitsin

We present a 35mm print, specially imported from Russia, of Tarkovsky’s visionary blend of science fiction, philosophy, and poetry. Stalker centers on a Bermuda-Triangle-like region known as the Zone, created by the impact of a mysterious extraterrestrial object. An eerie hybrid of industrial wasteland and primeval forest, where mirages and mind-bending traps await the unwary traveler, the Zone has been placed off-limits, but guides known as Stalkers have special mentalist powers that enable them to lead illegal expeditions into its interior. Stalker is the story of one such expedition, in which a guide leads a writer and a scientist in search of a Room which, it is rumored, has the power to grant one’s innermost desires. In Russian with English subtitles. 35mm print courtesy of Seagull Films.

“Tarkovsky’s masterpiece…His mise en scene is mesmerizing, and the final scene is breathtaking.”—Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

“A cultural event…No one interested in world cinema should miss it.”—J. Hoberman, Village Voice

Friday, July 29, 7:45pm
Saturday, July 30, 7:30pm
Tuesday, August 2, 6:30pm

After the Tuesday screening, Gregory Verkhovsky, assistant camera on Stalker, will present a brief selection of his on-the-set photographs of Andrei Tarkovsky and will answer questions from the audience.

Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St.
$11/General Admission;
$7 Students (with I.D.);
$6 Film Center Members

Discounted parking at the InterPark Self-Park at 20 E. Randolph St.
Rebate ticket available at Gene Siskel Film Center Box Office
(312) 846-2800

https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/stalker

Mitchell Wells

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Society. Self proclaimed Horror Movie Freak, Tech Geek, love indie films and all around nice kinda guy!!

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