Season 4: Arthouse Starter Pack

027: Stalker, Sculpting in Time, and Tarkovsky's Philosophy of Filmmaking

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“My conscience wants vegetarianism to win over the world. And my subconscious is yearning for a piece of juicy meat. But what do I want?”

In this episode, Andrew and Andrew dig into the 1979 film Stalker from Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. They also discuss Tarkovsky’s contributions to film theory and his book, Sculpting in Time. The film itself is a mysterious one, full of big questions and beautiful images. If you’re confounded by this movie, you’re not alone, but hopefully this discussion can give some context to start wrestling with it.

Season 4 Lineup

5/11/20 Tokyo Story

5/25/20 The Seventh Seal

6/8/20 Stalker

6/22/20 Vagabond

7/6/20 Three Colors: Blue

7/20/20 The Tree of Life

Links

Stalker: Meaning and Making

Stalker trailer on YouTube

Dostoyevsky quote from Notes from Underground

About the editing of the classic film Life of an American Fireman

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