Roadside Picnic

[Johnny Marr]

Can you remember any of the other films screened on the Soviet scofield
weeeend? Solaris would be another obvious choice, even at the risk of
Tarkovsky overload. There's also a Sukorov film which I can't recall the
title of, something similar to End of Days ...

Hard To Be A God by Alexei German roved too inchoate for my tastes, but
it's a worthy part of the same tradition (and another Strugasky adaptation
I believe)

On Friday, December 18, 2015, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I worked at a university film center a while back and was fortunate enough
> to see stalker multiple times over the Soviet sci fi weekend we held.
> Private screenings too. Our whole sick crew got to pick and book all of the
> films over the four years. We lost the university a profound sum of money.
>
> It was certainly one of the more memorable films we screened even if we
> only sold a handful of tickets. Most of the occupied seats for any given
> screening were occupied by our friends.
>
> Stalker was also made into a couple-three computer games. I have not
> played them but they are well-regarded. I have played the
> Stalker-inspired game-based-on-a-book Metro 2033 however and that one is
> brilliant. Extremely difficult as well so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone
> just passively interested.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, December 17, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sundayjb at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> I've finally been spending a few days with the Strugatsky Brothers'
>> Roadside Picnic - I'm pretty sure it was on the P-list that I first
>> read several recommendations. It's such a great book! Buy it! Or there
>> seems to be a pdf floating around online if screen reads are more your
>> caper.
>>
>> Was also the basis for Tarkovsky's Stalker which I saw maybe 20 years
>> ago and which altered my consciousness quite profoundly. The (slim)
>> book is quite different but man, both are things I can highly
>> recommend. Stalker should be seen in a cinema if possible, though, and
>> DEFINITELY in one sitting.
>> -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>
>
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