Roadside Picnic

[Perry Noid]

*ad Astra

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

> Yeah we discussed Solaris but we figured it would be better to spend our
> money on a wider representation so we showed Stalker with Per Adua as Astra
> and Amphibian Man
>
> On Friday, December 18, 2015, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','marrja at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> 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> 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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