http://www.brettgerry.co.uk/2009/10/stalker-1979-dir-andrei-tarkovsky/ The future of the British film industry Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:27:47 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.brettgerry.co.uk/2009/10/stalker-1979-dir-andrei-tarkovsky/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Brett Gerry Films » ‘Hukkund Alpinisti’ hotell (1979; dir. Grigori Kromanov) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:35:18 +0000 http://www.brettgerry.co.uk/?p=315#comment-37 [...] Also as with Es ist nicht…, the Strugatsky Brothers were unhappy with this adaptation and there is a more recent computer game based on the same material. Much more conventional than the film, it perhaps hints at the same conservatism and cultural boorishness that saw the Strugatskys unhappy with any film version of their work except the pretentious Stalker (1979; dir. Andrei Tarkovsky) – which we’ve reviewed here. [...] [...] Also as with Es ist nicht…, the Strugatsky Brothers were unhappy with this adaptation and there is a more recent computer game based on the same material. Much more conventional than the film, it perhaps hints at the same conservatism and cultural boorishness that saw the Strugatskys unhappy with any film version of their work except the pretentious Stalker (1979; dir. Andrei Tarkovsky) – which we’ve reviewed here. [...]

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