This movie so unbearably slow. I love the cinematography, the acting, the dialog exchanges...

This movie so unbearably slow. I love the cinematography, the acting, the dialog exchanges, the overall creepy aesthetic, but holy fuck the pacing is unbelievable
>camera lingers on thing 10 times longer than it needs to
>character take huge pauses in between their sentences
>huge chunks where barely anything happens
Even the commies on the Russian film board said it was too slow. Why is this so praised?

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Because they knew it would inspire the video game series decades afterward

>Why is this so praised?
Mainly the cinematography, I'm guessing. Also, pretentious people think they're supposed to like inscrutable films that move at a snail's pace.

Mirror is far superior

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he did it that way in case 50 years down the line they transition the movie industry to making comic book adaptations and he would need to filter those people out retroactively

i didn't get the ending

Nope. 43.
That's a poor answer. The film is slow. And it's slowness holds it back from being a truly great film. In theory this should be a movie that I could watch over and over but rewatching it now I have no desire to ever watch it again.

I like the film but one problem I had with it was that I had trouble knowing who was speaking. The camera rarely did closeups and often had the 3 of them in the frame together (sometimes with their backs turned to the audience) and with their voices sounding similar I had trouble following who was saying what.

The pace gives you (not enough still imo) time to reflect, and also serves to make you viscerally feel the pass of time. I think the slowness of it is inextricable from its greatness.

>The pace gives you (not enough still imo) time to reflect
Reflecting should be done when the film is over, not during it. And if you do want to reflect during the film, that doesn't explain the slow pacing. Who the fuck is reflecting between sentences of dialog? Who the fuck is reflecting when the camera just stays on an object for an entire minute?

When they get to the magic sand dune room I started to believe they were all just larping or going crazy, because there's no indication that the zone holds any powers, also this movie is just 10-12 long takes I don't know if you noticed that or not. Sort of the gimmick I think, I don't know, this movie didn't tear me apart thinking about it, I liked that slow montage of junk in the water, that was really creative and artistic.

>I have no desire to ever watch it again.
I have watched it at least 5 times and would rewatch it gladly, you are a pleb I am sorry to have to tell you

>I have watched it at least 5 times and would rewatch it gladly, you are a pleb I am sorry to have to tell you
Ok letterboxd

what does that mean

It means you're larping as someone who doesn't know what letterboxd is.

based lunchposter

Didn't Tarkovsky say that he made Solaris slow so all the stupid people would leave the theater or something like that? Any who it suck that it is slow because this movie is pure eye candy to me

It's not the type of film that needs to be rushed along. It's important to the atmosphere and the feel of the film that you sit and soak in what it's showing you. It's nice to have films like that.

>Didn't Tarkovsky say that he made Solaris slow so all the stupid people would leave the theater or something like that?
They were just smart enough to know they movie was shit. That's Stephen King level of thinking. "I'll make my 400 page books 1500 pages long and filter out those who aren't smart enough to read a book that big".

>It's not the type of film that needs to be rushed along.
It doesn't have to be rushed, but it doesn't have to be so slow either. Almost nothing is gained from the character pausing in between sentences or from the camera just staying on an object for no reason at all.

I liked the film. but it by far felt like the longest film I ever watched despite it not being the longest. but it also kept my attention through all that time

>Who the fuck is reflecting between sentences of dialog? Who the fuck is reflecting when the camera just stays on an object for an entire minute?
Me.

The whole drama of the film is of reflection. It's dudes walking around wondering if they could bare to confront their inmost desire, and deciding, tragically, that they couldn't. That drama can't be spoonfed to an audience. The audience needs adequate time to play out that drama within themselves. To feel the weariness in that conclusion. To let the pity of it burn and linger.

It's meant to be slow you fucking retard. Holy shit.

People think the shitty "arthouse Marvel flick" that is Nu-Dune is on the same level as Solaris and Stalker.

>The whole drama of the film is of reflection. It's dudes walking around wondering if they could bare to confront their inmost desire, and deciding, tragically, that they couldn't. That drama can't be spoonfed to an audience. The audience needs adequate time to play out that drama within themselves. To feel the weariness in that conclusion. To let the pity of it burn and linger.
Holy fuck kys. This was 1 hour and 15 minutes of content in almost 3 hours of film. It was just poor film pacing. Saying it's supposed to be slow is such a fucking cop out.

Iirc the daughter having psychic powers was the only real implication that the zone had actual powers and wasn't complete bullshit.

>It's meant to be slow you fucking retard. Holy shit.
Why? The director was just being a faggot that knew this would piss people off. Do you agree that most 2000 page books have to be 2000 pages?

How?

Just type back and forth to Dnessni VIllinin retards, he's an overrated hack

I've seen it a bunch of times and still haven't exhausted the 'content'. Sounds like you only had 1 hour 15 minutes of brains to give it.

>What is pacing

You've never done anything creative lmao

I could explain why but it would be wasted on you. And to answer your question: it's impossible to say, but likely yes.

yeah but what did it mean for them to be hanging around the bar after they visit the zone?

>Do you agree that most 2000 page books have to be 2000 pages?
try reading one, then you will know why it is as long as it is. Otherwise go back to reading cliffs notes and being a sued.

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It's meditation. That's what it is about and what it attempts to implement in a movie, that's why there's a harsh noisy world that's travelled away from by 20 minutes of doing absolutely nothing, being a passive passenger on a train and arriving at the peaceful place that shows you your actual desires that are a bit scary. So, if you are in a mentality that's prepared to go along with that and let go of your own intentions for what should be next, when it should arrive etc., then you get the reward. If you don't, you don't

one of the main aspects of the film is the way time is treated. it's supposed to be slow and methodical; time is treated as part of the way of showing the world and the story

Shit adaptation
>Red is a little bitch who worships the zone, but always makes the others go first
>no meat grinder
>no anomalies at all
>wish maker is a dilapidated room instead of a sphere in a construction site
>daughter has telekinesis instead of turning into a monkey monster
>Guta isn't hot

Daily reminder most so called "film buffs" and critics have been filtered by Sátántangó. There is no attention span these days.

>try reading one, then you will know why it is as long as it is. Otherwise go back to reading cliffs notes and being a sued.
Bro, you're retarded. 99.9% of books don't have to be that long. Stephen King's editors (if he still has any) are afraid he will go to another publisher so they let him ramble on and on and on. Same with older books by authors like Dickens who were literally paid by the word so their books are padded. The first few Harry Potter books were 300-400 pages and the last one was I think almost 900. Why? Because by the end the editors weren't going to tell Rowling to cut that shit down and most Potter fans agree the books got more bloated as they went on.

it isn't meant to be a direct adaptation

it's slow because Tarkovsky makes his films slow on purpose in order to filter normies.

i don't agree that the movie is too long, but the funny thing is that Roadside Picnic is a short book all things considered. it's one of the reasons it's one of my favorite books; it's short and to the point while still having a lot to say

zoom zoom zoom

try reading something worth your time. Fiction is for children

>it's slow because Tarkovsky makes his films slow on purpose in order to filter normies.
More like to filter people that aren't film snobs that have to worship the slowest, heavy handed message movies ever made. You sound like a Beatles fan that thinks Revolution 9 is their best sound because it "filters normies".

>Fiction is for children
So you're in a thread about a movie based on a fictional novel and you're telling me that "fiction is for children"? kys retard.

Tarkovsky movies are basically cinematography porn. The pacing and plot are irrelevant.

retard alert

>Tarkovsky movies are basically cinematography porn. The pacing and plot are irrelevant.
That's fine. Same way a Michael Bay movie would be called "acting CGI porn", but that doens't make either of them a great film. Lots of moving parts have to come together to make a film a "great film".

I came to a thread clearly made by a zoomie with an attention span sponsored by tik tok to make fun of him and anyone retarded enough to defend this level of ignorance.

This

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>I came to a thread clearly made by a zoomie with an attention span sponsored by tik tok to make fun of him and anyone retarded enough to defend this level of ignorance.
Sure thing retard. So did you watch and enjoy "Stalker"? If so why? It's childish fiction to you.

That's some massive cope there

>did you watch and enjoy "Stalker"?
never heard of it.

The film is very clearly about the "hyperrealization" of the USSR in the 1970s, when the Russian media was saying that everything was fine even though there was no food in the grocery stores. The stalker zone is meant to represent the uncertainty about reality in such troubling times. I am very intelligent and the only one to actually "get" the film.

>never heard of it.
So you're saying that I'm a tiktok retard for not appreciating a slow movie that you've never seen...
Holy fuck kys

Why would I need to see it to make fun of you zoomie?

What type of non fiction books would be entertaining to read? The only that comes to mind is true crime but that's it.

>Why would I need to see it to make fun of you zoomie?
The fact that you have to ask this question proves when a dumb zoomer you are.

phone posting zoomers are the scumm of the earth

I enjoy reading depth psychology. Jung is a favorite of mine

"DUDE YOU'RE A ZOOMIE FOR CALLING A MOVIE SLOW THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN!"

u r tho frfr

False

Stalker has one of the richest subtexts throughout each plot point

put your phone down nigger, we know your retarded. No need to keep showing us

Youre supposed to watch it on psychedelics

>put your phone down nigger, we know your retarded. No need to keep showing us
?
>lose argument
>go to "phone poster" attack