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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Movie query: Stalker, Solaris - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 03:44:06 EST
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uicsl!wombat    Mar 25 23:39:00 1984

*Stalker* -- Well, I remember going to see this one evening last summer. I
remember being incredibly bored throughout most of the movie. But I also
find that there are quite a few things about it that still stand out in
my mind. It's taken from the Strugatskys' *Roadside Picnic*, which I haven't
read, and I have the impression that the book is involved with the aliens
who stop by Earth for a picnic, while the film focuses on how "The Zone"
where the picnic was held affects the lives of the people who live near
it. There are some neat things in the film, but there are also some losers.
There are too many scenes that are held far, far too long. But I'm not
sorry I saw it, even though I couldn't wait for the thing to end while
I was watching it (if I'd ever walked out of a movie, it would have been
either *Stalker* or *Days of Heaven*). If you are prepared for a long movie
about "ordinary" people exploring alien leftovers, and don't mind waiting
a few days or weeks or months to appreciate what you've seen, go see it.
If not, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom will be out in a few months.
						Wombat
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