Stalker in Detroit

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by AngusJS

Stalker was good, but Tarkovski's Solaris is a sure fire cure for insomnia - I have yet to actually stay awake the 3 times I've tried to watch it. 2001 is a an action-packed summer blockbuster in comparison (and also much better).

Funny, I always thought the opposite. I never really liked 2001, and I love Stalker to death - it's a movie I watch maybe 4 times a year, and find something new in every time. However Tarkovsky is definitely not a light watching and not for everyone. He dwells on detail and atmosphere, and doesn't explain very much - it's up to the viewer to pick out the detail and think over his movies. They never bored me for that reason, because for all their slowness there is always something to ponder in them.

[kiwi_2005]

Let everything that's been planned come true. Let them believe. And let them have a laugh at their passions. Because what they call passion actually is not some emotional energy, but just the friction between their souls and the outside world. And most important, let them believe in themselves. Let them be helpless like children, because weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it's tender and pliant. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win.

Stalker.

[gimpy117]

welcome to my state.

we used to make cars.

now we make unemployment.thanks GM.

but remember, buy american so we can have a Mexican make it then ship the profits to corporate.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Let everything that's been planned come true. Let them believe. And let them have a laugh at their passions. Because what they call passion actually is not some emotional energy, but just the friction between their souls and the outside world. And most important, let them believe in themselves. Let them be helpless like children, because weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it's tender and pliant. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win.

Stalker.

inspired by Lao Tse, Tao Te King.