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Post by saavik256 on Aug 19, 2006 19:29:28 GMT -5
I don't know if any of this will make much sense to you, but I've been thinking about Stalker the other day and I realized it could also be seen as one's exploration of one's mind, the world being conscious level, and the Zone being subconscious level, depths of human mind. The zone guards representing repressive mechanisms, and so forth ..
What do you think of the idea ?
(don't flame me too much, please ^^)
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Post by MaKS on Aug 20, 2006 3:53:14 GMT -5
It seems the film provokes such a view, and many been wondering this way. Maybe, this is because the afterwatch effect feels like a quest into soul, and the word for the "soul" for a modern man is "subconsciousness" (i'm sure Tarkovskiy wouldn't be very happy hearing such a synonym, if not to say an euphemism)... However appealing, this theory - as any other symbolic one - is opposed by A. T. himself with his famous quote from "Sculpting of time":
"People have often asked me what the Zone is, and what is symbolises, and have put forward wild conjectures on the subject. I’m reduced to a state of fury and despair by these questions. The Zone doesn’t symbolise anything, any more than anything else does in my films: the zone is a zone, its life, and as he makes his way across it a man may break down or he may come through. Whether he comes through or not depends on his own self-respect, and his capacity to distinguish between what matters and what is merely passing."
Also, i think this thread belongs to the "STALKER" subforum.
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Post by saavik256 on Aug 20, 2006 8:34:24 GMT -5
Submit verses, poems, lyrics, stories, essays, ideas, theories and thoughts related to the STALKER and his world here. We'll discover the path together.
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Post by MaKS on Aug 20, 2006 11:43:22 GMT -5
Ah, I see. It's probably all right then. I'd say, people post here works of art rather then theories and ideas by tradition only. Maybe i've misunderstood something, can Ferret say a word here?
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Post by saavik256 on Aug 21, 2006 2:33:37 GMT -5
Admins, please delete this post.
Thank you
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Post by The Ferret on Aug 23, 2006 11:46:46 GMT -5
Ah, I see. It's probably all right then. I'd say, people post here works of art rather then theories and ideas by tradition only. Maybe i've misunderstood something, can Ferret say a word here? DO NOT WORRY, guys, I moved the topic... no real need to delete it, since it's a d**n good subject. 'THROWING METAL NUTS' is basically a virtual, conceptual "zone" dedicated to all the poetry you could read while circling the Zone itself. Hamster, you have a point, however. I've modified the synopsis of the sub-section. Peace to everyone, I'll be back in the early days of September. Spending my holydays, you know. Been a busy Stalker, all in all. |
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