Zona
A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room
by Geoff Dyer, Cruz Rodríguez Juiz · first published 2012
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An in-depth, discursive, obsessive analysis of/speculation about the film Stalker by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky.
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The filming of Stalker[1] was itself fraught with industrial contamination — possibly with to the extent of eventually claiming Tarkovsky’s own life, by cancer. Zona by Geoff Dyer is an excellent discourse on the work, which I heartily recommend, and where I first read about this and many other fascinating details. [1] ...or ker-tan-kep as my own ignorant tongue…
on “Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea” ↗Mine, too! I recommend Geoff Dyer's book about the film, [Zona][1], as well as the [computer game][2] loosely inspired by the [book][3] that inspired the film. [1]: http://geoffdyer.com/2012/02/06/zona/ [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Cher...…
on “Andrei Tarkovsky – Poetic Harmony [video]” ↗I can recommend the book: "Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room" http://amazon.com/o/asin/0307390314 which is a short, personal appreciation-cum-memoir of Tarkovsky's "Stalker"
on “Tarkovsky Films Free Online (2010)” ↗Geoff Dyer's Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room is one of the most disappointing books I have ever read, and it is even rather appalling. The title makes the book seem ostensibly about Andrei Tarkovsky's…
on “All over the Shop: A Conversation with Geoff Dyer” ↗