The Stalker leads a writer and a scientist through "The
Zone", an uninhabited post-industrial wasteland, as they try to
get to "the Room" where all their desires will be fulfilled.
Stunning close-focus camera work brings out a kind of weird beauty from
the grime, but the motivations of all three become murkier as they near
their goal. An excellent if somewhat bleak and overlong exploration of
belief and the desire for psychological self-analysis, with the
Stalker as a shamanic guide through the minefields and dangers lurking
within the mind.
