At 2 1/2 hours long and slow-moving at that, not one for the faint-hearted. Still, as Kevin put it (in reference to Tarkovsky), 'being "slow" is no more a criticism than being "fast" is praise - it's what you do in the time that counts. Well, as to that, there's something hypnotic about Stalker, and a kind of massive naturalistic beauty to many of its scenes, and for those reasons alone it's worthwhile, though I have to say that the metaphysics left me a bit cold.
(watched Mon 29th; for personal reasons, this one needs an asterisk beside its name)
