Andrei tarkovsky's hypnotic sci fi masterpiece, a visually astonishing journey...the final soviet feature by andrei tarkovsky solaris is a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post apocalyptic landscape, and a rarefied cinematic experience like no other. A hired guide the stalker leads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the zone, the restricted site of a long ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the room, a place rumoured to fulfil one's most deeply held desires. Adapting a science fiction novel by arkady and boris strugatsky, tarkovsky created an immersive world with a wealth of material detail and a sense of organic atmosphere. A religious allegory, a reflection of contemporaneous political anxieties, a meditation on film itself stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.special featuresnew 2k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtracknew interview with geoff dyer, author of zona a book about a film about a journey to a roominterview from 2002 with cinematographer alexander knyazhinskyinterview from 2002 with set designer rashit safiullininterview from 2002 with composer eduard artemyevnew english subtitle translationplus an essay by critic mark le fanuclick images to enlarge