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Italian release of 1979 film based on the novel by Arkadiy & Boris Strugatskiy. "STALKER (1979) Stream on the Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu and YouTube. Andrei Tarkovsky’s loose adaptation of Boris and Arkady Strugatsky’s science fiction novel “Roadside Picnic” lends itself to allegorical interpretation. Some say it’s about the Soviet Union’s gulag prison camp system, others that its real subject is nuclear disaster. There is much to suggest that this film is about more than the zigzagging journey of three men through the Zone, a mysterious, government-guarded wasteland, in search of a room that may grant the deepest desire of successful pilgrims. But its meaning turns out to be as elusive as its strange setting. The motivation of the main characters, a writer, a scientist and a guide who specializes in traversing the area, are all called into question over the course of the movie and its ambiguous ending only heightens its central mysteries." New York Times