Handwritten notes by director Andrei Tarkovsky for the film "Stalker"
- Pickup from gallery : Set a route
- Courier delivery
- Delivery by a transport company in the shortest possible time
- VIP air delivery
- Delivery rates
"Stalker" is a Soviet fantasy film—parable directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, shot at the Mosfilm film studio in 1979 based on the original script by the Strugatsky brothers, written based on their story "Picnic on the Roadside".
In 1973, while still working on The Mirror, Andrei Tarkovsky wrote in his diary that he was interested in a new story by the Strugatsky brothers, "Picnic on the Side of the Road." In 1974, he contacted the writers and said that he would like to film it. By the end of 1975, he finally decided that he would work with the Strugatskys on a script based on their story. In February 1976, Tarkovsky officially received the go-ahead for filming from the chairman of the USSR State Committee Philip Ermash. At the same time, the writers finished the second version of the script with the working title "The Desire Machine", which did not suit the director. Tarkovsky called those first sketches too "colorful" and in need of "boring". The writers were patient with the endless reworking of the future script.
We were lucky enough to work with a genius," we said to each other then. — This means that we should use all our strength and abilities to create a scenario that would satisfy our genius as comprehensively as possible. - Boris Strugatsky.
Although Tarkovsky was not listed in the credits as a screenwriter, he was considered one of the three co-authors, and his role was to cull the material. Boris Strugatsky recalled that no other work had taken so much away from them, and called this work endlessly exhausting. Philip Ermash warned Tarkovsky before the final approval that the brothers had a reputation for being "unshielded." However, Tarkovsky firmly stood his ground.
Sizes: 41.9 × 72.9 × 2.5 cm .