Stalker
- The pacing is deliberate — long takes that force you to sit with the images
- The transition from sepia to color when entering the Zone is one of the most effective uses of color in cinema
- The central question — would you enter a room that grants your innermost desire, even if you don’t know what that desire truly is? — stuck with me for weeks
- The Stalker’s faith vs. the Writer’s cynicism vs. the Professor’s pragmatism maps onto something real about how people approach meaning