web01.fireside.fm Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:15:12 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Tarkovsky” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/tarkovsky Wed, 23 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 15: On Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' - Part Two https://www.weirdstudies.com/15 ed9691d9-a22d-4540-8a79-e3e00b356141 Wed, 23 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 15 On Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' - Part Two full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel The second part of Phil and JF's conversation about Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpiece, "Stalker." 1:04:34 yes In this second of a two-part conversation on Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker, Phil and JF explore the film's prophetic dimension, relating it to Samuel R. Delany's classic science-fiction novel Dhalgren, the cultural revolution of the 1960s, the affordances of despair, the spookiness of color, the transformation of noise into music, and the Chernobyl disaster. They even come up with a title for a novel Robert Ludlum never wrote but should have written: The Criterion Rendition! REFERENCES Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Stalker (https://www.criterion.com/films/28150-stalker) Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhalgren) (foreword by William Gibson) H.P. Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colour_Out_of_Space) John Searle, Seeing Things as They Are: A Theory of Perception (https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Things-They-Are-Perception/dp/0199385157) Steve Reich, Come Out (https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9886-blood-and-echoes-the-story-of-come-out-steve-reichs-civil-rights-era-masterpiece/) Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (http://gustavmahler.com/symphonies/mahler-symphony-1.html) Martin Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Question_Concerning_Technology) Stanley Kubrick, The Shining (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/) The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Exclusion_Zone) Sigmund Freud, [Beyond the Pleasure Principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeyondthePleasurePrinciple)_ In this second of a two-part conversation on Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker, Phil and JF explore the film's prophetic dimension, relating it to Samuel R. Delany's classic science-fiction novel Dhalgren, the cultural revolution of the 1960s, the affordances of despair, the spookiness of color, the transformation of noise into music, and the Chernobyl disaster. They even come up with a title for a novel Robert Ludlum never wrote but should have written: The Criterion Rendition!

REFERENCES

Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Stalker
Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren (foreword by William Gibson)
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space"
John Searle, Seeing Things as They Are: A Theory of Perception
Steve Reich, Come Out
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1
Martin Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology"
Stanley Kubrick, The Shining
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Sigmund Freud, Beyond the Pleasure Principle

]]> In this second of a two-part conversation on Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker, Phil and JF explore the film's prophetic dimension, relating it to Samuel R. Delany's classic science-fiction novel Dhalgren, the cultural revolution of the 1960s, the affordances of despair, the spookiness of color, the transformation of noise into music, and the Chernobyl disaster. They even come up with a title for a novel Robert Ludlum never wrote but should have written: The Criterion Rendition!

REFERENCES

Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Stalker
Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren (foreword by William Gibson)
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space"
John Searle, Seeing Things as They Are: A Theory of Perception
Steve Reich, Come Out
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1
Martin Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology"
Stanley Kubrick, The Shining
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Sigmund Freud, Beyond the Pleasure Principle

]]> Episode 14: On Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' - Part One https://www.weirdstudies.com/14 6cfbfa0e-50c4-4231-a6f9-fda10afe2b59 Tue, 15 May 2018 23:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 14 On Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' - Part One full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel The first part of JF and Phil's conversation on Tarkovsky's 1979 masterpiece, "Stalker." 41:03 yes Journey into the Zone to uncover some of the strange artifacts buried in Tarkovsky's cinematic masterpiece, Stalker (1979). In this first of a two-part conversation, Phil and JF discuss a poem by Tarkovsky's dad, compare the film with the sci-fi novel that inspired it, explore the ideological underpinnings of formulaic genre, delve into the meaning and affordances of the concept of zone, and affirm that in a sufficiently weird mindset, even a casual stroll in your hometown can become an excursion into a Zone of your own. REFERENCES Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Stalker (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, [Roadside Picnic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoadsidePicnic)_ The Wachowskis (dir.), The Matrix (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/) James Cameron (dir.), Avatar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/) Second City Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_City_Television) (SCTV), vintage Canadian comedy show Alex Garland (dir.), Annihilation (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/) (based on the novel by Jeff Vandermeer; here's an article (http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/9-ways-annihilation-the-movie-differs-from-the-book.html) on how Garland's film differs from Vandermeer's arguably weirder text) SCTV, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Whispers of the Wolf (https://www.secondcity.com/network/sctv-monster-chiller-horror-theatre-whispers-of-the-wolf) Journey into the Zone to uncover some of the strange artifacts buried in Tarkovsky's cinematic masterpiece, Stalker (1979). In this first of a two-part conversation, Phil and JF discuss a poem by Tarkovsky's dad, compare the film with the sci-fi novel that inspired it, explore the ideological underpinnings of formulaic genre, delve into the meaning and affordances of the concept of zone, and affirm that in a sufficiently weird mindset, even a casual stroll in your hometown can become an excursion into a Zone of your own.

REFERENCES

Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Stalker
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic
The Wachowskis (dir.), The Matrix
James Cameron (dir.), Avatar
Second City Television (SCTV), vintage Canadian comedy show
Alex Garland (dir.), Annihilation (based on the novel by Jeff Vandermeer; here's an article on how Garland's film differs from Vandermeer's arguably weirder text)
SCTV, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Whispers of the Wolf

]]> Journey into the Zone to uncover some of the strange artifacts buried in Tarkovsky's cinematic masterpiece, Stalker (1979). In this first of a two-part conversation, Phil and JF discuss a poem by Tarkovsky's dad, compare the film with the sci-fi novel that inspired it, explore the ideological underpinnings of formulaic genre, delve into the meaning and affordances of the concept of zone, and affirm that in a sufficiently weird mindset, even a casual stroll in your hometown can become an excursion into a Zone of your own.

REFERENCES

Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Stalker
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic
The Wachowskis (dir.), The Matrix
James Cameron (dir.), Avatar
Second City Television (SCTV), vintage Canadian comedy show
Alex Garland (dir.), Annihilation (based on the novel by Jeff Vandermeer; here's an article on how Garland's film differs from Vandermeer's arguably weirder text)
SCTV, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Whispers of the Wolf

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