Andrei Tarkovsky (b. 1932) reached the zenith of his metaphysical inquiry with this sci-fi masterpiece. Deep within the overgrown, decaying ruins of the Zone lies a room rumored to fulfill one's deepest desires. The Stalker, transcending the simple archetype of a guide, leads a writer and a scientist through this hazardous, shifting wasteland. Derived from the Russian translation of the English term for a hunter or tracker, the title Stalker carries the nuance of an obsessive seeker pursuing an elusive truth. If the Room grants not what we say we want, but what our souls truly crave, dare we ever enter it?