Stalker

The conception of the ancient struggle of man versus nature has been heavily warped in the modern world. From a contemporary standpoint it is difficult to think passively of the environment. In the light of the impending crisis of global warming and the changes associated with it, it is easy to think of the environment as both a victim and an agent of retribution: the continuously more common occurrences of dramatic weather and toxic surroundings serving as a condemning consequence of humanity’s actions. This was not Tarkovsky’s portrayal of the post-human “natural world” of Stalker. He instead chooses to focus on the continuous renewal of the natural world and the inevitability of it continuation. What he offers instead is an image of hope,…

Eyes of a stalker is a great book, it has a lot of details and it is really descriptive. The topic of this book is really interesting which lead me to choose this book for our lit circles. While reading this book, I noticed that it is a page turner and I’m hooked on it. Shelby is a normal girl who has a boyfriend named Greg. She received a plant from the delivery man with a tag on it which said “you will always be mine”. This has creeped out Shelby’s family, Greg and herself. A particular part…

Predatory stalkers are one of the more sinister types as their stalking has the duel purpose of gaining power and control over the victim but can be seen also as a precursor to more insidious actions such as rape or sexual assault. While this stalker can target either people they are familiar with or complete strangers their motivations are always sexual gratification, with many victims reported instances of being watched by the stalker, receiving explicit phone calls, exhibitionism, fetishism,…

Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film, Stalker, casts a shadow over the present, which is what most pieces of science fiction do. The reason why the film is still so resonating to this day is because it depicts how deeply troubled people are by events that are yet to occur. In the matter of Stalker, the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 was what had not yet occurred. After the accident, however, the nomenclature of Tarkovsky became suitable in describing the aftermath because the real world eerily…

On February 29, 1960, Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez was born in El Paso Texas. Twenty-five years later, Ricardo, now known as Richard, became “The Night Stalker”: enemy number one of the city of Los Angeles. Ramirez moved to Los Angeles when he was eighteen years old and slowly began his reign of terror over the city. His crimes evolved from burglaries to the extremely violent rapes and murders of dozens of women. Ramirez was not born with the skills and drives to commit these acts. As Edwin…

Stalker (1979) is Tarkovsky’s last film made in the Soviet Union (154). An open-ended question is left by the film: what is the Zone? The Zone is a fictional location that contains elements of fantasy and mystery, such as the wish-granting Room. Nevertheless, the way Tarkovsky films this reflects an attitude of realism. This approach allows the audience to relate life to the themes of the film, salvation through the faith in God, dignity, and love. In the film, the Stalker describes the Zone as…

Per Domesticshelters.org, January is now Stalking Awareness month. This organization gives multiple statistics and information regarding the issues surrounding stalking. Approximately, 7.5 million individuals are affected by stalking each year. Of these fore mentioned individuals, about 15% of females (compared to 6% of males) will deal with stalking sometime in their lives and almost all are under the age of 25. “In the majority of cases, stalkers know their victims. About 61 percent of…

In Tarkovsky’s film Stalker, a man called Stalker leads two men, the Professor and the Writer, through a mysterious place called “the Zone” in order to reach the Room, where a person’s innermost desire is fulfilled. Much of the film depicts the capricious journey to the Room as well as the Writer and Professor’s hesitance to follow the Stalker’s enigmatic instructions. It is not difficult to understand the figurative meaning of the Room; its symbolism is made especially clear when the Stalker…

Richard Ramirez, “The Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez was born on February 29, 1960, in El Paso, Texas. The mother that gave birth to him was Mercedes Munoz and the father of Richard is Julian Tapia Ramirez. They both met each other when they were fourteen and eventually fell in love and got married in 1948. Richard was the youngest of five children and as he was going up he had a bad childhood life. He always hung around with his older cousin named “Mike”, Mike always told Richard stories about…

Richard Ramirez - also known as The Night Stalker - was a serial rapist and also a worshiper of Satan. He stalked people, broke into their homes while they were asleep, and had a plan how to kill them based on their gender. Ramirez was a conflicted individual whose actions lead to extreme heartbreak for numerous families. A Mexican-American, Ramirez was born February 29, 1960, in El Paso, Texas. He was the youngest of five siblings. Ramirez had a pretty normal childhood. His father even said…