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So, Geoff Dyer has written a book about Tarkovsky’s Stalker, one of the greatest films ever made.
According to the Guardian’s review, this should be right up my street. Good excuse to rewatch the film, and to spend a few pennies on a hardback. Zoom

So, Geoff Dyer has written a book about Tarkovsky’s Stalker, one of the greatest films ever made.

According to the Guardian’s review, this should be right up my street. Good excuse to rewatch the film, and to spend a few pennies on a hardback.

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Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012. Tagged with: Geoff DyerAndrey TarkovskyZonaStalkerfilmbooksartWANT
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    Detective is a big fan of Tarkovsky and would like to read this book.
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  16. murmurandshout said: Just went down to my car, into the trunk and the box of books to donate to the library, and took out the Geoff Dyer book I’ve never read. I think I’ll keep (and read) it.
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    OMG.
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[bai'ra:-nik] 1. Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. 2. quasi-n. pl. [after Philippics.] Declamatory utterances or invectives in the style of Byron. 3. Byronic hero: prominent literary character type of the Romantic period, whose characteristics include: extraordinary intelligence and perception; high level of education and intellectual prowess; arrogance; cunning and manipulation; emotional conflictedness; moodiness; self-criticism and introspection; self-destructive behaviour; aesthetic sophistication; dark mysterious beauty; powers of attraction; seductiveness and sexual perversion; world-weariness; distaste for social institutions and norms; disrespect of social ranks; being an outcast, an outlaw, or an exile.


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