[dharma1]

Beyond the beautiful cinematography and sound design, the thing that blew me away when I saw it (on a big screen, I think I also dozed off for a few minutes) was how he stretches time almost to a hypnotic effect.

The scene when they are on the train tracks, slowly morphing from black and white into colour - so slowly that it takes a while for you to figure out what's going on, while being lulled into almost a trance like state. I did not realise film could elicit such experiences prior to seeing Stalker. It's beautiful