I always thought that Stalker is pretty much the Soviet version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both are really good, but by modern standards extremely slow. Stalker

I always thought that Stalker is pretty much the Soviet version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both are really good, but by modern standards extremely slow. Stalker is only very loosely based on the Roadside Picnic universe, since you like you movie you should definitely give the book a go.