James Blake
James Blake chooses the film Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
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Singer-songwriter and electronic music producer. Albums include James Blake (2011) and Overgrown (2013).
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Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
James Blake chooses the film Stalker (1979), directed by the Russian film-maker Andrei Tarkovsky, about three men who journey to a site known as the Zone, which is聽supposed to fulfill a person's innermost desires.
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Stalker
Tarkovsky expert Geoff Dyer discusses Stalker with the poet Paul Farley and film director Werner Herzog.
Solaris
Writer Will Self and director Mike Hodges (Get Carter) on Tarkovsky's Solaris, based on the novel by Stanis艂aw Lem.
From Night Waves 02 Feb 2006 on Radio 3
Andrei Tarkovsky聽
Historian Jeremy Hicks, Professor Nariman Skakov and Geoff Dyer聽on Tarkovsky, religion and the Soviet Union.
James Blake
James Blake on how a聽period of unhappiness inspired him to create聽his music. 聽
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Glastonbury 2013: Watch James Blake's set at the John Peel Stage
