Stalker (film)/Trivia

Doing It for the Art: Some beautiful scenery shots were created by painting the real landscape in desired color scheme. Yes, the film crewmembers actually were dyeing the grass and trees.
Production Posse: Anatoly Solonitsyn, one of Tarkovsky's frequent collaborators, appeared as the Writer.
Troubled Production: The original print of the movie was destroyed in a fire, forcing Andrei to shoot the whole thing all over again. That's the reason why he had to abandon a more lavish production (like the one he did earlier while adapting Lem's Solaris) and retool the film into a more cerebral and looser adaptation of the novel.