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by Andrei Tarkovsky, Arseny Tarkovsky, Andreya Tarkovskogo

Kniga posvyaschena zhizni i tvorchestvu Andreya Tarkovskogo (1932-1986), velikogo kinorezhissera, uznavshego i prizhiznennuyu slavu, i gor'kij khleb izgnaniya. Eto pervaya popytka svesti voedino khudozhestvennyj i lichnyj opyt sozdatelya ''Andreya Rubleva'', ''Zerkala'', ''Nostal'gii''. V svoikh razmyshleniyakh avtor opiraetsya na sobstvennye mnogoletnie izyskaniya, a takzhe na mnozhestvo dokumentov, pisem, vospominanij.

302 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский) was a Soviet film director, writer and opera director. Tarkovksy is listed among the 100 most critically acclaimed filmmakers. He attained critical acclaim for directing such films as Andrei Rublev, Solaris and Stalker.

Tarkovsky also worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, and theater director. He directed most of his films in the Soviet Union, with the exception of his last two films which were produced in Italy and Sweden. His films are characterized by Christian spirituality and metaphysical themes, extremely long takes, lack of conventional dramatic structure and plot, and memorable images of exceptional beauty.

Reviews

[Kamal Ziadah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know how many times I watched this movie but actually the only time I was emotionally affected by the movie was during the Corona pandemic (I still remember this), perhaps the best movie I have ever seen Once you watch it, it will be indelibly etched in your mind.

I have thought about this movie a lot during the coronavirus pandemic. Alexander and his family are together in a cabin, not technically in isolation together but their world certainly feels small.

Suddenly the radio declares that World War 3 has started. Nuclear war has broken out across the world, and their world may soon end. They even hear the jets fly overhead.

The group sticks together but now that their world has suddenly lost all its stability and familiarity they are broken with anxiety.

Alexander is a man who has grown weary of the casual heartlessness of humanity of modern times. He has lost faith that there is much good in mankind. He has lost faith in belief itself. But he is suddenly overwhelmed by the realization that the world that he wants, a world where people are willing to go beyond obeying money, power, and technology, a world where people perform acts of selfless good only for the sake of passing on the beauty of a good life to one another.. can only start with his own acts of sacrifice and getting over what he himself is so attached to.

He burns his house, a place that represents his only private peaceful solace away from the world that drives him so mad. He even goes as far as telling God he is willing to give up the only thing he truly loves in this world, his family, if that would save the world... that's going a bit too far for me lol.

So I ask myself, "what would I be willing to give up to live in a better world?"

[Botros · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mycket intressant.