Tarkovsky

by Nathan Dunne (Editor), Jean-Paul Sartre (Contributor), Marc Forster (Contributor)

Tarkovsky provides a collection of accessible academic essays by leading film studies professionals. A challenging, broadly illustrated book that fully captures the essence of this cinematic pioneer. Andrei Tarkovsky is the most influential Soviet filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world's most renowned cinematic geniuses. He created spiritual, existential films of incredible beauty, repeatedly returning to themes of memory, dreams, childhood and Christianity. His films, such as Solaris , Mirror , Nostalghia and The Sacrifice make use of long, unedited shots and wide angles in uncompromisingly formalistic statements that are as striking today as they were when they were first made.

Genres: Film

463 pages, Hardcover

First published March 25, 2008

About the author

Nathan Dunne was born in Brisbane, Australia and grew up in India. After graduating from the University of Sydney with the University Medal, he studied art history at Cambridge University and received a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London. He has lectured at Harvard and Yale, and also worked for several years at Tate Modern. As a journalist and critic, he has contributed to many publications, including The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, Slate and Artforum.

Reviews

[Terence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hefty tome of compiled texts on Tarkovsky. Another set of great resources, I used a lot of this info for my class but also would share with them the essay Sartre wrote on "Ivan's Childhood" - a great apologetic.

[Celia Gardine · Rating 5 out of 5]

The images are really well produced and the essays are very thorough and involved. There should be more books like this with so much attention to detail. You really get a sense of what a great artist Tarkovsky was and his fathers poems are strange too.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great compendium of Tarkovsky articles.
Lovely photos.

More info after a detailed read

[Vincent · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE BEST

[Timur · Rating 1 out of 5]

'Dodgy'/incompetent editor