The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

Author: Vida T. Johnson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208873
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
"Johnson and Petrie have produced an admirable book. Anyone who wants to make sense of Tarkovsky's films—a very difficult task in any case—must read it." —The Russian Review "This book is a model of contextual and textual analysis. . . . the Tarkovsky myth is stripped of many of its shibboleths and the thematic structure and coherence of his work is revealed in a fresh and stimulating manner." —Europe-Asia Studies "[This book,] with its wealth of new research and critical insight, has set the standard and should certainly inspire other writers to keep on trying to collectively explore the possible meanings of Tarkovsky's film world." —Canadian Journal of Film Studies "For Tarkovsky lovers as well as haters, this is an essential book. It might make even the haters reconsider." —Cineaste This definitive study, set in the context of Russian cultural history, throws new light on one of the greatest—and most misunderstood—filmmakers of the past three decades. The text is enhanced by more than 60 frame enlargements from the films.

ReFocus: the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

Author: Sergey Toymentsev
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474437240
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book provides a fresh look at the director's legacy, with critical essays by both world-famous and early-career film scholars.

Sculpting in Time

Author: Andrey Tarkovsky
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292776241
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
A director reveals the original inspirations for his films, their history, his methods of work, and the problems of visual creativity

Andrei Tarkovsky

Author: Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578062201
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
A collection of interviews with the Russian filmmaker who directed Andrei Roublev, Solaris, and The Mirror

Andrei Tarkovsky’s Poetics of Cinema

Author: Thomas Redwood
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144382240X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
“If you look for a meaning, you’ll miss everything that happens.” Almost twenty-five years after the death of Andrei Tarkovsky, the mystery of his films remains alive and well. Recent years have witnessed an ever-increasing number of film theorists, critics and philosophers taking up the challenge to decipher what these films actually mean. But what do these films actually show us? In this study Thomas Redwood undertakes a close formal analysis of Tarkovsky’s later films. Charting the stylistic and narrative innovations in Mirror, Stalker, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, Redwood succeeds in shedding new light on these celebrated but often misunderstood masterpieces of narrative film. Tarkovsky is revealed here both as a cinematic thinker and as an artistic practitioner, a filmmaker of immense poetic significance for the history of cinema.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Author: Robert Bird
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861893420
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. His work has had an enormous influence on the style and structure of contemporary European film. This book is an original and comprehensive account of Tarkovsky's entire film output.

The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky

Author: Jeremy Mark Robinson
Publisher: Crescent Moon Pub
ISBN: 9781861712332
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 696

Book Description
A major new study of Russian filmmaker Ardrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including 'Mirror', 'Solaris' and 'The Sacrifice'. Exploring every aspect of his output, including scripts, budget, production, shooting, editing, camera, sound, music, acting, themes, motifs and spirituality.

Tarkovsky

Author: Nathan Dunne
Publisher: Black Dog Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781907317163
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
Tarkovsky pays tribute to the substantial legacy of Andrei Tarkovsky, the most important Soviet filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world’s most renowned cinematic geniuses. His reputation has grown significantly since his death twenty years ago in Paris. Tarkovsky created spiritual, existential films of incredible beauty, repeatedly returning to themes of memory, dreams, childhood and Christianity. Hugely influential on directors such as David Lynch, Steven Soderburgh and Lars Von Trier, he is particularly known for his re-imagining of the science fiction genre in films such as Solaris and Stalker. Tarkovsky provides a collection of accessible academic essays by leading film studies professionals that explore aspects of Tarkovsky's films including their sociological and psychological dimensions, their cinematic language and their rich symbolism. Contributions include the first ever English translation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous essay on the film Ivan’s Childhood, along with pieces by Harvard professor Stephanie Sandler, film critic and curator James Quandt, and Evgeny Tsymbal, assistant director to Tarkovsky on Stalker. Tarkovsky is illustrated with original stills along with studio shots, lobby cards, posters and other rare ephemera and contains a wealth of previously unseen material from Soviet archives, making it the definitive text on Tarkovsky’s singularly complex body of work.

Andrei Tarkovsky's Sounding Cinema

Author: Tobias Pontara
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000764109
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
Andrei Tarkovsky's Sounding Cinema adds a new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of the work of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) through an exploration of the presence of music and sound in his films. The first comprehensive study in English concentrating on the soundtrack in Tarkovsky’s cinema, this book reveals how Tarkovsky’s use of electronic music, electronically manipulated sound, traditional folk songs and fragments of canonized works of Western art music plays into the philosophical, existential and ethical themes recurring throughout his work. Exploring the multilayered relationship between music, sound, film image and narrative space, Pontara provides penetrating and innovative close readings of Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), Stalker (1979), Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (1986) and in turn deeply enriches critical understanding of Tarkovsky’s films and their relation to the broader traditions of European art cinema. An excellent resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in European art cinema and the role of music in film, as well as for film aficionados interested in Tarkovsky’s work.

Instant Light

Author: Andreĭ A. Tarkovskiĭ
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500286142
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 135

Book Description
A volume of sixty Polaroid photographs of the late Russian filmmaker's friends and family consists of images taken between 1979 and 1984 in his native land and Italy, where he spent time in political exile. Original.