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Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinema history, Tarkovsky's films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes, and are noted for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery, and preoccupation with nature and memory. [4] [5]
Feb 8, 2021 · A Critic at Large. The Drenching Richness of Andrei Tarkovsky. The Soviet director bestowed a new way of looking at the world. Amid the awe-inspiring imagery, his drift toward nationalist...
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Nick James explores the enduring influence of the great Russian arthouse pioneer Andrei Tarkovsky on an eclectic array of filmmakers of the past 30 years, from Lars von Trier and Terrence Malick to Béla Tarr and Claire Denis.
Had he lived, Andrei Tarkovsky would have celebrated his 86th birthday today. One of the greatest poets of the silver screen and our eternal hero we’ll continue to worship until he draw our last filmloving breaths, Tarkovsky died young, in exile, but was turned into a myth through the love of his art, the mystery of his character and the intrigue and tragedy of his life.
- Earth (1930) Director: Alexander Dovzhenko. “If one absolutely needs to compare me to someone, it should be Dovzhenko. He was the first director for whom the problem of atmosphere was particularly important.”
- City Lights (1931) Director: Charlie Chaplin. In 1972, when asked to list his top ten films by film critic Leonid Kozlov, Tarkovsky placed Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights at number five.
- L’Atalante (1934) Director: Jean Vigo. The influence of Jean Vigo is apparent in Tarkovsky’s construction of space. He believed that film should be an emotional arena, where a director must convey what they’ve experienced, not constructed.
- Diary of a Country Priest (1951) Director: Robert Bresson. Although Tarkovsky and Bresson’s styles were aesthetically dissimilar – Tarkovsky favoured long takes over Bresson’s fragmented style – he greatly admired Bresson’s commitment to realism.
May 29, 2018 · Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) was, arguably, the greatest filmmaker of his nation. While perhaps not the innovator that fellow Russian Sergei Eisenstein was, Tarkovsky nevertheless imbued each of his films with a poetry that embraced life and sought to reveal the myriad ways in which humanity manifests itself.
Oct 27, 2015 · 27 October 2015. By Carmen Gray. Ivan’s Childhood (1962) Why this might not seem so easy. He made only seven features, but Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky is widely regarded as one of cinema’s true masters.
