The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

by Johnson, Vida T.; Petrie, Graham

• ISBN13: 9780253208873
• ISBN10: 0253208874
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"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." -- CineasteThis 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.

Author Biography

VIDA T. JOHNSON, Associate Professor and Director of the Russian program at Tufts University, has co-authored, with Graham Petrie, a chapter on Andrei Tarkovsky in Five Filmmakers (edited by Daniel Goulding). GRAHAM PETRIE, Professor of Drama at McMaster University, is the author of The Cinema of Fran+ºois Truffaut, History Must Answer to Man: The Contemporary Hungarian Cinema, and Hollywood Destinies: European Directors in America 1921--1931.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
A Note on References
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
A Martyred Artist?	p. 3
Shaping an Aesthetics of Cinema	p. 27
Working Methods	p. 41
Beginnings: The Steamroller and the Violin and Ivan's Childhood	p. 63
Andrei Roublev	p. 79
Solaris	p. 98
Mirror	p. 111
Stalker	p. 137
Nostalghia	p. 156
The Sacrifice	p. 172
Imprinted Time: The Development of a Style	p. 187
The Image: Indivisible and Elusive	p. 203
Life as Appearance, Life as a Dream	p. 231
A Dialogue with Art	p. 250
Appendix: Film Synopses	p. 263
Notes	p. 297
Filmography	p. 315
Works Cited	p. 319
Index	p. 325
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