List of The whole of Tarkovsky by quint - Movie & Film Lists

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quint loved it.

This is the first Tarkovsky film I saw and was spoken of in the same tone as Dostoevsky. Another heavy complex Russian. The sort that will give you a muscular brain if you can stay awake. Well, the pagan's flight into the water, the story of the bell caster. It's awesome. It is also available in an excellent Criterion collection edition.

Ivanovo Detstvo

Andrei Tarkovsky (1962)

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The most narrative of the group and clearly ruled closely by censors. Still, it is Tarkovsky. More dialogue than you'll see again in his films, more action perhaps. But here, from the first frame, is that powerful poetic sensibility. It is essentially a war film and reminds me of Wadja's war movies like Ashes and Diamonds or Kanal. But the birch forest seduction, the dream sequences, the tension, there is genius at work.

Nostalghia

Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)

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The absurdity of faith is both a cure and a curse that Tarkovsky can't keep from contemplating. The final scene of this film is among his finest.

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)

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quint loved it.

More people have seen this film than perhaps many of the others. It is a problematic Tarkovsky film though. In some ways he is reacting against the book by Lem. I've read the book. It's great. This movie is after something different. Soderberg's film is after something different as well. All of them are valid.

Stalker

Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)

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quint loved it.

This one clinched it for me. The final scene is the sort that changes your life. After seeing this movie, I was commited to seeing everything. I also fell asleep while watching it. I kept trying though. I think it took me three tries. Tarkovsky can be exhausting until you know what you are looking at. You are looking at a moving painting. It is rarely taken in with a reasonable sense. It creeps over you. You let it take you. It dances with you. It leads.

Tempo Di Viaggio

Andrei Tarkovsky, Tonino Guerra (1982)

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Filmed during location scouting for Nostalghia. Some interesting insights into his process. Tarkovsky was loved, revered by his friends. As much as friendship is a sort of collaboration, it is clear that Tarkovsky's sensability will not compromise to any other vision. He wants what he wants. Something not so beautiful for itself, a beauty that can be subserviated to his vision. Something rotten and collapsed, but still inhabited. Something that lets the rain in.

The Mirror

Andrei Tarkovsky (1974)

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This is such a brilliant film. I can't heap enough praise on it. I would hate to have to identify a favorite Tarkovsky film, but I would say this one has the most "Holy shit" moments for me. In the sense of: how did he get on screen with such delicacy, the sweetest poetic moment? Awesome. This is more strictly driven by a poetic sensibility than perhaps any of the others. Ahead of it's time. Everything he did after this bears the mark of what he learned here.

The Sacrifice

Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)

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Tarkovsky's last film. The six minute shot at the end is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on film. It's not a perfect film. I think it could have been a little shorter. But if you've made it through the others in order, I think it becomes justified. All the personal mythology comes full circle. He is like Yeats. What might he have done next?

Une Journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch

Chris Marker (1999)