Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes and are known for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery and preoccupation with nature and memory.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Zavrazhye
- Educated at
- Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of SciencesGerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Awards
- 🏆 People's Artist of the RSFSR🏆 Lenin Prize🏆 Golden Lion🏆 Cannes Best Director Award🏆 Golden Eagle Awards
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"We know perfectly well that neither love nor peace of mind can be bought with any currency."
"Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards."
"For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion."
"Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic coincides with the ethical."
"I find poetic links, the logic of poetry in cinema, extraordinarily pleasing. They seem to me perfectly appropriate to the potential of cinema as the most truthful and poetic of art forms. Certainly I…"
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Timeline
1932
Born
Birth1986
Died
Death
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