Andrei Tarkovsky: Interviews
- ISBN13: 9781578062201
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) was one of Russia’s most influential and renowned filmmakers, despite an output of only seven feature films in twenty years. Revered by such filmmaking giants as Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa, Tarkovsky is famous for his use of long takes, languid pacing, dreamlike metaphorical imagery, and meditations on spirituality and the human soul. His Andrei Roublev, Solaris, and The Mirror are considered landmarks of postwar Russian cinema. A… More >>
Get access to top career progression and interview strategies to boost your career prospects
Click here for more information
Click here for more information
Posted in 
Tags:
This is a good book and many of the interviews are excellent but to be honest I was expecting more. There isn’t much commentary on the interviews themselves they are just presented as they are.
Rating: 3 / 5
I ordered at the same time this book and the more famous “Sculpting in Time”, written by Tarkovsky himself. I’ve already written reviews about other titles of this University Press of Mississippi series, and I stick to those comments this time: Because of the complexities and subtleties of Tarkovsky’s ideas when he talked about his films, this work is actually the best complement you can find to Tarkovsky’s posthumous book. A god book if you want to study what some people define as “transcendental films”.
I had a problem with my order though: I received a first copy with a page completely ripped off, and I still had to pay 10 dls for a second copy to be sent from Miami to my home in Colombia. I would have liked a little bit more responsibility from amazon, since I’ve been a regular customer for a couple of years without being a pain in the *ss.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book of interviews with the master is a must for all who love great film, and especially fans of Russian Cinema (and of course Tarkovsky). Thanks Mr. Gianvito!
Rating: 5 / 5
This collection is very well edited and well conceived. It fills the gap between Sculpting in Time and books about the director by various authors. I would consider this and Tarkovsky’s own book as the two essential texts. Also, a few very funny, antagonistic answers to interview questions make for great reading. You’re unlikely to finish this book and still wonder why some crew members found it difficult to work with him.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is an absolutely fascinating read for any Tarkovsky fan. It gives a real insight into the individual films but more significantly it also helps you understand much better where Tarkovsky himself was coming from. It will also be of interest to people interested in modern cinema, but it is probably best to have seen most of Tarkovsky’s films first (there are only about 7 of them). One amusing aspect of the book is seeing different interviewers ask the same, often stupid, questions over a twenty-year period. However, there is plenty of rich material in the book so the repeated questions do not really detract from it, indeed, it is amusing to watch how Tarkovsky deals with them in different times and different contexts.
Rating: 5 / 5