Works by Andrei Tarkovsky explained

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932 - 1986)[1] was a Soviet filmmaker who is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time.[2] [3] His films are considered Romanticist and are often described as "slow cinema", with the average shot-length in his final three films being over a minute (compared to seconds for most modern films).[4] In his thirty-year career, Tarkovsky directed several student films and seven feature films,[3] co-directed a documentary, and wrote numerous screenplays. He also directed a stage play and wrote a book.

Born in the Soviet Union, Tarkovsky began his career at the State Institute of Cinematography, where he directed several student films.[5] In 1956, he made his directorial debut with the student film The Killers, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's eponymous short story. His first feature film was 1962's Ivan's Childhood, considered by some to be his most conventional film.[6] It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.[7] In 1966, he directed the biopic Andrei Rublev, which garnered him the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 1972, he directed the science fiction film Solaris, which was a response to what Tarkovsky saw as the "phoniness" of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).[8] Solaris was loosely based on the novel of the same title by Stanislaw Lem and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.[9] [10] His next film was Mirror (1975). In 1976, Tarkovsky directed his only play—a stage production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Lenkom Theatre. Viewing Tarkovsky as a dissident, Soviet authorities shut down the production after only a few performances. His final film produced in the Soviet Union, Stalker (1979), garnered him the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes.[11]

Tarkovsky left the Soviet Union in 1979 and directed the film Nostalghia and the accompanying documentary Voyage in Time.[12] At the Cannes Film Festival, Nostalghia was awarded the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury but was blocked from receiving the Palme d'Or by Soviet authorities.[13] In 1985, he published a book, Sculpting in Time, in which he explored art and cinema. His final film, The Sacrifice (1986), was produced in Sweden, shortly before his death from cancer. The film garnered Tarkovsky his second Grand Prix at Cannes, as well as a second International Critics' Prize, a Best Artistic Contribution, and another Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[14] He was posthumously awarded the Lenin Prize in 1990, the most prestigious award in the Soviet Union.[15]

Filmography

Year ! rowspan="2" scope="col"
Title Credited as Notes
Director!Writer
1956scope=rowStudent film, also actor, co-directed with Aleksandr Gordon and Marika Beiku, co-written with Gordon[16] [17]
1959scope=rowThere Will Be No Leave TodayStudent film, co-directed with Aleksandr Gordon, co-written with Gordon and Irina Makhovaya[18]
1960scope=rowStudent film[19]
1962scope=rowIvan's Childhood[20]
1966scope=rowAndrei Rublev[21]
1968scope=rowSergey LazoAlso an uncredited acting role[22]
1969scope=rowOne Chance in One ThousandCo-written with Artur Makarov[23]
1970scope=rowCo-written with Andrei Konchalovsky & Eduard Tropinin[24]
1972scope=rowSolaris
1973scope=rowCo-written with Andrei Konchalovsky & Eduard Tropinin[25]
1974scope=rowSour GrapeCo-written with Ruben Ovsepyan[26]
1975scope=rowMirror[27]
1979scope=rowStalker[28] [29]
scope=rowLook Out, Snake![30]
1983scope=rowNostalghiaCo-written with Tonino Guerra[31] [32]
1983scope=rowVoyage in TimeDocumentary, co-written and co-directed with Tonino Guerra[33]
1986scope=row[34]

Unfilmed scripts

Year writtenFilm
1975scope=rowHoffmanniana[35]
1978scope=rowSardor[36]
1981scope=rowThe Witch

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. News: Goodman. Walter. 30 December 1986. Andrei Tarkovsky, Director and Soviet Emigre, Dies at 54. The New York Times. 11 January 2021. 16 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116123923/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/30/obituaries/andrei-tarkovsky-director-and-soviet-emigre-dies-at-54.html. live.
  2. News: Bradshaw. Peter. Hans. Simran. Bray. Catherine. Leigh. Danny. 9 July 2022. If you watch only one film … the greatest movies by the greatest directors. The Guardian. 25 December 2022. 24 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221224221033/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/09/the-greatest-movies-by-the-greatest-directors. live.
  3. Web site: Where to begin with Andrei Tarkovsky. Gray. Carmen. 27 October 2015. British Film Institute. 25 December 2022. 31 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220331091343/https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-andrei-tarkovsky. live.
  4. Ross. Alex. 8 February 2021. The Drenching Richness of Andrei Tarkovsky. The New Yorker. 25 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221125105419/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/15/the-drenching-richness-of-andrei-tarkovsky. 25 November 2022. live.
  5. News: 7 June 2012. Andrei Tarkovsky's Very First Films: Three Student Films, 1956-1960. Open Culture. 18 June 2023. 7 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230207085904/https://www.openculture.com/2012/06/andrei_tarkovskys_very_first_films_three_student_films_1956-1960.html. live.
  6. Web site: One Day in the Life of Andre Arsenevich . Rosenbaum. Jonathan. 1 September 2002. Chicago Reader. 1 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080922140501/http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/2000/0900/000915.html. 22 September 2008. live.
  7. Web site: Return to Childhood. Criterion. 26 December 2022. 26 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226184540/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2236-return-to-childhood. live.
  8. News: Shave. Nick. 1 May 2020. I've never seen … Solaris. The Guardian. 1 December 2020. 7 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200707231828/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/01/ive-never-seen-solaris-andrei-tarkovsky-film. live.
  9. News: Bose. Swapnil Dhruv. 30 October 2020. The reason why Stanisław Lem was furious about Andrei Tarkovsky's adaptation of his novel 'Solaris'. Far Out Magazine. 16 May 2023. 17 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230517022129/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-stanislaw-lem-hated-andrei-tarkovsky-solaris-adaptation/. live.
  10. Web site: Solaris. Festival de Cannes. 25 December 2022. 26 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226062641/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/solaris. live.
  11. Web site: Stalker: Awards and Festivals. MUBI. 21 May 2023.
  12. [#Dunne|Dunne (2008)]
  13. News: Hoberman. J.. 24 January 2014. Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Nostalghia' on Blu-ray. The New York Times. 18 June 2023. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304154622/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/movies/homevideo/andrei-tarkovskys-nostalghia-on-blu-ray.html. live.
  14. Web site: All Masterpieces of Andrei Tarkovsky will be Shown at the SIFF. 29 March 2016. Shanghai International Film Festival. 25 December 2022. 26 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226054844/https://www.siff.com/english/content?aid=import-cms-1364. live.
  15. [#Dunne|Dunne (2008)]
  16. News: Jones. J.R.. 30 July 2015. How one Hemingway short story became three different movies. Chicago Reader. 11 January 2021. 9 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809073201/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ernest-hemingway-the-killers-criterion-siodmak-don-siegel-tarkovsky/Content?oid=18473617. live.
  17. News: Hoberman. J.. 30 July 2015. Facing Death With a Shrug in Two Versions of 'The Killers'. The New York Times. 11 January 2021. 8 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210108163821/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/movies/homevideo/facing-death-with-a-shrug-in-two-versions-of-the-killers.html. live.
  18. Web site: There Will Be No Leave Today. MUBI. June 30, 2023.
  19. News: Goodman. Walter. 22 April 1988. 'Steamroller and Violin,' Tarkovsky's Earliest. The New York Times. 11 January 2021. 11 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111193217/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/22/movies/steamroller-and-violin-tarkovsky-s-earliest.html. live.
  20. News: Bradshaw. Peter. 19 May 2016. Ivan's Childhood review – audacious, coldly lucid postwar Russian classic. The Guardian. 11 January 2021. 11 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111193240/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/19/ivans-childhood-andrei-tarkovsky-review-audacious-lucid-classic. live.
  21. News: Rose. Steve. 20 October 2010. Andrei Rublev: the best arthouse film of all time. The Guardian. 11 January 2021. 7 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210107163927/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/20/andrei-rublev-tarkovsky-arthouse. live.
  22. Web site: Sergey Lazo. Letterboxd. 25 December 2022. 25 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221225215822/https://letterboxd.com/film/sergey-lazo/crew/. live.
  23. [#Dunne|Dunne (2008)]
  24. Web site: The End of Ataman. MUBI. 3 July 2023.
  25. Web site: The Fierce One. Letterboxd. 25 December 2022. 26 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226022325/https://letterboxd.com/film/the-fierce-one/crew/. live.
  26. Web site: Sour Grape. Letterboxd. 25 December 2022. 26 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226022123/https://letterboxd.com/film/sour-grape/crew/. live.
  27. Web site: The Mirror. Rotten Tomatoes. 1 December 2020. 12 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014812/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_mirror_1975. live.
  28. Web site: Stalker: Meaning and Making. Le Fanu. Mark. 18 July 2017. The Criterion Collection. 1 December 2020. 9 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201009215741/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4739-stalker-meaning-and-making/. live.
  29. News: Dyer. Geoff. 5 February 2009. Danger! High-radiation arthouse!. The Guardian. 1 December 2020. 7 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200907115238/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/06/andrei-tarkovsky-stalker-russia-gulags-chernobyl. live.
  30. [#Riley|Riley (2007)]
  31. Web site: Nostalgia. Rotten Tomatoes. 11 January 2021. 11 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111193220/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nostalgia_1984. live.
  32. News: Hoberman. J.. 24 January 2014. A Man Without a Nation, in Italy. The New York Times. 11 January 2021. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304154622/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/movies/homevideo/andrei-tarkovskys-nostalghia-on-blu-ray.html. live.
  33. Web site: Tempo Di Viaggo. Festival de Cannes. 11 January 2021. 24 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190824012956/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/tempo-di-viaggio. live.
  34. News: Ebert. Roger. 21 November 1986. The Sacrifice. RogerEbert.com. 11 January 2021. 11 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111193146/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-sacrifice-1986. live.
  35. [#Dunne|Dunne (2008)]
  36. [#Dunne|Dunne (2008)]
  37. Web site: Katya Kompaneyets and Tengiz Mirzashvili sketches for Andrey Tarkovsky's Hamlet. Hesburgh Libraries. University of Notre Dame. 25 December 2022. 26 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226044229/https://archivesspace.library.nd.edu/repositories/3/resources/1941. live.
  38. News: Robinson. Harlow. 19 July 1987. Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema. Los Angeles Times. 25 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518142156/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-19/books/bk-4756_1_andrey-tarkovsky. 18 May 2015. live.

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