Andrei Arsénievich Tarkovski

ANDREI TARKOVSKI: THE ERRANT POET   "Andrei Tarkovski never died because his work lives. And those whose abilities live beyond death, are the cinematic Art's chosen few."   There is no doubt at this point in the history of cinema; Of the Art of Cinema, of course, that Andrei Arsénievich Tarkovski is one of his greatest sons, one of those filmmakers endowed with the grace of talent, that gift which many artists endowed with...

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Cosmic Ray

"In 1948 an unknown young Bengali wrote a newspaper article entitled ‘What is wrong with Indian films?’ He accused his nation’s directors of failing to grasp the new medium. He wrote, ‘It is incredible that a country that has inspired so much painting and music and poetry should fail to move the film-maker. He has only to keep his eyes open, and his ears. Let him do so.” The author...

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