"Carving Time: Reflections on Tarkovsky's Films"

Author: Andrei Tarkovsky
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Many critics have tried to interpret his intense personal vision, yet they have always struggled to reach it. Finally, in Scenes from a Memory, he records his thoughts and memories, revealing for the first time the creative inspiration, development, working methods, and strong autobiographical elements of his important works, while delving into various aspects of cinematic creation. These essays were written over a long period, with the chapter "The Sacrifice" recorded in his final weeks of life. In this artistic testimony, we see this master sculpting life within "a lump of time," as if time races through the lens, imprinted on the.