Andrei Tarkovsky's Sounding Cinema

Andrei Tarkovsky's Sounding Cinema
Author: Tobias Pontara
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2019-12-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1000764109

Andrei Tarkovsky's Sounding Cinema adds a new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of the work of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) through an exploration of the presence of music and sound in his films. The first comprehensive study in English concentrating on the soundtrack in Tarkovsky’s cinema, this book reveals how Tarkovsky’s use of electronic music, electronically manipulated sound, traditional folk songs and fragments of canonized works of Western art music plays into the philosophical, existential and ethical themes recurring throughout his work. Exploring the multilayered relationship between music, sound, film image and narrative space, Pontara provides penetrating and innovative close readings of Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), Stalker (1979), Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (1986) and in turn deeply enriches critical understanding of Tarkovsky’s films and their relation to the broader traditions of European art cinema. An excellent resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in European art cinema and the role of music in film, as well as for film aficionados interested in Tarkovsky’s work.

ReFocus: the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

ReFocus: the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
Author: Sergey Toymentsev
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-01-26
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781474437240

This book provides a fresh look at the director's legacy, with critical essays by both world-famous and early-career film scholars.

Sculpting in Time

Sculpting in Time
Author: Andrey Tarkovsky
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1989-04
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780292776241

A director reveals the original inspirations for his films, their history, his methods of work, and the problems of visual creativity

Sound Theory, Sound Practice

Sound Theory, Sound Practice
Author: Rick Altman
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1992
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780415904575

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky

The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky
Author: Jeremy Mark Robinson
Publisher: Crescent Moon Pub
Total Pages: 696
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781861712332

A major new study of Russian filmmaker Ardrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including 'Mirror', 'Solaris' and 'The Sacrifice'. Exploring every aspect of his output, including scripts, budget, production, shooting, editing, camera, sound, music, acting, themes, motifs and spirituality.

The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
Author: Vida T. Johnson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1994-12-22
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780253208873

"Johnson and Petrie have produced an admirable book. Anyone who wants to make sense of Tarkovsky's films—a very difficult task in any case—must read it." —The Russian Review "This book is a model of contextual and textual analysis. . . . the Tarkovsky myth is stripped of many of its shibboleths and the thematic structure and coherence of his work is revealed in a fresh and stimulating manner." —Europe-Asia Studies "[This book,] with its wealth of new research and critical insight, has set the standard and should certainly inspire other writers to keep on trying to collectively explore the possible meanings of Tarkovsky's film world." —Canadian Journal of Film Studies "For Tarkovsky lovers as well as haters, this is an essential book. It might make even the haters reconsider." —Cineaste This definitive study, set in the context of Russian cultural history, throws new light on one of the greatest—and most misunderstood—filmmakers of the past three decades. The text is enhanced by more than 60 frame enlargements from the films.

The Cinema of Tarkovsky

The Cinema of Tarkovsky
Author: Nariman Skakov
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-01-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0857721194

The phenomenon of time was a central preoccupation of Tarkovsky throughout his career. His films present visions of time by temporal means - that is, in time. Tarkovsky does not represent time through coherent argument, Nariman Skakov proposes, rather he presents it and the viewer experiences the argument. This book explores the phenomenon of spatio-temporal lapse in Tarkovsky's cinema - from Ivan's Childhood (1962) to Sacrifice (1986). Dreams, visions, mirages, memories, revelations, reveries and delusions are phenomena which present alternative spatio-temporal patterns; they disrupt the linear progression of events and create narrative discontinuity. Each chapter is dedicated to the discussion of one of Tarkovsky's seven feature films and in each, one of these phenomena functions as a refrain. Skakov discusses the influence of the flow of and lapses in space and time on the viewer's perception of the Tarkovskian cinematic universe. He opens and closes his original and fascinating book on Tarkovsky's cinema by focusing on the phenomenon of time that is discussed extensively by the filmmaker in his main theoretical treatise Sculpting in Time, as well as in a number of interviews and public lectures.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky
Author: Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781578062201

A collection of interviews with the Russian filmmaker who directed Andrei Roublev, Solaris, and The Mirror

Zona

Zona
Author: Geoff Dyer
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2012-02-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0857861689

In this spellbinding book, the man described by the Daily Telegraph as 'possibly the best living writer in Britain' takes on his biggest challenge yet: unlocking the film that has obsessed him all his adult life. Like the film Stalker itself, it confronts the most mysterious and enduring questions of life and how to live.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky
Author: Robert Bird
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781861893420

The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. His work has had an enormous influence on the style and structure of contemporary European film. This book is an original and comprehensive account of Tarkovsky's entire film output.