Andrei Tarkovsky made his penultimate feature film Nostalghia in Italy. He was irritated by the constant supervision and pressure of the Soviet Censor Board. His creativity was being restricted to an unwanted limited boundary. So, Tarkovsky was not happy and content filming in Soviet Russia anymore. He set himself free and traveled to Italy. However, …

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Andrei Tarkovsky’s classic film Solaris is a science fiction film but mostly raises questions about human existence and consciousness. Tarkovsky was never interested in space exploration or research. Using the science fiction setup, he tried to portray human memories, emotional depth, and the language of love. More than the alien world, he was interested to …

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Andrei Tarkovsky’s immensely philosophical film Stalker digs deeper into human souls and tries to find out the true meaning of life. Humans exist in this world with an array of desires without knowing the innermost one. They chase dreams and fantasies forgetting their near and dear ones. However, without knowing the basic purpose of life, …

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Andrei Tarkovsky’s debut feature film Ivan’s Childhood shows how strongly war affects the lives of children. The curse of war affects everyone, but Tarkovsky chose childhood as it contrasts most. The film features the short tragic life of an orphaned boy named Ivan during the German invasion of Soviet Russia in World War II. However, …

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Andrei Tarkovsky’s epic poetic and deeply religious film Andrei Rublev is a great character study of Russia’s greatest icon painter Andrei Rublev. However, Tarkovsky did not intend this to be a historical or biographical film. He wanted to unravel the life experiences of a great artist that inspired and shaped his art and artistic manifestations. …

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