Category Archives: Tarkovsky
The production designer and the egg
The FT recites the commonplace observation that curvaceous, minimalist 1960s commercial designs look “space-age”, as if inspired by 1960s SF films, principally 2001: A Space Odyssey: which might indeed stand comparison with, say, Maurice Calka’s PDG Desk: The writer, Josh … Continue reading
Tarkovsky and boredom
I’ve met a few people who think that the films of Andrei Tarkovsky[1] are boring. I understand. These films are slow.[2] Most don’t have much of a story. There’s not much sex or violence or snappy dialogue. I was bored … Continue reading
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Saint Rowan 2
Modesty is one of his defining traits. Rowan Williams, whom both critics and allies agree is marked by a rare humility – and even that most elusive of qualities, “holiness” – is said by those who know him to be … Continue reading
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Saint Rowan
Andrei Rublev is one of Rowan Williams’ favourite films. Not too surprising – it’s about God and it’s “intellectual”, as is the archbishop. Does he also identify with Tarkovsky‘s magnificently narcissistic self-portrait of the artist as a spiritually refined, disastrously … Continue reading
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Solaris
I’m thinking of the novel, not the Tarkovsky film, and certainly not the cloying, pointless Soderbergh/Clooney version.
