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Andrei Tarkovsky

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A Russian filmmaker whose contemplative works Solaris and Stalker are cited as examples of cinema that requires patience and engagement from viewers.

Mentions (15)
"this is worse than when she yawned during solaris. worse than when she asked me why stalker was 'boring'. i am watching the death of cinema happen in real time, in my own home"
"Keep jerking off to the fact you've seen a tarkovsky movie one and hate chappell roan lmao 🙄"
This is a misogynistic tech bro community now · Remote_Arm_7127 · ↑585 · 2025-04-04
"hungary has produced probably the most important composer of the 20th century (bartok), tarkovsky's heir (tarr), one of the greatest minds to ever live (von neumann)"
countries that punch above their weight culturally? · u/SuccessfulLaw8789 · ↑359 · 2025-10-26
"Now, obviously it's no Tarkovsky. It's no PTA. Christ, it's not even Tarantino. But it's genuinely pathetic how for all the money and raw manpower thrown in all these Disney-run franchises are coming up with worse results than the movies of yesteryear."
"taking aesthetics and the arts seriously is a positive character trait in itself. anyone who thinks it's pretentious to value tarkovsky over joss whedon is clearly grappling with an inferiority complex"
having good taste is good · GoodAmericanCitizen · ↑140 · 2022-01-25
"i miss the filmposting and i think it would improve the sub. i would do it but i tried with tarkovsky's stalker and realized i just don't have the drive."
"We can express our feelings regarding the world around us either by poetic or by descriptive means. I prefer to express myself metaphorically. Let me stress: metaphorically, not symbolically. A symbol contains within itself a definite meaning, certain intellectual formula, while metaphor is an image"
Tarkovsky on Image Posting · u/killosibob · ↑45 · 2022-08-21
"Tarkovsky being assassinated by the KGB seems plausible given his role in USSR propaganda (they used his work to try and make the world think that artists had creative freedom in the USSR while hardly screening his films in Russia itself)"
Favorite conspiracy theories? · u/[deleted] · ↑44 · 2020-06-23
"I love how, compared to e.g. Lynch, completely open and transparent Tarkovsky is about his thought process. No interest at all in artificially keeping the enigma going. Truely a man of the people."
"I was surprised how different it is from the Tarkovsky movie"
Finished Roadside Picnic today · u/dylangerescapeplan_ · ↑36 · 2024-05-12
"Nostalghia, Andrei Tarkovsky (Or anything at all by Tarkovsky)"
Movies for Architects · u/hovsepi · ↑31 · 2025-01-28
"" The brutality and low acting skills in "Terminator" are unfortunate, but, as a vision of the future and the relation between man and his destiny, the film pushes the frontiers of cinema as an art form." - Andrei Tarkovsky on 'The Terminator' (1984)"
Surprising Tastes of Professionals · u/Busby-Berkeley · ↑30 · 2023-01-26
"Make the opening line to your video something like "Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky isn't just a film…it's an experience". Once again what you say doesn't really matter, the audience is not listening."
"The brutality and low acting skills in "Terminator" are unfortunate, but, as a vision of the future and the relation between man and his destiny, the film pushes the frontiers of cinema as an art form. - Andrei Tarkovsky on 'The Terminator' (1984)"
Surprising Tastes of Professionals · u/Busby-Berkeley · ↑30 · 2023-01-26
"Make the opening line to your video something like "Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky isn't just a film…it's an experience"."
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