Andrey Tarkovsky: Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema (1986–) [EN, BR-PT]

“Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema—hailed by Ingmar Bergman as “the most important director of our time”—died an exile in Paris in December 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both his life and work. Since Ivan’s Childhood won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1962, the visionary quality and totally original and haunting imagery of Tarkovsky’s films have captivated serious movie audiences all over the world, who see in his work a continuation of the great literary traditions of nineteenth-century Russia. Many critics have tried to interpret his intensely personal vision, but he himself always remained inaccessible.

In Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films—Ivan’s Childhood, Andrey Rublyov, Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, and The Sacrifice. He discusses their history and his methods of work, he explores the many problems of visual creativity, and he sets forth the deeply autobiographical content of part of his oeuvre—most fascinatingly in The Mirror and Nostalgia. The closing chapter on The Sacrifice, dictated in the last weeks of Tarkovsky’s life, makes the book essential reading for those who already know or who are just discovering his magnificent work.”

Originally published in German, 1986.

Translated from the Russian by Kitty Hunter-Blair
Publisher University of Texas Press, 1987
ISBN 0292776241, 9780292776241
254 pages

Keywords and phrases
Andrey Rublyov, Ivan’s Childhood, Arseniy Tarkovsky, Andrey Tarkovsky, Margarita Terekhova, mise en scene, film director, Gorchakov, Solaris, actor, Vadim Yusov, Stalker, Donatas Banionis, Lev Tolstoy, Dostoievsky, Sergey Gerasimov, Thomas Mann, Paul Valery, Electronic music, Nostalgia

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Sculpting in Time (English, 1987, updated on 2013-1-21)
Esculpir o tempo (BR-Portuguese, trans. Jefferson Luiz Camargo, 2nd ed., 1990/1998, added on 2017-9-7)