Collected screenplays / Andrei Tarkovsky ; translated by William Powell and Natasha Synessios.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986.

Contributor:

Samuel P. Orlando Fund.

Standardized Title:

Selections. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Motion picture plays.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 564 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Faber, 1999.

Summary:

In the years since his death in 1986, Andrei Tarkovsky has become increasingly recognized as one of the great masters of world cinema. In his films -- Solaris, Mirror, Stalker and The Sacrifice -- Tarkovsky defined a new way of looking at the world, a new sense of Time in cinema. His non-realistic, highly charged images are a continuing source of inspiration -- not only for a new generation of film-makers, but also for poets, musicians and painters. This book collects the major part of his work in one volume.

These screenplays provide a unique glimpse into the way Tarkovsky's vision evolved from the printed text to its final form on celluloid. Also included are his unrealized scripts -- Light Wind, Hoffmanniana and Sardor -- which afford precious insight into the range of Tarkovsky's ambitions. This volume also contains an extended essay by Natasha Synessios, who places Tarkovsky's work in the context of Soviet film-making practice and also provides lucid commentaries on each of the texts.

Contents:

The Steamroller and the Violin / Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky 1

Ivan's Childhood / Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava, Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky 55

Solaris / Andrei Tarkovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshtein 127

Light Wind (Ariel) / Andrei Tarkovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshtein 187

Mirror: Proposal for the film Confession (Mirror) / Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Misharin 249

A White, White Day (Mirror) / Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Misharin 263

Hoffmanniana / Andrei Tarkovsky 323

Notes to Hoffmanniana / Andrei Tarkovsky 370

Stalker / Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky, Andrei Tarkovsky 373

Sardor / Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Misharin 417

Nostalgia / Tonino Guerra, Andrei Tarkovsky 463

The Sacrifice / Andrei Tarkovsky 505.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes filmography.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel P. Orlando Fund.

ISBN:

0571142664

OCLC:

41834478