Andrei Tarkovsky's sounding cinema : music and meaning from Solaris to The Sacrifice / Tobias Pontara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pontara, Tobias, author.

Series:

Music and sound on the international screen

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986--Criticism and interpretation.

Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich.

Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986.

Motion picture music--History and criticism.

Motion picture music.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Andrei Tarkovsky's Sounding Cinema adds a new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of the work of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) through an exploration of the presence of music and sound in his films. The first comprehensive study in English concentrating on the soundtrack in Tarkovsky's cinema, this book reveals how Tarkovsky's use of electronic music, electronically manipulated sound, traditional folk songs and fragments of canonized works of Western art music plays into the philosophical, existential and ethical themes recurring throughout his work. Exploring the multilayered relationship between music, sound, film image and narrative space, Pontara provides penetrating and innovative close readings of Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), Stalker (1979), Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (1986) and in turn deeply enriches critical understanding of Tarkovsky's films and their relation to the broader traditions of European art cinema. An excellent resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in European art cinema and the role of music in film, as well as for film aficionados interested in Tarkovsky's work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Interpreting Tarkovsky's Cinema through its Music

Bach at the Space Station : Diegetic Ambiguities and Multiplying Gaps in Solaris

Memories, Dreams and Mysteries : Music and Dimensions of Human Experience in Mirror

Beethoven Overcome : Transcendence and Utopia in Stalker

Musical Offerings, Soothing Sounds and Sacrificial Acts : Managing the Nostalgia of Nostalghia

The Voice of Truth : Liminal Music, Spiritual Authenticity and Gradual Awakening in The Sacrifice

Music, Meaning and Troubled Utopias in Tarkovsky's Cinema

Appendix. The Structure of Mirror.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-187) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pontara, Tobias, Andrei Tarkovsky's sounding cinema

ISBN:

9780367277291

0367277298

OCLC:

1119741196

Publisher Number:

99984998402