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Zona by Geoff Dyer – reviewThe films of Andrei Tarkovsky, and in particular his 1979 classic Stalker, have a reputation for being among the most difficult in cinema. Difficult, not just in the sense of intellectually demanding, but difficult as in hard to sit through, ... |
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Todd Brownby John Semley February 1, 2012 The legend goes that when Andrei Tarkovsky, master of mid-20th century Russian cinema, set about adapting Stanislaw Lem's sci-fi novel Solaris for the big screen, he conceived of it as a riposte to Stanley Kubrick's ... |
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Annies Go to 'Rango,' Art Directors Pick 'Hugo,' 'Dragon Tattoo,' 'Harry Potter'And Peters' eight shorts in which today's top designers examined inspirational films of the past, from William Wyler's "Ben Hur" and Terry Gilliam's "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" to Andrei Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev," were eye-opening. |
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Book review: ZonaBefore I started reading Geoff Dyer's Zona, his account of his almost lifelong obsession with Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, I had never seen the 1979 film. I had, on the other hand, read a great deal by Dyer and had always admired his wit, elegance and ... |
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Reviews round-upIn the Financial Times, Peter Aspden is initially sparing in his praise, noting that, although Dyer's celebration of Andrei Tarkovsky's fim Stalker is patient and straightforward, "it surely deserves more". Yet that expectation, too, is ultimately ... |
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ATTACK THE BLOC: Win Tickets For Richard Viktorov's MOSCOW CASSIOPEIA ...by Todd Brown, January 24, 2012 10:26 AM Though Andrei Tarkovsky is clearly the best known director in the ongoing Twitch-curated Attack The Bloc series of Cold War era science fiction from the Eastern Bloc it is Russia's Richard Viktorov who boasts ... |
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Special screeningsAndrei Rublev: Andrei Tarkovsky's sweeping cinematic portrait of the great Russian icon painter is the cinema's earnest attempts to translate the passion of an artist's soul into visual and dramatic terms. Showtime is Saturday, Jan. |
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Geoff Dyer - ZonaTaking as his starting point one of his favourite cinematic experiences, Russian auteur Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 sci-fi film Stalker, Dyer delivers a scene-by-scene commentary that's inter-cut with much musing, both metaphysical and mundane, ... |
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How a Red Hot Chili Pepper Gave Drive Its PulseA minimalistic (and little-seen) adaptation of the Andrei Tarkovsky classic, the film was a stripped down variation on Tarkovsky's cerebral mystery. Many critics hated Solaris, but something about its moods and textures struck me, and a good part of ... |
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The 11 best Russian films of the year(Victor Ginzburg) According to critics, this drama directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev (“The Return,” “The Banishment”) is in the tradition of Andrei Tarkovsky's existential cinema. The film received a Special Jury Prize at the 64 th Cannes Film festival. |
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