Tarkovsky: Films, Stills, Polaroids and Writings

Andrei Tarkovsky made seven feature films in his lifetime and created, in them, a cinema as complete and as inimitable as anything ever produced — films in which time is not edited but sculpted, in which images carry a metaphysical weight that survives description, in which the spiritual and the material exist in exactly the relationship that his Orthodox upbringing taught him was the truth about reality. Andrei Mirror. Stalker. Sacrifice — each is the product of a consciousness operating at the absolute limit of what cinema can do.

This Thames & Hudson volume gathers the films, the stills, the Polaroids, and the writings of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, providing the most comprehensive available account of his work and its context. For anyone who has seen the films, it is an indispensable companion. For those who haven’t, it is the most persuasive possible invitation.

An essential reference for anyone serious about cinema. Published by Thames & Hudson.