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Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei TarkovskySoviet film director
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  1. BornAndrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky · 4 April 1932 · Zavrazhye, Ivanovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
    Died29 December 1986 (aged 54) · Paris, France
    SpousesIrma Raush · (m. 1957; div. 1970) · Larisa Kizilova (m. 1970)
    Overview

    Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes an… See more

    Life and career

    Andrei Tarkovsky was born in the village of Zavrazhye in the Yuryevetsky District of the Ivanovo Industrial Oblast (modern-day Kadyysky District of the Kostroma Oblast, Russia) to the poet and translator Arseny Aleksandro… See more

    Influences and thoughts on film

    Tarkovsky became a film director during the mid and late 1950s, a period referred to as the Khrushchev Thaw, during which Soviet society opened to foreign films, literature and music, among other things. This allowed Tar… See more

    Cinematic style

    In a 1962 interview, Tarkovsky argued: "All art, of course, is intellectual, but for me, all the arts, and cinema even more so, must above all be emotional and act upon the heart." His films are characterized by metaphysical themes, … See more

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