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The Cinema of Tarkovsky Labyrinths of Space and Time

The Cinema of Tarkovsky Labyrinths of Space and Time

Paperback

Series: Kino - The Russian and Soviet Cinema

DirectorsFilm StudiesRussian History

ISBN10: 184885630X
ISBN13: 9781848856301
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Jan 30 2012
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.18 Depth: 9.15
Language: English

The phenomenon of time was a central preoccupation of Tarkovsky throughout his career. His films present visions of time by temporal means - that is, in time. Tarkovsky does not represent time through coherent argument, Nariman Skakov proposes, rather he presents it and the viewer experiences the argument. This book explores the phenomenon of spatio-temporal lapse in Tarkovsky's cinema - from Ivan's Childhood (1962) to Sacrifice (1986). Dreams, visions, mirages, memories, revelations, reveries and delusions are phenomena which present alternative spatio-temporal patterns; they disrupt the linear progression of events and create narrative discontinuity. Each chapter is dedicated to the discussion of one of Tarkovsky's seven feature films and in each, one of these phenomena functions as a refrain. Skakov discusses the influence of the flow of and lapses in space and time on the viewer's perception of the Tarkovskian cinematic universe.

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