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Tarkovsky is the best,my favourite director,god and genius.
Day Sleeper <day_sleeper@posta.ge>
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia - Saturday, December 02, 2000 at 03:56:55 (PST)

I wish there were other directors like him in the modern cinema.Alas.. It was so exiting to stumble upon such a good web site.I could never imagine there are people still interested in his films - somehow I always considered my interest a little obsessive (particularly the preoccupation with Stalker .I saw it for the first time 20 yers ago but still every time watching it leaves tremendous impression and every time I find something new.) The atmosphere ,the deapth of thought,visuals...I have never seen something even remotly similar.For me waching his movies is something akin to religious expirience.
michael <michaeljuravlyov@sympatico.ca>
toronto, canada - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 09:34:17 (PST)

This may sound silly, but this site came up when looking for apartment share agencies; it is a good omen. Tarkovsky, along with Bergman and Visconti are my favorite directors. Do with this information what you will. If anyone has a space to rent in New York for less than 800$ call (646)245-7899. Tarkovsky's vision and morality could not be more at odds with our soulless, technology worshiping totalitarian system. yours very truly, Michael O'Donnell
Michael O'Donnell <michaelo@tsmphoto.com>
New York, NY USA - Thursday, November 30, 2000 at 12:31:45 (PST)

I had read an article Tarkovsky- master of cinematic image and was impressed.
islahuddin ashraf <isashraf@rediffmail.com>
new delhi, delhi india - Wednesday, November 29, 2000 at 01:23:11 (PST)

I recently saw Nostalgia. In fact, saw it yesterday. The mood of the film has been floating around my head and everything is blurry melancholy. What has this film done to me. Is this comment dumb or what. :)
kumcat <kumcat@yahoo.com>
- Sunday, November 26, 2000 at 12:43:11 (PST)

I like Tarkovsky´s mythical sets. He had a feeling for the emotion behind a scene. Okay , my english is really bad....deshalb noch einmal auf Deutsch . Ich halte Tarkovsky für einen der letzten Poeten des Films.Abseits von SFX und CGI haben seine Filme wesentlich mehr Kraft und Ausdruck als alle "tiefgehenden" Hollywoodproduktionen.
Andreas Jupe <3eye@gmx.net>
Dresden, Germany - Thursday, November 23, 2000 at 14:28:03 (PST)

Tarkovsky is the best!!!
Octavian <pensula@yahoo.com>
Bucharest, Ro Romania - Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 09:54:42 (PST)

Jestem zachwycona tworczoscia Andrieja Tarkowskiego.Obecnie jestem w trakcie zbierania wszelkich materialow i pisania pracy dyplomowej o Jego DZIELACH.Pozdrawiam serdecznie wszystkich.
Ala <allian@poczta.wp.pl>
Warszawa, Polska - Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 09:09:39 (PST)

Dear Sir, Madam, I am looking for Tarkovsky on art topics. Can you help me to find some liknks? Ahead thank you for cooperation, Sincerely yours, A.Vvedenskaya
Vvedenskaya Anna <a.wedenskaya@planet.nl>
Maastricht, The Netherlands - Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 04:42:02 (PST)

Pictures and also the articles are super! I organize a classics cinema and these weeks it will be Tarkovski's movie days. I hope to get some pictures from the last film "The sacrifice". See you!
Florin Predescu <florin.predescu@usa.net>
Campina, PH ROMANIA - Monday, November 20, 2000 at 13:34:29 (PST)

Beautifull!!!!
deniz tuli <deniztuli@hotmail.com>
izmir, Turkiye - Thursday, November 16, 2000 at 08:45:15 (PST)

The Threshold of ADVANCE.Any ideas anyone on improving the concious at large??Im goin to make a short film exploring these ideas seen when red writer and the proffessor make their way to the phone room in STALKER. Please, if you can get a dialogue ging i'd be really happy, as I want to capture these emotions but in a very subtle way, just as Tarkovsy has.Contact me on ninizoomstar@hotmail.com speak soon, nini.
Nini. <ninizoomstar@hotmail.com>
Living in london. - Tuesday, November 14, 2000 at 11:30:59 (PST)

Your web-site was very helpful hower I need to find out who wrote, and where I could find the song entitled Le Foglie. Thank you very much if you could help me.
Timothy J Nichols <Schwans33@msn.com>
Wingdale, NY USA - Monday, November 06, 2000 at 20:22:45 (PST)

Hi everybody, Does anybody know which Bach CD has the opening theme of Solaris "Choral Prelude in F minor" I am looking for it for a long time and checked hundreds of Bach CDs, unfortunately couldn't find it sofar. Thanks for any help. Eko
Ekrem Kutluay <ekutluay@umich.edu>
Ann Arbor, MI USA - Monday, November 06, 2000 at 12:21:13 (PST)

Where can I buy 16mm film prints of Tarkovsky's films? How much would they go for? Are his early short films available on video, I would love to see them as I am director of shorts myself seeing as I haven't had the finance to direct anything else. I love this website and I love Tarkovsky. Thank you for creating it.
Tristan Creeley <tristanFLM@aol.com>
Boston, MA United States of America - Monday, November 06, 2000 at 01:03:17 (PST)

Avec Andrei Tarkovski, le cinéma est un art.
Sam Geobra <geobra@noos.fr>
Paris, 75 France - Sunday, November 05, 2000 at 17:16:17 (PST)

There are movies ,and there are Tarkovsky movies..
Pocea Adrian <adipocea@aol.com>
Constanta, Romania - Saturday, November 04, 2000 at 12:39:55 (PST)

I'm a great Tarkovsky fan!
Andy O' Sullivan <aosullivan@ascon.ie>
Cork, Ireland - Saturday, November 04, 2000 at 11:29:29 (PST)

Would love to see a medium for interaction between Tarkovsky lovers around the globe.
Ash <oc_hong@hotmail.com>
Singapore, Singapore Singapore - Saturday, November 04, 2000 at 07:41:35 (PST)

A wonderful site! Until now I've only seen 'The Sacrifice' but I'm looking forward to get familiar with all other Tarkovsky films... 'The Sacrifice' is simply one of the greatest films I have ever seen.
woody <walthermerk@hotmail.com>
Vienna, Europe - Thursday, November 02, 2000 at 05:50:01 (PST)

I love Andrey Tarkovsky film´s because they transcend the usual idea of what we call "filmmaking" and is philosophy of life is very close to mine.
manuel boucherie <manuelboucherie@portugalmail.com>
lisbon, portugal - Wednesday, November 01, 2000 at 21:13:39 (PST)

can anyone explain the motivation behind tarkovsky's room made of mirrors and how did he shoot in it without the camera and crew showing up in the shots by reflection? i.e.(solaris)my colleugue in our film dept. asked me a strange question(which he allready knew the answer to) he asked "if theres a room made of wall to wall mirror and you can look into it without being in it what is it reflecting?" I paused for a couple seconds,(I guess I was stumped)"___nothing." he said..then he mentioned the other problem? it was that of how to shoot a scene without the camera being shown. of course I had to envision myself in a mirrored cylander hiding in it with a camera and the room being completly round with nothing in it!(did anybody know about that lense that can capture 360 degrees at once?!) I've realised that Tarkovsky might be inadvertantly plunging me into a strange paradox or rather that which modern physics ignores__ "space time continuum?"
jura
- Wednesday, November 01, 2000 at 21:00:42 (PST)

I am looking for books on Kaspar Hauser. If anyone has any and is willing to sell them, I am willing to pay any price. Thank You Melissa Please email me at shorty_shorty10@yahoo.com
Melissa <shorty_shorty10@yahoo.com>
Klamath Falls, OR - Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 22:34:05 (PDT)

Tarkovsky, es el genio y el maestro de la grúa, además su nostalgia y el poema de sus imágenes me hacen sentir libre. El Espejo es una obra maestra. Por si les interesa tengo algo de Esculpir en el Tiempo de Andrei Tarkovsky. Los felicito por el sitio.
Manuel Suquilanda <m.suquilanda@andinanet.net>
Quito, p. ECUADOR - Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 09:06:24 (PDT)

it is very useful site; thank to all,
melda <meldaya@usa.net>
turkey Ankara - Tuesday, October 24, 2000 at 13:33:23 (PDT)

i am considering writing a dissertation on andrei rublev. focusing on the use and/or portyal of iconography, and the way in which a moderm art medium ie film, is united with the classical artform of iconography. the choice is fairly wide, but would like to here from anyone with ideas or the location of possibly useful resources, RE: iconography or tarkovsky. already have 'sculptures in time' and 'the diaries'. thanks very much mark
mark <hibbsy1@yahoo.com>
leeds, UNITED KINGDOM - Tuesday, October 24, 2000 at 03:06:54 (PDT)

I´m searching for a german version of Tarkowsky´s Nostalgia. I would also be pleased about a Copy of that VHS-Movie.
Herky <Herky@T-Online.de>
Ostercappeln, Ger - Sunday, October 22, 2000 at 11:36:18 (PDT)

I would like to know if there are any books with poems of Arseny Tarkovski, father of Andrei, translated into Emglish, French, Italian or Spanish
E. Iliadou <emibahia@hotmail.com>
- Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 11:07:09 (PDT)

Es un poeta de la cámara.¿Alguien tiene los poemas de su padre Arseni Tarkovsky, en español?
Norma Romero <Norma Romero80@Hot mail.com>
Rosario, Argentina - Sunday, October 15, 2000 at 22:38:32 (PDT)

Tarkovskys work had a profound influence on my painting.Anyone interested can see at www.brockington.clara.net I was very happy to d/load the Bach music from Solaris which has been haunting me for 20 years. Water is of central importance in these works dont you think? and how about that candle carrying?! and the fires and the wind... oh beauty!
brockington@clara.co.uk
Bristol, England - Thursday, October 05, 2000 at 16:13:55 (PDT)

hello anna long time no hear i found out you emailed me but my wife got a hold of it and freaked out sorry about that hope all is well are you going to come to my show its thursday-sunday at 8pm ( the shoes) at 84 east4th street in the redroom ok later daniel
anna lee <chefasia@aol.com>
- Saturday, September 30, 2000 at 19:56:21 (PDT)

tarkovsky biography
heidar cheraghchi <hcheraghchi@yahoo.com>
isfahan, iran tarkovsky biography - Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 10:25:34 (PDT)

Un Gran trabajo, me gusta mucho.
Pablo Gonzalez Galeotti <zpalopoz@hotmail.com>
Guatemala - Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 09:46:27 (PDT)

Your synopsis of The Sacrafice includes the outcome of the movie. If I hadn't seen it already I'd be pissed off.
eric <eric_karl@hotmail.com>
toronto, canada - Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 11:30:33 (PDT)

Does anyone know, where I could purchase Stalker (with english subtitles)?
Lauri Dammert <ldammert@looksmart.net>
Copenhagen, Denmark - Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 01:00:56 (PDT)

I'm a writer, editor, translator, and historical researcher. Have edited and translated, among many other things, Dovzhenko's autobiography and diaries and the original story by Mykhailo Kotsiubyns'kyi on which Paradzhanov based Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Does anyone have information about the circumstances in which Dovzhenko filmed his 1940 documentary Liberation?
Marco Carynnyk <marcoc@attcanada.ca>
Toronto, ON Canada - Tuesday, September 26, 2000 at 15:29:45 (PDT)

I am doing an Architectural study of one of my favourite movies.. STALKER..... CAN ANYONE HELP ME ?.... I you have any informations on private or public studies any help would be so appreciated, especially Architecure based Thanks a lot.....Otto
otto fischer <ottofischer75@hotmail.com>
oxford, england - Friday, September 22, 2000 at 08:51:54 (PDT)

are there any paradjanov fans out there i love tarkovsky but i reckon paradjanov is underrated.
chas hutchinson <gratefultiger@hotmail.com.au>
melbourne, vic australia - Wednesday, September 20, 2000 at 19:56:31 (PDT)

Fine work.
Piergiorgio Sbrissa <kraken@libero.it>
Milano, Italia - Sunday, September 10, 2000 at 16:54:31 (PDT)

Attribute to Andrei Tarkovsky -Why did Tarkovsky choose the Japanese music as a sign of eternal peace?
sanr-sun <tatama@hanmail.net>
Ulsan, S.Korea - Friday, September 08, 2000 at 02:45:15 (PDT)

I really can't believe that I found so many things!!
Carolina <carolinaquerido@bol.com.br>
São Paulo, SP Brasil - Thursday, September 07, 2000 at 08:20:50 (PDT)
- Wednesday, September 06, 2000 at 19:40:44 (PDT)

I'm looking for photographs by Andrej Tarkovskij, to organize an exhibition in Milano. If someone can help me, please e-mail me. Thanks
Sandro Chierici <s.chierici@ultreya.it>
Milano, Italia - Sunday, September 03, 2000 at 07:20:28 (PDT)

I THINK HE IS A GREAT POET ON CINEMA. JAPANESE COMPOSER TAKEMITSU TORU HAVE WRITTEN MUSIC FOR ANDREI TARKOVSKY. IT IS FOR STRINGS AND SOLO VIOLIN.IT WAS MEMORIAM FOR TARKOVSKY. TAKEMISTU HAVE DIED IN 20TH. FEB.1996 . SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH .
SATOU HIROSHI <ariadne@nifty.com.>
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 19:14:28 (PDT)

hi...any other fans? wanna talk?
hermit#y304 <jackiweb@airmail.net>
usa - Friday, August 25, 2000 at 14:31:01 (PDT)

tarkovsky is the god. his films will be for ever.
kong do sik
seoul, korea - Friday, August 25, 2000 at 08:06:31 (PDT)

I'm a member of the "Institut International Andreî Tarkovski" in Paris. We'd like to get in touch with the webmaster of your site in order to develop something in common. Can I get a name and an address so that I can be more specific! Thank you in advance. BP.
Bruno PLANTY <bplanty@yahoo.com>
Paris , France - Tuesday, August 22, 2000 at 07:46:31 (PDT)

I'm simply glad A Tarkosky existed, and left behind what he left.
ds laurentiu <arionm@usa.net>
husi, romania - Tuesday, August 22, 2000 at 01:21:54 (PDT)

I LIKE ANDREI IN CINEMA DIRENTOR HE IS GREAT ARTIST IN MY LIFE. I HAPPY SEEING ON HIS FILM.
CHAN IN PARK
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Sunday, August 20, 2000 at 07:18:34 (PDT)

I have just a word to say about Tarkovsky´s work: glorious I learned a lot with his films in this two years since I saw The Mirror and I'm still learning and still trying to understand about his art. Sorry for my english
Manuel Suquilanda <m.suquilanda@andinanet.net>
Quito, Ecuador - Tuesday, August 15, 2000 at 02:14:30 (PDT)

He is a great director. A moving poet.
Cassiano <cassiogg@hotmail.com>
Porto Alegre, RS Brasil - Sunday, August 13, 2000 at 08:41:18 (PDT)

this is an excellent web page. Its just to bad that their arent enough web pages devoted to andre tarkovsky. He was a wonderful film maker whos films captured a sense of beuty and mysticism like no other film in recent memory. His long long takes were able to convey a sense of spirituality and emotional power that has always moved me when watching his films(espicialy in the Mirror where his technique of film making worked perfectly). I hope this website continues to keep up its excellent work on Tarkovsky and I hope that someday a filmaaker comes aong and tries to make a differance in society through his films like Tarkovskys did.
dan <foleyforever17>
USA - Saturday, August 12, 2000 at 23:40:31 (PDT)

It is a great site!I am looking forward to seeing more movies of his!He is a great director!!!!!!
anna soldatou <a.soldatou@eudoramail.com>
preveza, greece - Saturday, August 05, 2000 at 03:12:18 (PDT)

Supernatural view of angle, quiet stillness at the corner of between life and death
Na Young-Ho <trueoho@hanmail.net>
Puchon, South KOREA - Thursday, August 03, 2000 at 02:51:30 (PDT)

Andrei , in his movies is making This world a Sacred place. But not only that, he is changing , perception of those who saw his movies. RE sacralizing the World.
Sasa Persic <sasa.persic@kvarner.net>
Rijeka, Croatia - Sunday, July 30, 2000 at 07:08:21 (PDT)

Great site!
djordje <djdjokic@f.bg.ac.yu>
Belgrade, 011 Yugoslavia - Saturday, July 29, 2000 at 20:17:32 (PDT)

I want to speak with Tarkovsky's fans all over the world
costas <titinos_2000@yahoo.com>
athens, greece - Monday, July 24, 2000 at 13:21:26 (PDT)

There are but a few Americans who adore Tarkovsky, and I am undoubtedly one of them. After The Sacrifice, I couldn't talk for at least a day.
Matt Benham <mbenham@filmson.com>
Los Angeles, CA United States - Monday, July 24, 2000 at 09:34:30 (PDT)

Great site! Never thought to see so many people who are interested in Tarkovsky's films. I would be another person without his works.
Valerie <valerie@dialup.mplik.ru>
rus Yekaterinburg - Saturday, July 22, 2000 at 10:56:43 (PDT)

Tarkovsky is surely the greastest film director of all time.
sirisak <bsirisak@yahoo.com>
bangkok, thailand - Wednesday, July 19, 2000 at 18:20:02 (PDT)

evet bende geldim,varmısın arkadas olmaya ? hhandsomeh@yahoo.com ülke fark etmez,marsa bile ok. : ) where is my love ?
hasan <hhandsomeh@yahoo.com>
istanbul, single turkey - Wednesday, July 19, 2000 at 16:22:01 (PDT)

I have seen all of Tarkovskis films serveal times, and I find them more and more fascinating each time. I have all seven of them om VHS and four of them on DVD. That gives me the faboulos possibility to watch them over again and again. I´m very interested in hearing from other Tarkovsky-fans.
Morten Egholm <megholm@get2net.dk>
Copenhagen, Denmark - Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 13:42:41 (PDT)

hi,everyone!i love you as well as i do Tarkovsky!
jienny <jiennyshi@263.net>
peking, China - Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 12:33:30 (PDT)

Tarkovsky is my favirite artist of cinema. I wept when I saw "The Mirror"... It's about my life, my senses, my dreames
Alex Bykoff
- Monday, July 17, 2000 at 22:18:14 (PDT)

I think, Your site is very good and I will recommend it. I worked some years about the filmart of Tarkovsky (please note: the title on your booklist is "junger", but it must be "jünger/juenger").
Hans-Dieter Juenger <hdjuenger@web.de>
Koeln, Germany - Friday, July 14, 2000 at 04:04:44 (PDT)

I discovered Tarkovski 12 years ago when I saw Andrei Roublev. Since I have seen something like 3000 movies, and my opinion is still that that movie is the best ever. All his movies moved me profoundly.
Robert Desjardins <tarkotull@sympatico.ca>
Montréal, Qc. Canada - Thursday, July 06, 2000 at 19:16:28 (PDT)

His works are like visual reflections of Arseni Tarkosvky, a great poet of all times. Good site by the way!!!
OZGE KUSASLAN <ozgekusaslan@yahoo.com>
Istanbul, TURKEY - Wednesday, June 28, 2000 at 05:08:56 (PDT)

I saw STALKER, Andrej Rubljow, The Mirror and Nostalghia. The best films I've ever seen...
Maria <maricucha@gmx.net>
Dresden - Berlin, Alemania - Thursday, June 22, 2000 at 03:16:02 (PDT)

why don't americans understand tarkovsky'sfilms?
charles hutchinson <gratefultiger@hotmail.com.au>
MELBOURNE, VIC AUSTRALIA - Monday, June 19, 2000 at 18:09:17 (PDT)

The truth is that i don't know very much about Tarkowski. But i think Stalker is one of the greatest. Es una lástima no ver nadie de chile en este guestbook. This page is incredible.
Ricardo <parsec@uol.cl>
Santiago, Chile - Saturday, June 17, 2000 at 21:39:15 (PDT)

Hi,everybody who loves or just curious about Tarkovsky's films.I'm really happy that it's a live site ! Hope to meet somebody in chat to talk about him.
val <v-v-y@mail.ru>
penza, russia - Saturday, June 17, 2000 at 17:14:49 (PDT)

I happen to be writing a term paper on 'Andrei Rublev' and would be grateful for any feedback from anyone interested in exploring the interface between tarkovsky's films, painting (remember the tableaus from Pieter Breughel's Crucifixion?), and, more generally, theorization on the subject of time and its representations in art. Thanks. Prashant Keshavmuthy
prashant keshavmurthy <prashantky@gmx.net>
New Delhi, Delhi India - Friday, June 16, 2000 at 01:19:22 (PDT)

The view of the world he chose to let me see is one I will never forget.
Jan Noorda <janjnoorda@wishmail.net>
Leeuwarden, NETHERLANDS - Thursday, June 15, 2000 at 15:57:58 (PDT)

it's so hard to see all those info about Tarkovsky, it's nice website. i love it..
Mark <onebeam@hotmail.com>
Hongkong, China - Wednesday, June 14, 2000 at 03:47:46 (PDT)

I'm a great lover of Tarkovsky...But I'm russian and it's quite natural for a russian.But I never could imagine,that there are so many Tarkovsky's "fans" abroad.It's great!And I'm happy.
valery
penza, russia - Tuesday, June 13, 2000 at 15:34:49 (PDT)

Good site!! And really popular which is really great to see. I'm after any info about Paradganov, as it 's proving difficult to find out much about the man or his films. If anyone can help drop us a line.
sandy milroy <halfwit104@hotmail.com>
newcastle, uk - Monday, June 12, 2000 at 14:49:32 (PDT)

I just saw two AT films: Solaris and Mirror, and will watch Stalker tomorrow. I´m very impressed by his aesthetic work, very out-of-time and innovative, and very in tune with the kind of experimental music I like (check out finnish duo Pan sonic, they are AT fans). Althougt there is a millon details to bear in mind in each plot, I feel like letting the images embrace me without making any effot in understanding the truths behind them (Thus these movies have initiated long conversations with friends about these hidden motives) Great soundtracks, also very innovative with those intimidating low frequency sounds that grow up to noise.
HERNAN GONZALEZ <tenida@adinet.com.uy>
Montevideo, Uruguay - Saturday, June 10, 2000 at 21:00:16 (PDT)

E' fuggita l'estate PIù nulla rimane Si sta bene al sole Eppur questo non basta Quel che poteva essere Come una foglia dalle cinque punte Mi si è posato sulla mano Eppur questo non basta Né il bene né il male Sono passati invano Tutto era chiaro e luminoso Eppur questo non basta La vita mi prendeva sotto l'ala Mi proteggeva, mi salvava Ero davvero fortunato Eppur questo non basta Non sono bruciate le foglie Non si sono spezzati i rami Il giorno è terso come cristallo Eppur questo non basta.
Valentino <valentino.r@inwind.it>
Mestre, ITALIA - Saturday, June 10, 2000 at 12:14:33 (PDT)

Stalker is the dream that I wasn't able to have. Stalker is a gift. Thanks!
Andrea <icdwal@tin.it>
Italy - Saturday, June 10, 2000 at 04:06:38 (PDT)

I am looking for translations of FIRST MEETINGS by ARSENY TARKOVSKY (the first poem in The Mirror) in English of any quility.THANKS
Adam <adamfuss@yahoo.com>
New York, NY USA - Thursday, June 08, 2000 at 12:41:41 (PDT)

What is the source for the interview on Mirror? None was listed on the page... Thanks, Mark J. Wolf
Mark J. Wolf <mark.wolf@cuw.edu>
milwaukee, wi usa - Monday, June 05, 2000 at 13:34:07 (PDT)

Russion art is the best, And Andrej is one of the best in Russion art. I have seen Stalker an Ivans childhood, and I think that Stalker is one of the worlds greatest movies, and one of the worlds greatest object of art.
William Johansson <Willman@everyday.com>
Skelleftea, Sweden - Sunday, June 04, 2000 at 06:47:27 (PDT)

I invite anybody interested in cinema and photography to take a look at my "Innerscapes": http://web.tiscalinet.it/cesarebedogne
cesare bedognè <eggum@freemail.it>
sondrio, italy italy - Thursday, June 01, 2000 at 13:29:04 (PDT)

hi! am looking forward to meeting an old friend on these pages
reshmi mitra <reshmi@xlri.ac.in>
jamshedpur, bihar india - Thursday, June 01, 2000 at 08:02:30 (PDT)
so happy about this site, thank u very much, please send me news ulf aminde
ulf aminde <nomadulf@gmx.de>
berlin, - Monday, May 29, 2000 at 13:29:11 (PDT)
selam kýzlar nabert
imparator78 <imparator78>
imparator78, 1978 imparator78 - Sunday, May 28, 2000 at 03:23:02 (PDT)
Thank You for putting up this web site. He is a master who sadly left us too early. Never again will such films be made. But let us be greatful for these precious few.
Kevin Murphy <KJM88@aol.com>
NY, NY USA - Tuesday, May 23, 2000 at 15:23:11 (PDT)
I love Tarkovsky very much. He is a master. He touched the deepest side of human nature. And he investigated the every possibility of the camera. This site is good. I like it because I really hope some day I could build a similar web site for the director I like.
raymond <jhcheng@yammail.com>
Tainan, Taiwan - Friday, May 19, 2000 at 18:49:23 (PDT)
Previet, Ya interesooyoos rooskeemee filmamee. I am very interested in film and i am a student of Russian for three years. ANy information you could send me would be very appreciated. Thank you--Jacqueline Novak
Jacqueline Novak <JackieSN@aol.com>
NY, NY - Friday, May 19, 2000 at 10:38:06 (PDT)
Thank You for having this website. And thank you Andrei for coming into this world and pouring some of the light of your soul onto us.
Gleb Nikolau <g.nikolau@mciworld.com>
NY, NY US - Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 11:56:17 (PDT)
i'm taking a course at university on tarkovskij's cinema as a citation of russian culture, i thought i might find someone to chat with about "mirror", i'm a bit confused..
gabriella <gambriella@hotmail.com>
perugia, italy - Saturday, May 13, 2000 at 14:11:41 (PDT)
no comments
monica <monicagomes@mail.telepac.pt>
Lisboa, Portugal - Friday, May 12, 2000 at 14:55:44 (PDT)
In our hearts we know, but thank you mr.Tarkovsky for the liberation from the cage of sadness
helge <hsaeveru@online.no>
Tana, norway - Saturday, May 06, 2000 at 00:47:44 (PDT)
Tarkovsky is one of the most great artist of the century: A poet of the imagen
Eduardo Torielli <Edutor@fing.edu.uy>
Montevideo, URUGUAY - Wednesday, May 03, 2000 at 09:47:26 (PDT)
Sad to say there should be more sites dedicated to thiscinematic master. I have only seen Andrei Rublev and it has left a significant impression on myself and my filmmaking as a student. Is there any archive/library in the NYC Westchester area that will grant me access to 16mm or VHS copies of Tarkovsky's work??
Francisco Bello <bello@cooper.edu>
Ossining, NY 10562 - Monday, May 01, 2000 at 11:01:35 (PDT)
Seekiing copy of Tarkovsky's "Time within Time"
TcK <crispin@bitstream.net>
Mpls., MN usa - Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at 20:00:22 (PDT)
Am seeking copy of Tarkovsky's
TcK <crispin@bitsteam.net>
Mpls., MN USA - Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at 19:57:10 (PDT)
people studying Nietsche, deluse and Tarkovsky, please contact.
prasad <jprasadk@netscape.net>
baroda, gujarat India - Monday, April 24, 2000 at 13:11:36 (PDT)
to discover the works of Andrei tarkovsky is like stumbling into a secret garden. When one watches his films, one is forced to have the eyes of a child; seeing things as he/ she were seeing them for the first time. I stare in awe. Most recently when a local theatre was showing Solaris, I noticed that I could not turn my head.
marc pitanza <mpitanza@yahoo.com>
brooklyn, ny USA - Monday, April 17, 2000 at 20:27:01 (PDT)
Ich binn an Die Originalafnahmen in russisch der Tarkowsky Filme Interesiert
Radu Catalin <Radu.catalin@T-Online.de>
Bad Friedrichshall, Germany - Friday, April 14, 2000 at 05:37:09 (PDT)
Folks, am desperate about acquiring "The Color of Pomengranade" movie by Paradganov. A Yahoo search showed that the only site containing his name was this. I am wondering therefore if anyone could give me some info concerning this. ... since many of you comprehend and value the real cine- art... Cordially, Tigran
Tigran Kurdiyan <tkurdian@hotmail.com>
Athens, Greece - Tuesday, April 11, 2000 at 08:19:07 (PDT)
Vince sent me via Premier Bob's website. publish.uwo.ca/~vrcherni
Wills <Willscaldwell>
London, UK - Monday, April 10, 2000 at 23:34:36 (PDT)
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dearfilm staff <info@dearfilm.com>
los angeles, ca u.s. - Friday, April 07, 2000 at 21:24:46 (PDT)
hi,I tnink Andrei Tarkovsky is number-1,and I am glad to watch his films in russian,because I know this beautiful language!
Samir <samir_76@hotmail.com>
Baku, Azerabijan - Monday, April 03, 2000 at 05:37:38 (PDT)
The best site on the web on the genius of Mr. Tarkovsky!
Victor <macgyverarchitects@lasvegas.com>
Copenhagen, Denmark - Sunday, April 02, 2000 at 16:49:19 (PDT)
Hello, I really love your site! Before long i believed that I was the only Tarkovsky fan left in the world.I am so glad to see there are more people who remember this absolute genius. I am rather new to the internet, so I dont really know how to write articles and such, but it seems not too hard and maybe someday I will have the courage to write something in the message board. Thank you for showing me "that I am not alone in an empty universe". Andre
Andre( my real name!) <hoeve@igr.nl>
zwolle, ov Netherl;ands - Sunday, April 02, 2000 at 14:02:25 (PDT)
"Mirror" and "The Sacrifice" have been released in the format of DVD already! Produced by Kino Studio.
Ita Kung <ita@i-cable.com>
Hong Kong, China - Sunday, March 26, 2000 at 22:51:47 (PST)
marvellous............thank you .
RFN <N / A >
VANCOUVER, BC CANADA - Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 12:46:48 (PST)
Oglądałam tylko dwa filmy, ale tego co zobaczyłam nie można opisać. Mam zamiar obejrzeć Stalkera jeszcze jeden raz, bynajmniej nie ostatni.
Kasia <alvin2@poczta.wp.pl>
Wyszkow, poland - Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 09:13:27 (PST)
When will Solaris be released on DVD? *sigh*
Wiley Wiggins <weevil@fringeware.com>
Austin, TX USA - Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 08:10:11 (PST)
Where on earth can i get the password for the message board of this website?
peter seifert <pwseifert@yahoo.com>
Hong Kong, China - Sunday, March 19, 2000 at 22:55:00 (PST)
Andrei es un GENIO. Absolutamente Borgeano. Does anybody know BORGES?? Well, Andrei put it into pictures, image poetry. Andrei: Muchas Gracias. Darío Tessone
Darío Tessone <djtessone@sinectis.com.ar>
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 20:49:40 (PST)
WARSAVSKY PACT TO BYLO ALE UZ NENI,DEKUJEM VAM PANE GORBACEV UZ SE NAM DYCHA VOLNE . NIKDY UZ TY BOLSEVICI DOCESKE ZEME NECHCEM!!!!!
FRANK ZEBRA <YAHOO>
HOBART,, TASMANIA AUSTRALIA - Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 18:26:34 (PST)
Thank you for this website! A thing of Beauty is a joy forever - - -
Tor Midtbo <midtbo@hotmail.com>
Oslo, Norway - Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 06:34:29 (PST)
Great site, I was looking for it since longtime ! Thanks for the soundrtracks of Stalker
Valentino <vale_ric@hotmail.com>
Venice, ITALY - Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 00:52:02 (PST)
I was really impressed by this website!! Its great that you took the time to do it. So far I have only seen Andrei Rublev and Solaris but I thought they were fantastic! Keep up the good work!
Joseph John Ruffell <yourfuneral_mytrial@hotmail.com>
Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom - Saturday, March 11, 2000 at 13:54:39 (PST)
i've been writing a dissertation about Andrej Tarkovskij
barbara <a.liberti@libero.it>
fabriano, italyI've been writing - Thursday, March 09, 2000 at 14:25:24 (PST)
no comments
Desieter <eric.desieter@voila.fr>
Lille, France - Thursday, March 09, 2000 at 06:53:28 (PST)
thank you!!!
petr soukup <zona@iol.cz>
Kolin, czech republic - Sunday, March 05, 2000 at 10:46:35 (PST)
i want information about a sculptor named niam working in paris, france.
ewbuckner <ewbuckner@dellnet.com>
st. louis, mo usa - Friday, March 03, 2000 at 23:13:26 (PST)
what about a sculptor working in paris, france named "niam"?
ewbuckner <ewbuckner@dellnet.com>
st. louis , mo usa - Friday, March 03, 2000 at 23:11:05 (PST)
Super filmcinja. Najdobri se
karolina <svetec13@hotmail.com>
Skopje, Macedonia - Thursday, March 02, 2000 at 12:40:28 (PST)
I have only watched SOLARIS so far, but was very moved by it. As a musician, I have to admire the way Tarkovsky uses Bach's music to introduce the movie. Look forward to watch his other films.
Richard Shepherd <feed_ye@hotmail.com>
Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil - Friday, February 25, 2000 at 20:35:45 (PST)
I had the honor to meet Andre in a Russian school when I was 13 years old. I didn't understand his films at the time, but appreciate his methods in challenging state norms. Thank you Andre!
Yevgeny Bazarov <bazarov55@yahoo.com>
POLOTROV, USSR - Thursday, February 24, 2000 at 17:27:15 (PST)
hmmm...
saz <sazgazpacho@netscapeonline.co.uk>
Brighton, UK - Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at 14:08:36 (PST)

Peter Seifert <pwseifert@yahoo.com>
Hong Kong, China - Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at 07:32:38 (PST)
After spending three years in graduate film school, the only book that really captured the essence of cinema, in my opinion, was Tarkovsky's "Sculpting In Time". For anyone fascinated with film or Tarkovsky it really is a must read. Of all filmmakers Tarkovsky's images stand alone, above those of Antonioni, Bergman, Bresson, Bertolucci, Dovshanko, Fellini, Kusturica, and Welles (although those directors are pretty good too!). What a legacy! Watching Tarkovsky gives you the same satisfaction as listening to the Goldberg Variations by Bach, or the third movement of Beethoven's ninth, or Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, true divinity. If anyone's interested in Tarkovsky, I would also suggest taking a look at the films of Ozu and Bresson, particularly Tokyo Story and Mouchet.
jon <jejensen@alumni.duke.edu>
Los Angeles, CA - Sunday, February 20, 2000 at 22:17:22 (PST)
hi i want some info of tarkovsky.biographie and filmographie. perhaps anyone could help me? thank you nicolas tremelet
tremelet <tremelet@cybercable.fr>
paris, france - Sunday, February 20, 2000 at 14:43:03 (PST)
I am a peruvian writer who is facinated by some of tarkovsky´¨films, specially Andrei Rublev
Sergio R. Franco <cush@latinmail.com>
Lima, PERU - Thursday, February 17, 2000 at 10:40:59 (PST)
My admiration for Tarkovsky's films and ideas is complete. The power of his work never ceases to astonish and move me in ways unsurpassed by any other director or, indeed, artist in any medium. I am very grateful for this site.
James <winchelljames@excelonline.com>
Portland, OR USA - Thursday, February 17, 2000 at 00:43:11 (PST)
I am thrilled with your great site. I would like to know if there's any Tarkovsky's movie titled in croatian or serbian language. I would be very grateful for any kind of information about that subject. Thank you sincerely, Yours trully Petar Bujas
Petar Bujas <pbujas@altavista.com>
Zagreb, Croatia - Wednesday, February 16, 2000 at 07:38:51 (PST)
I am really impressed by such a great site.The highlight is the pictures.Please try to add some movie clips from Tarkovski's films
Lalit Rao <lalitrao@yahoo.com>
Bangalore, India - Sunday, February 13, 2000 at 08:37:18 (PST)
I am particularly interested in the sound in Tarkovsky' films.
pul <paulchauncy@hotmail.com>
- Friday, February 11, 2000 at 05:10:55 (PST)
I don't know what to write. Great director, great words, maybe. One of the most sensitive poets and directors. Holiwood never won't have so good dirctor. Never!
zarko kujundziski <zarkofilmmaker@yahoo.com>
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - Friday, February 11, 2000 at 03:42:16 (PST)
Finally, a decent website for the greatest filmmaker of all time. Thanks ever so much!
Vincent Lassauw <V.Lassauw@chello.nl>
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Thursday, February 10, 2000 at 02:34:25 (PST)
Want to be added, but it seems that I have to enter something in this field. Well, here it is... Thanks.
chase bailey <chase@atleisure.net>
Incline Village, NV USA - Wednesday, February 09, 2000 at 22:21:36 (PST)
Tarkovsky is surely one of three best filmmakers in the history of cinema, if those three were to be chosen.
Niam <nono_itet@hotmail.com>
Beirut, Lebanon - Tuesday, February 08, 2000 at 09:44:19 (PST)
shadows are low given light
Matthew pearson <mpearson@vt.edu>
Blacksburg, va usa - Thursday, February 03, 2000 at 22:41:30 (PST)
I love you shevchenko
sasan raftari <i am one of your fan.>
gothenburg, sweden - Tuesday, February 01, 2000 at 05:32:07 (PST)
Beauty will save the world
Dragan Todorovic <kaing@ptt.yu>
Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Monday, January 31, 2000 at 19:27:58 (PST)
Thanks for this great site about an "über-menschen"
Hakki Kurtulus <hakkikurtulus@hotmail.com>
İstanbul, Turkey - Thursday, January 27, 2000 at 17:59:47 (PST)
Thanks for this great site about an "über-menschen"
Hakki Kurtulus <hakkikurtulus@hotmail.com>
İstanbul, Turkey - Thursday, January 27, 2000 at 17:57:09 (PST)
What a great homepage. Thanks! I hope I will find some time to contribute a bit. Tarkovsky deserves to get more exposure...his work is of breathtaking beauty.
Frank
New York, NY USA - Thursday, January 27, 2000 at 05:57:40 (PST)
looking for poems to seduce
kevin
- Wednesday, January 26, 2000 at 23:21:00 (PST)
Who compose pictures as Bach compose music?
Freddy hagen <Freddyhagen@hotmail.com>
Berlin, Deutschland - Tuesday, January 25, 2000 at 17:56:24 (PST)
Impressed by and thankful for your work. sincerely Helge S.
Helge <hschjoerring@hotmail.com>
Prague/Copenhagen, Cz/Dk - Sunday, January 23, 2000 at 13:42:23 (PST)
ADavis <adavis8@lausd.k12.ca.us.>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Saturday, January 22, 2000 at 19:30:50 (PST)
A very competent site. A lot of feelings come forward by looking at pictures , listening to the soundtracks and reading the interesting material. Thanks you very much , and regards to all Tarkovsky-fans everywhere.
Poul Knudsen <grau.lojt@mail.tele.dk>
Aabenraa, Denmark - Saturday, January 15, 2000 at 17:54:13 (PST)
Just adding to your video list; STALKER was released on Japanese Laserdisc (out of print?) quite a number of years ago w/Japanese subtitles (in Russian). It is the best looking version I have yet seen on either film or video.
Scooter McCrae
Brooklyn, N.Y. - Friday, January 14, 2000 at 16:09:54 (PST)
I was doing site reviews for the Britannica Internet Guide, and was looking for a site that does justice to Tarkovsky. There seems to be a lot of material in this site, but some of the links don't work ( 2001 and solaris) and some links give an error message. (Interview on Mirror for eg.) If you do manage to fix these glitches, will you let me know? I would be so much for that. But I still feel you ought to fix the missing links, if only to do the right thing by a very great filmmaker
Sabyasachi Ray <sabyasachiray@hotmail.com>
Bombay, Maharashtra India - Monday, January 03, 2000 at 22:35:32 (PST)
I was doing site reviews for the Britannica Internet Guide, and was looking for a site that does justice to Tarkovsky. There seems to be a lot of material in this site, but some of the links don't work ( 2001 and solaris) and some links give an error message. (Interview on Mirror for eg.) If you do manage to fix these glitches, will you let me know? I would be happy to recommend this site to Britannica. Thank You. Sabyasachi Ray
Sabyasachi Ray <sabyasachiray@hotmail.com>
Bombay, Maharashtra India - Monday, January 03, 2000 at 22:29:49 (PST)
I come across your web site and found it very interested and informative.I wish many more interesting articles, picture,stills will aappear in future. I congratulate to all behaind this website. best regards and season greetings chandran 3/1/2000
chandran <saichand@emirates.net.ae>
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, January 03, 2000 at 08:30:56 (PST)
The website looks beautiful. I have not seen it in over a year and it looks great. the links are also impressive. Tarkovsky is finally getting the audience he deserves.
marc pitanza <mpitanza@yahoo.com>
Brooklyn, NY USA - Friday, December 31, 1999 at 17:27:54 (PST)
Just saw again Andrej Rubliov.The opening shot - The Flight- is one of the greatest things ever done by a film-maker.Tarkovsky has been one of the deepest esthetic experiences of my life.His images keep on coming back to me,even when I less expect them, as true art always does. I am also very interested in Bergman, Dreyer, Antonioni. I would like very much to enter in touch with anybody willing to discuss about cinema (film-makers or just afecionado's, people with hungry eyes,longing for the other side of the Mirror). "Beauty will save the world" : isn't the Stalker closely connected with Prince Myskin? (The same purity, the same hidden despair, the same feeling of being trapped, imprisoned). Anybody longing for Elsewhere can write me in english, italian or dutch.
cesare bedognè <eggum@freemail.it>
sondrio, it italy - Thursday, December 30, 1999 at 06:00:53 (PST)
I am a professional chef in NY, who has been cooking for over 10 yrs now. i would love to work as a food stylist on movies. I have a great resume, and a portfolio with awesome pictures of my work. Do you have any suggestions as to who I can get in touch with. Any advice, leads or infos would be greatly appreciated. P.S. Wishing you a very Happy New Year! Sincerely yours, Anna Lee
Anna Lee <ChefAsia@aol.com>
NY, NY USA - Tuesday, December 28, 1999 at 18:15:14 (PST)
i set out serching for colour black found me. that was STALKER the FILM i have ever seen.
babu syed <psbabusyed@yahoo.com>
cairo, egypt - Sunday, December 26, 1999 at 11:08:17 (PST)
I have just seen Solaris after browsing the movie store for a unique movie, boy was I impressed! Now i'm addicted, I rented "Andrei Rublev" and i had to turn it off halfway through it was so intense. I will continue to watch it tonight, i have to, but once again, HE IS AN AMAZING DIRECTOR! IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHEN ALL MOVIES ARE SHIT, HE REMINDS US!!!!!!!
Jason Dictos <psyclobe@psyclobe.com>
Fresno, CA USA - Friday, December 24, 1999 at 08:44:21 (PST)
Prefiero al Tarkovsky de "Andréi Rubliov". Me salgo de tema, pero quisiera contarles que me hizo pasar uno de los peores ratos de mi vida. Me metí en un cine de Córdoba, en la última sesión, y a mitad de la película me moría de sueño (la noche anterior no había dormido casi nada). Nunca luché tan duro contra mis párpados. Aguanté hasta el final de la película, pero en un duermevela tan doloroso y extenuante, que aquello fué un suplicio que no le deseo a nadie. Anécdotas aparte, para mí, Tarkovsky es como un pintor de atmósferas. En "Andréi Rubliov" traza un dibujo exacto y poético de lo que tuvo que ser aquel período histórico y te lo hace vivir o te lo sugiere con un par de pinceladas de detalle, con ese "tempo" tan pausado, con esa mirada de camello o de documentalista empalagoso que ensancha el instante a su justa extensión temporal, al ritmo de la respiración pausada de un caballo o de los extertores acelerados de un aspirante a Icaro. Nadie nunca me ha explicado mejor que Tarkovsky el despertar cultural del Renacimiento, esa alegría ciega por la creación que se desparrama por toda Europa y enloquece algunos corazones. Bastó aquella salida del embajador veneciano (?) por la puerta de la ciudad rusa (casi un cuadro flamenco del XIV), mientras el "maladói páren" resbala enfebrecido por las lodosas laderas buscando la arcilla que utilizaba su padre en la fundición de la campana. O el mismo comienzo de la película: el fracaso del vuelo en globo. O la descripción de cómo se hacía la guerra por aquellas fechas. De ese modo tan bestial,pero al mismo tiempo tan natural y cándido (puro instinto del animal que invade el territorio del otro impulsado por leyes casi naturales), que empleaban las hordas mongolas. ... ¡¡Tan distinto de las guerras actuales!!... La escena del mongol a caballo mofándose del miedo de la niña muda me parece antológica... Hay muy poca gente capaz de sugerir con tan pocos trazos un mundo entero. Sólo los genios ...¡y Tarkovsky fue uno de ellos!. Uno de esos guias turísticos que nos enseñan a los simples mortales a degustar por un segundo el sabor de lo sublime.
Rafael Cañete <masha5@teleline.es>
Sevilla, España - Thursday, December 23, 1999 at 20:39:47 (PST)
Crtez..
Bane <bane@yubc.net>
Beograd, Jugoslavija - Monday, December 20, 1999 at 18:15:28 (PST)
I'm in great admiration to his films. Whenever I feel profoundly things winding around me ,as I reclining comfortly in my sweet chair, Tarkovsky's movies disturb mine being dazed..
ekrem <ekremalgun@yahoo.com>
Istanbul, Turkey - Friday, December 17, 1999 at 14:45:52 (PST)
You don't watch a Tarkovsky film, you go on a journey. Curious, does anyone know who has the rights to "Stalker" and if they are going to release it on DVD anytime soon? I would love that.
Collin <Collin@cinemazone.com>
- Tuesday, December 14, 1999 at 12:29:00 (PST)
The guestbook is not working. Fix the guestbook.
. <arseniy@inbox.ru>
ny, ny us - Friday, December 10, 1999 at 02:00:28 (PST)
Tarkovsky is the director who can not be known by anybody. His films are somthing really true and when you go to see his films you go in other world. It is rally beautiful and dengerous on other side. His films are just for some people.
Matija <Matija.Maticic@s-sser.lj.edus.si>
Ljubljana, Slovenia - Thursday, December 09, 1999 at 13:32:53 (PST)
The greatest of all directors deserved a great site. Congratulations and thanks - to both. By the way, does any russian friend know about the edition of AT's scripts (I do not think they had ever been translated..) ?
Martino Conserva <mconserva@bci.it>
Milan, Italy - Thursday, December 09, 1999 at 09:04:19 (PST)
Hello, I love to know about Tarkovsky's films. Especially Solaris. If anybody has any screenplays of his works, that would be a great favour if he/she sends them for me.
Rouzbeh <RouzbehFaze@hotmail.com>
Tehran, Tehran Iran - Wednesday, December 08, 1999 at 15:44:13 (PST)
Hello, I love to know about Tarkovsky's films. Especially Solaris.
Rouzbeh <RouzbehFaze@hotmail.com>
Tehran, Tehran Iran - Wednesday, December 08, 1999 at 15:35:25 (PST)
Love this homepage! Thanks for putting such effort in it!
Soren
- Wednesday, December 08, 1999 at 12:28:07 (PST)
Although I've just watched one film by Tarkovsky, which is "Andrei Rublev", i love it so so much. To me it's a mysterious experience and i rather watch it again and again instead of wasting time on most of the other movies. It's beyond the definition of film already...
Tang Yiming <lsd1967@hotmail.com>
Shanghai, China - Wednesday, December 08, 1999 at 06:43:46 (PST)
Topli pozdravi obozavaocima Andrejevog dela. U mojoj zemlji, mnogi mladi ljudi nisu imali srece da vide sta je stvorio ovaj dragulj medju sineastima. Nadam se da ce ovde stici bolja vremena i da cemo se vratiti Tarkovskom.
Valeria Mendler <mendlervaleria@netscape.net>
Novi sad, Srbija - Tuesday, December 07, 1999 at 04:29:02 (PST)
I believe that Ingmar Berman had characterized Tarkovsky highly precisely, and if we just stop for a second and read again what he said it makes REALLY a lot of sence :
Tarkovsky is for me the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream.
Ingmar Bergman
CTALKEP <Radik999@hotmail.com>
Brooklyn, NY US - Monday, December 06, 1999 at 22:06:49 (PST)
apenas el martes 30 de nov. el canal 11 de mi ciudad transmitio "Andrei Roublev", despues de verla solo tengo tres palabras para describirla:inspiradora genial de lo más creativo que se ha visto en el cine Mi episodio favorito es "campana"
omar ahmed <odisseyman@hotmail.com>
mexico, mx mexico - Friday, December 03, 1999 at 17:32:23 (PST)
Como quien asiste a una ceremonia religiosa, contemplé las imágenes de Stalker. Me costó seguir la línea argumental, llena de interrogantes que tiene que engarzar el espectador, quizá otro de los grandes aciertos de la película. SUCUMBÍ sin embargo a unas imágenes que me transportaron a territorios que no creía posible explorar en el arte, y todo de la mano de un gran artista. Sólo me queda esperar a ver sus restantes obras y, para los que somos creyentes, dar gracias a las alturas por encumbrar la condición humana hasta tal belleza (con el permiso de las dudas que acerca de la religión plantea Tarkovski en su película). posdata: en la filmoteca nacional en Madrid se proyectará en el mes de diciembre ´99 "El espejo" y "Stalker". No dejes pasar la ocasión.
Paco <Pacoredwarrior@hotmail.com>
Madrid, España - Friday, December 03, 1999 at 16:44:15 (PST)
my most beloved man and actor Evgeny Dvorzhetsky(his brother played in solaris) just died in a car accident in moscow. i am on the opposite side of the globe. anyone knows any sites on the internet with articles/photos of him and the incident, i appreciate. it is a karma on their family. his brother died suddenly as well. they are most beautiful people on earth...
lll
usa - Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 19:57:57 (PST)
December '99, two Tarkovsky screenings in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mirror plays at the Brattle Theater (www.beaconcinema.com/brattle) on the 9th, and The Sacrifice plays at the Harvard Film Archive (www.harvardfilmarchive.org) on the 22nd. I know of no better way to send out the millennium than with The Sacrifice. Think about it; it's worth the plane ticket...
Michael McCormick <michmcco@bu.edu>
Boston, MA USA - Tuesday, November 30, 1999 at 18:05:40 (PST)
When I first saw Andrei Rubliev I had just arrived in Paris. That was about 15 years ago. I hardly understood French and not a word on Russian. Never the less I saw the complete film in astonishment and was able to understand that I was in front of a masterpiece. Since then I´ve always tried in vain to clasify the film. For me it belongs to a realm that is no longer cinema. Tarkovsky uses cinema to transmit feelings and ideas that go beyond any art and get as closer as one cans to the meta-physics. I admire very much his other films, particulary The Mirror and Ivan's youth, but Andrei Rubliev was from the first day and will continue to be one of my greatest experiences in life.
Jaime Franco <francoserna@openway.com.co>
Bogotá, Colombia - Monday, November 29, 1999 at 19:43:12 (PST)
I´m student of cinematography, this is my 4TH year, I´ve been a great admirer of this Russian "cineasta", i have all his films, and one documental about him in Sverige (Sweden), I´ve heard ´bout a documentary film kind a visual essay of paradjanov and tarkovsky, You know something?, if the answer is afirmativ, please where can i find a copy, an original video tape in ntsc with english subtitles? I discovered the poetry cause a friend of mine showd me the persuassive effect of words as a tool to create or comunicate images, emotions and the self, they are poets of the visual language and with this vision, the uncertain feeling of the post-modern times, is easier to carry, but not at all.
C. Antonio Vásquez-Méndez <vasko@excite.com>
Santiago de Chile, Chile - Sunday, November 28, 1999 at 16:06:26 (PST)
I´m student of cinematography, this is my 4TH year, I´ve been a great admirer of this Russian "cineasta", i have all his films, and one documental about him in Sverige (Sweden), I´ve heard ´bout a documentary film kind a visual essay of paradjanov and tarkovsky, You know something?, if the answer is afirmativ, please where can i find a copy, an original video tape in ntsc with english subtitles? I discovered the poetry cause a friend of mine showd me the persuassive effect of words as a tool to create or comunicate images, emotions and the self, they are poets of the visual language and with this vision, the uncertain feeling of the post-modern times, is easier to carry, but not at all.
C. Antonio Vásquez-Méndez <vasko@excite.com>
Santiago de Chile, Chile - Sunday, November 28, 1999 at 16:05:19 (PST)
no comments
ýlgým <nsakarya@turk.net>
ankara, turkey - Saturday, November 27, 1999 at 08:51:27 (PST)
Me limitaré a recordar lo que Ingmar Bergman dijo: "He pasado toda mi vida golpeando a la puerta que me conduzca al espacio donde él (Tarkovsky) se ha movido con toda naturalidad"
Luis Della Valle <luisdellavalle@hotmail.com>
Santiago, Santiago Chile - Sunday, November 21, 1999 at 20:58:44 (PST)
Thanks AndreyTarkovsky I open for myself amazing music of Eduard Artemiev.Cann't find his early works on LP.I'm appreciate everybody who give me any advice (his e-mail would be great!)in this direction
tarot3@webtv.net <Serge>
St.Petersburg, FL USA - Monday, November 15, 1999 at 11:49:41 (PST)
Barzo lubiê filmy Tarkowskiego
hiro <hiro-j-matsuoka@att.net>
cambridge, MA USA - Sunday, November 14, 1999 at 11:41:07 (PST)
Thank you very much for this site.I am musician, and i like films by Tarkovsky, Fellini, Bergman very much.I'd be glad to receive a message from anybody who share my interests.
Sergej Tchirkov <sergejt@inbox.ru>
St. Petersburg, - Sunday, November 14, 1999 at 02:12:28 (PST)
I`M VERY INTERESTING ABOUT KONCHALOVSKI,TOO. I CAN NOT FIND NOTING.-I KNOW HE WROTTE THE SCREENPLAY OF ANDREI RUBLEV.-PLEASE SEND ME MORE INFORMATION.-THANKS.
Henry Lizarralde <lizarral@andinet.com>
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - Friday, November 12, 1999 at 09:29:04 (PST)
I want to buy "mirror". but not in the internet. I don't have credit card. how can I get the movies. please mail to me. the most easy way...
bongkun <andrei2@snu.ac..kr>
r.o.k - Wednesday, November 10, 1999 at 08:05:39 (PST)
After seeing Tarkovsky's films, nothing to say. Thanks for this page.
Rene A. Ballesteros <perrofeo@mixmail.com>
Temuco,, Chile - Tuesday, November 09, 1999 at 13:04:23 (PST)
This is wonderful site. I am making a short film about Tarkovsky and appreciate this site for research purposes. I would like to hear from other Tarkovsky fans who might be interested in discussing his work and Russian cinema in general, especially film-makers. Also, are the works of Arseniy Tarkovsky available in English?
G. CARMINA GALA <carmina_gala@hotmail.com>
LONDON, UK - Tuesday, November 09, 1999 at 07:21:17 (PST)
I have not seen Solaris but am frantically searching for a video store that has it available for rent. "The Stalker" was the last Tarkovsky film I've seen. Truly amazing!
Paul Gibbons <pg_computer_guy@msn.com>
Dover, NH USA - Saturday, November 06, 1999 at 17:29:46 (PST)
Hi again! I am a 25 year old moviemaker in Sweden. Lookin for people round the world to discuss movies with. People who like; Tarkovsky, Bergman, Cassavetes, Hal Ashby, Troell, Widerberg, Truffaut, Klimov, and more. Send me a mail
Erik <stureproduktioner@telia.com>
Malmoe, Sweden - Thursday, November 04, 1999 at 02:11:03 (PST)
I need help desperatly. I am looking for the film "Come and see" or "Idi in smorti" by the russian director Elem Klimov on video for sale. Been looking for a long while. I would need it on european format, PAL. By the way, isn´t The Mirror the best Tarkovsky movie?
Erik <stureproduktioner@telia.com>
Malmoe, Sweden - Thursday, November 04, 1999 at 02:06:04 (PST)
Just doing my work about Tarkovsky for european movie course. It's so much to say about him and his movies and so little time!
Aura <Oyecomova@iobox.com>
jyvaskyla, Finland - Wednesday, November 03, 1999 at 00:17:08 (PST)
He is all time mastro.
aniruddha mukherjee <kafka@Satyam.net.in>
new delhi, india - Friday, October 29, 1999 at 22:20:53 (PDT)
Most outstanding Symbolist of this century. His expresssions in cinematography has introduced a unique idiom,a poetic rhythm with new interpatation of space and time.His work is complex, metaphoric,and symbolic.
aniruddha mukherjee <kafka@satyam.net.in>
new delhi, india - Friday, October 29, 1999 at 22:13:56 (PDT)
I rate him an all-time genious in film. Seeing his films are haunting experience.The conceptions of reality, dream, fantasy are intermingled in such a way that they become blurr.He is the poet of world's greatest poetry.
Gautam Sen <chndrani@cal2.vsnl.net.in>
Calcutta, West Bengal India - Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 11:30:43 (PDT)
Andrei Tarkovsky and Stanley Kubrick are both in my opinion the two greatest masters of Cinema ever to live.I admire the work of these two directors because of the level of depth that can be found on their works and because their movies always become deeper after each viewing. Too bad they are gone now.
Javier <Nelapc@aol.com>
CA USA - Wednesday, October 27, 1999 at 22:46:15 (PDT)
The greatest virtue of Tarkovskiy is that his movies prove the existence of god. Watching them is enough to set a wondering soul onto the right path. After all, how can one not love our world, which is so beautiful? Dostoyevskiy once wrote that beauty will save the world - through painting, through Tarkovkskiy's movies, through music, we know this beauty, even if we were once too blind to see it surrounding us everywhere, but, alas, the world does not listen to its call. It lives with false ideals, and that is a shame.
Arseniy <Arseniy@inbox.ru>
New York, NY USA - Monday, October 25, 1999 at 23:08:52 (PDT)
Am privit peretii cu ochii goi.
Alex. Pop <alecpop@hotmail.com>
Bucharest, Romania - Monday, October 25, 1999 at 04:00:11 (PDT)
I saw my first Tarkovsky film (El Sacrificio) in a small, old, independent theater Buenos Aires in 1990. Since then, I have seen nearly all of his films. He clearly takes after Bergman, especially in his later career. Thanks for putting together this home page. Its far more worthwhile than most of the trash out there on the Internet.
John Charles
Springfield, VA USA - Tuesday, October 19, 1999 at 09:59:57 (PDT)
Lenin zil, Lenin ziv, Lenin budet zit'!!!! VPER'OD K POBEDE KOMUNIZMA!!!!!
Dimka Shevchenko <dimkasan@yahoo.com>
Or-Aqiva, Israel - Wednesday, October 13, 1999 at 01:24:00 (PDT)
To me Andrei Tarkovsky is one of the most honest filmmakers I have ever seen. His camera is an observer into the worlds he has created. The actions take place by the actors, not the special effects. His love of nature (the Earth) is evident in every one of his works. It is a shame there is only 7 films to see by him. In a perfect world there would be 700 films by him.
Peter <GoRp914@aol.com>
- Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at 17:01:47 (PDT)
Hi! I'm writing a book about Andrei Tarkovski and it would be very important to me to get in touch with someone from the family or the closed friends (I mean especially, his son, Andrei Tarkovski jr.). If anyone knows smth. about him, please tell me. When the book is ready, I'll onnounce you all. Spassiba!
alionka <alionka85@hotmail.com>
bucharest, romania - Thursday, October 07, 1999 at 07:25:10 (PDT)
When i first saw Stalker i couldn't handle it, i turned off the VCR at the middle of itbut, somehow i felt disturbed about the movie and couldn't get it out of my head for several time, so i saw it again, and you can´t tell how impressed and move i feel to the very present.
harley <h4r13y_che.yahoo.com>
Villahermosa, Tabasco Mexico - Wednesday, October 06, 1999 at 12:19:24 (PDT)
When i first saw Stalker i couldn't handle it, i turned off the Vcr at the middle of it, but then again, i felt disturbed several months ago about the movie, it just kept surrounding my mind... so i watched it again, fully... you can't tell how impressed i am until now.Stalker it's the ultimate movie, the minimum use for the music it's revealing about the Tarkovski Theory of Film making as an art. Life as it is. Life as it is it's the perfect way to show on film the inner human being of everyone. The abscence of symbolism an the importance he gave to ambientating process in the movie may be the one of the reasons we have to call him The image poet...subliminal I'm a aspirating film maker who just can't thanks enough to Andrei and to you for making this dreamed page possible.Spassiva Zone. Anyone who wants to right back?
HARLEY <h4R13Y_CHE@YAHOO.COM>
VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO MEXICO - Wednesday, October 06, 1999 at 12:12:46 (PDT)
Words can not express how I feel about Tarkovsky´s movies. Stalker is not only a film for me it´s image of reality we can´t see around us before someone shows us. Tarkovsky is a great guide. I am a bit lost at the moment so all you who understand please write to a bit insene future director/writer girl. I am stalker and I want to take you to the zone.
Liina Keskinen <kielo_k@hotmail.com>
Joensuu, Finland - Wednesday, October 06, 1999 at 05:24:18 (PDT)
Thanks for all the material provided on Tarkovsky. It is a rare opportunity!
V.Chakravarthy <chaks3@hotmail.com>
Penang, Malaysia - Wednesday, October 06, 1999 at 00:38:40 (PDT)
Can somebody who has the Tarkovsky diary send me the quote about someplace in St Peters Square, that is supposed to be an entrance or gateway to elsewhere, time warp, zone? I read it a couple of years ago but the book is unavailble in libraries around here. Thanks, Mike Handley
Mike Handley <mkhandley@hotmail.com>
- Friday, October 01, 1999 at 15:59:23 (PDT)
first visit...
vinod subramanian <pasacho@usa.net>
mumbai, india - Friday, October 01, 1999 at 08:07:14 (PDT)
Avevo visto tutti i suoi film, condividendone le idee estetiche, la forma, e i suoi messaggi, tutti tranne Nostalghia: dopo averlo visto, il giorno seguente, ho provato le sensazioni piu' straordinarie che abbia mai vissuto e che non e' facile a spiegare a parole, ma il ricordo, gia' cosi' forte, si ravviva ogni volta che guardo un suo film, in alcuni momenti anche con i film di Paradjanov, e con il Mahabaratha di Peter Brook. Vi prego, se avete avuto simili esperienze, scrivetemi. Un cordialissimo saluto a tutti.
Fabio Pellizzoni <labranda@cyberdude.com>
Freiburg, D Germany - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 12:04:29 (PDT)
The world is so much better with his films around. Content over gadgets, Hollywood.
Logan Susnick <logan@loganmedia.com>
New York, NY (Serbian origin) - Monday, September 27, 1999 at 18:30:19 (PDT)
Great, like to hear news....
Malenka <AnnaMalenka@gmx.de>
München, Germany - Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 03:07:36 (PDT)
looking for a collection of arseni tarkovsky poems. please inform
ryan miller <chevalnoir@email.com>
seattle, wa usa - Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 00:23:04 (PDT)
I first was introduced to his work by a Tarkovsky retrospective at Dartmouth College in 1986. The director was supposed to be on campus that semester, but his deteriorating health prevented him from coming. I have been a "fan" ever since, but I regret missing the opporunity to meet him!
Lewis Kapell <lkapell@juno.com>
Front Royal, VA USA - Friday, September 24, 1999 at 12:42:24 (PDT)
UUaaahhh!!! I saw Andrej Rublev yesterday. Thanx for this great men like Tarkovsky. He is painter in the motions. .....and this is good site!!!!
Rajiv <rajiv@gardener.com>
Prague, Czech Rep. - Tuesday, September 21, 1999 at 17:16:53 (PDT)
"Know, is to accept"
Nalini <laboa@yahoo.com>
chevy chase, MD USA - Wednesday, September 15, 1999 at 15:38:00 (PDT)
Great page! Did my thesis on the application of Tarkovsky's techniques to the stage. Wish I had run in to this site then. I will keep in touch!
Kris Hardesty <argus@clover.net>
coshocton, OH usa - Monday, September 13, 1999 at 19:34:47 (PDT)
spaseeba!
p <p-h@mailcity.com>
york, u uk - Saturday, September 11, 1999 at 07:33:18 (PDT)
I was moved seeing the Mirror for the first time last spring. I've been thinking about it ever since. It was so beautiful and I can't imagine myself in any other film as I can in the shoes of that little boy.
Thomas Collins <collit2@rpi.edu>
Troy, NY America - Friday, September 03, 1999 at 21:43:38 (PDT)
I LIKE THIS PAGE VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR IT.
CARMEN FERUGEAN <BANATEANUL>
PHILADELPHIA, PA USA - Wednesday, September 01, 1999 at 13:18:19 (PDT)
On wednesday, 09/01/99 at 10:15h PM "Iwans Kindheit" (Iwanowo detstwo) is showing on the german tv-program "ORB", on friday, 09/03/99 at 11:30h PM the german tv-program "3SAT" is showing "Die Walze und die Geige" (Katok i skripa)!!!
Tobias Bauer <to.bauer@bttc.de>
Leipzig, Germany - Wednesday, September 01, 1999 at 01:55:03 (PDT)
Sculpting in Time and Tarkowsky's autobiography are 2 of the mos inspiring books any filmmaker can read. The common denominator of his films is honesty.
Arturo Sinclair <arturo@rga.com>
New York, NY USA - Tuesday, August 31, 1999 at 21:41:39 (PDT)
no comments
marianna <mpana57@hotmail.com>
Athens, Greece - Monday, August 30, 1999 at 06:21:00 (PDT)
Thank you very much for the information, provided in your homepage.
Lucy Balnter <Boris_Blanter@excite.com>
Lexington, MA USA - Saturday, August 28, 1999 at 18:40:14 (PDT)
Ho le lacrime agli occhi, das ist aber schön, was du gemacht hast.
Beppe <leiber@respublica.fr>
Muenchen, Deutschland - Monday, August 16, 1999 at 15:47:47 (PDT)
Qui peut m'informer sur les possibles VHS-Videos des oeuvres de Tarkovsky avec synchronisation ou sous-titrage en français ou en espagnol ? Merci beaucoup ! B. Büchel Wer kann mich über VHS-Videos von Tarkovsky-Werken informieren, welche deutsch synchronisiert oder mit deutschen Untertiteln versehen sind ? Mit bestem Dank B. Büchel (buechelcedeno@freesurf.ch)
B. Büchel <buechelcedeno@freesurf.ch>
Marly, Switzerland - Monday, August 16, 1999 at 15:45:41 (PDT)
Tarkowsky show me what keeps man alive: faith.
Augusto D Ramos <aramos.UNVC@mail.telepac.pt>
OPORTO, PORTUGAL - Friday, August 13, 1999 at 10:51:22 (PDT)
tarkovsky is a poet, a seer, a genius and a director who crafted images from his heart. In short, he is GOD, he is DUDE, he lives on FOREVER. Mankind was lucky to have received the gift called Andrei Tarkovsky>
anirban bhattacharyya <anirbanb@mailcity.com>
bombay, maharashtra india - Tuesday, August 10, 1999 at 13:58:38 (PDT)
I am just learning to enjoy the movies of Andrei Tarkovsky. First Andrei Rublev now The Stalker.
Carole A. Miller <megrams@earthlink.net>
Seattle, WA USA - Monday, August 09, 1999 at 22:33:45 (PDT)
It's a real pleasure to look back to the fragments of a great master of cinema. Thank you and good work!
Marco Venturelli <marve@dada.it>
Florence, Italy - Monday, August 09, 1999 at 15:52:28 (PDT)
Was Fellini a Tarkovsky fan? His late work seems to borrow much of the same compositional disciplines.
francesca snelling <f_snelling@hotmail.com>
london, uk - Friday, August 06, 1999 at 12:39:29 (PDT)
Gracias por esta página.
Patricia Boero <xweg@sinectis.com.ar>
Ramos Mejía, BA Argentina - Thursday, August 05, 1999 at 08:52:25 (PDT)
I saw Stalker in the year 1979, in Zagreb, Croatia, after reciveing the phone call, with an information that the movie will be shown only once, in almost ilegal circumstances. There were ten or fifteen spectators in the theater. After seeing Stalker I couldn¨t move from the seat. My world changed, and since then I never stopped loving Tarkovsky and his magnificent work. To bad, the best people always dies too soon. Thank you, Andrei!
rade
Cochabamba, Bolivia - Wednesday, August 04, 1999 at 09:48:26 (PDT)
Nice page... We`ll make a trip to Stalker`s room, I hope it will be soon.
Gaspar Hauser <bgasparhauser@hotmail.com>
México DF, DF México - Saturday, July 31, 1999 at 00:07:51 (PDT)
Thank you for the page/tribute dedicated to one of the greatest directors ever.
Andrés Salgó <a_salgo@yahoo.co>
Mexico, D.F. Mexico - Friday, July 30, 1999 at 07:15:08 (PDT)
The first Tarkovsky movie I saw was 'Stalker'. I was so impressed by its unusual pace. Especially the shots involving dripping or flowing water created in me a state of peacefulness. It was as if I were on a trip to finding my inner freedom and thus escaping the fast paced world we're living in. After my first viewing I went a second time and was even more impressed. I loved how Andrei Tarkovsky 'combined' impressive images, sound of dripping/flowing water and sporadically silence to a piece of visual poetry. The only works of an other director I had a similar experience with was Stanley Kubrick's movies, especially '2001'. So far, 'Andrei Rublev', 'Stalker' and 'Nostalghia' are the only movies of his I've seen yet. I long to see 'Solaris'. Unfortunately, it hasn't been released on DVD yet. I hereby salute the Tarkovsky Fans all over the world. Fortinbras
Gilles Bellomi <gbellomi@pt.lu>
Dudelange, Luxembourg - Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 16:14:08 (PDT)
I learned Andrei Tarkovsky.
Chang-Jun Song <kscj@cherry.kist.re.kr>
South Korea - Monday, July 26, 1999 at 00:39:03 (PDT)
I am continuing to try to grok Tarkovsky. I love the slow pace---I have seen Solaris before but did not make it through, so I have vowed to finish Stalker. It reminds me a little of Waiting for Godot--I know that's a lame comment but I just don't get these movies yet!! Help me, web page!
Brendan Frost <bfrost@cch.com>
Washington, D.C. USA - Sunday, July 25, 1999 at 10:29:26 (PDT)
It took hours to find this page. Finally!!!!! I am especially interested in Solaris (and - up to now - I mainly got information about unix and linux)
Dieter Speck <the_real_djps@yahoo.com>
Hamburg, de Germany - Saturday, July 24, 1999 at 18:03:02 (PDT)
Enjoy the power of your VIEW Hello my name is Rachid i lived in Russia for 4 years ,i learned more things there of the most facinating was the world of the tarkovsky . i learned how to see the beauty differently but it stays a beauty .through the visual poetry of tarkovsky i learned how to love my childhood ,water and simplicity in life ,it's not necessary to make a film with a big budget and expensive speciale fx.if you can too simply make a film with your soul . Vladimir smenevitch Vyssotsky was the second majeur figure in my personnaltiy evolution . if there is anywhere a soul who wanna share this life style or this life philosofy u can call it what u want ,u can contact me . Enjoy the VIEW of your soul
Rachid <nasrashid@hotmail.com>
Delft, EU The netherlands - Friday, July 23, 1999 at 05:03:20 (PDT)
Hello. I have loved two of your movies for years and look forward to seeing the others very soon. I also enjoy Stanislaw Lem's writng. Your combination in the made the movie Solaris world-class and memorable! I have have also seen CTANKEP and I almost like it more than Solaris, yet it is a close `race'. I congratulate you for your movies and Thank You for you influence on me as an artist!
akaspecial99 <akaspecial99@yahoo.com>
Seattle, WA U.S.A. - Tuesday, July 20, 1999 at 12:22:34 (PDT)
He is for me in film what jackson pollock, or rembrandt, or de kooning, or van gogh does for me on canvas: he sends me to a deeper part of myself that I had been out of touch with, a part beyond words and concepts, a part deeply spiritual and mystical and inexplicable but totally recognizable. He gives me the feeling of wholeness, and the understanding of the sacred as the real dimension of life.
michael owen schwager <moschwager@aol.com>
floral park, ny usa - Sunday, July 18, 1999 at 15:46:20 (PDT)
Very impressed. Tarkovsky is for me one of the most fascinating personalities. I considered always his films amongst the best, in my sentimental hierarchy, and I felt his obsessins very close to mine. Thanks for this site. I lived again moments of my youth.
Pierre <pierre@ici.ro>
Bucharest, Romania - Thursday, July 15, 1999 at 08:21:10 (PDT)
I Study Cinema in Chile and need information about "Andrei Rublev", please. If you can help me, I'll be really grateful. Thank you and congratulations for your page.
Enrique Leon <enriqueelgrande@hotmail.com>
Santiago, RM Chile - Monday, July 05, 1999 at 09:49:28 (PDT)
"There is but one problem -- the only one in the world -- to restore to men a spiritual content, spiritual concerns...." -- A de St. Exupery. --------------------------- "......It could not be that there wasno one here who would be with us. No one who hated all this with a deadly hatred, who wanted to blast this dull sated world out of its stasis. Such people always existed and always will. Perhaps that bibliophile driver or that tall, harsh one of the Intels... and who knew how many more. They stumbled about as though they were blind. We would do everything in our power to help them so that they would not waste their anger on trifles. It was our place to be here now. And my place, too..." --------------------------- These are the excerpts from the very beginning and the very end of the novel "The Final Circle of Paradise" or another name "Century's Ravenous Pleasures" by the most famous and progressive Russian Sci-fi writer , who by the way wrote STALKER, and whom I love fondly and admire greatly as much as I do Tarkovsky and his Art , who doubtessly is a gift of the world Cinematography and I will even dare to say a G-D of art cinema as such. If someone is interested in reading that novel wich in some ways is related to Tarkovsky's art you could go here http://www.sf.amc.ru/abs/english/e-index2.htm It's all free you could download a complete novel for your reading pleasure. So now back to Tarkovsky. What I would like to say here is that I'm infinitely and endlessly grateful to all the fans , admirers and all the appreciative people here for knowing Tarkovsky for watching him , for disscusing him and mostly for understanding and appreciating his Art. Also I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those people who did create this huge and wonderful page which really does make me and many others feel happy . Thank you for giving us ( fans) that opportunity or chance to communicate with each other and share our experiences! To all the visitors . to all fans to all people who worked on creation of this page I wish you all the best of luck ! Radik.
Radik <Radik999@hotmail.com>
Brooklyn, NY America (Russia originally) - Saturday, July 03, 1999 at 19:02:03 (PDT)
There is but one problem -- the only one in the world -- to restore to men a spiritual content, spiritual concerns.... -- A de St. Exupery. --------------------------- It could not be that there wasno one here who would be with us. No one who hated all this with a deadly hatred, who wanted to blast this dull sated world out of its stasis. Such people always existed and always will. Perhaps that bibliophile driver or that tall, harsh one of the Intels... and who knew how many more. They stumbled about as though they were blind. We would do everything in our power to help them so that they would not waste their anger on trifles. It was our place to be here now. And my place, too. --------------------------- These are the excerpts from the very beginning and the very end of the novel "The Final Circle of Paradise" or another name "Century's Ravenous Pleasures") by the most famous and progressive Russian Sci-fi writer , who by the way wrote STALKER, and whom I love fondly and admire greatly as much as I do Tarkovsky and his Art , who doubtessly is a gift of the world Cinematography and I will even dare to say a G-D of art cinema as such. If someone is interested in reading that novel wich in some ways is related to Tarkovsky's art you could go here http://www.sf.amc.ru/abs/english/e-index2.htm It's all free you could download a complete novel for your reading pleasure. So now back to Tarkovsky. What I would like to say here is that I'm infinitely and endlessly grateful to all the fans , admirers and all the appreciative people here for knowing Tarkovsky for watching him , for disscusing him and mostly for understanding and appreciating his Art. Also I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those people who did create this huge and wonderful page which really does make me and many others feel happy . Thank you for giving us ( fans) that opportunity or chance to communicate with each other and share our experiences! To all the visitors . to all fans to all peple who worked on creation of this page I wish you all the best of luck ! Radik.
Radik <Radik999@hotmail.com>
Brooklyn, NY America (Russia originally) - Saturday, July 03, 1999 at 18:53:51 (PDT)
istanbul universitesi iletisim fakultesi son sinif ogrencisiyim.andrei tarkovsky hakkinda bitirme tezi hazirliyorum.dokumanlara ihtiyacim var.lutfen turkce olsun!
mehmet serif seyidoglu <seyidoglu@asyapazarlama.com>
istanbul, turkey - Saturday, July 03, 1999 at 02:59:01 (PDT)
I firmily believe that Tarkovsky was one of the best european directors and the best russian of the last 20 years. His poetic films opened and still open me some views of my self and the entire world. Every time I see a movie of him again then I understand some hidden views of him which are not so clear with a first look and clear for everyone. It is sad when you think that the creator of masterpieces like Solaris, Zerkalo, Nostalghia, Stalker, Sacrifice does not live anymore and that he left in his mid-fifties an age that he could offer us more magical moments. A memmorable european director with his own personal style that no other director can copy him. With his movies we will remember him for ever.
Vassilis Oikonomou <bill15@otenet.gr>
Trikala of Thessaly, Greece - Tuesday, June 29, 1999 at 15:34:58 (PDT)
I have seen Tarkovsky's movie Nostalghia today I think that is one of his most formalistic and mystical films with Sacrifice and Zerkalo.
Vassilis Oikonomou <bill15@otenet.gr>
Trikala of Thessaly, Greece - Tuesday, June 29, 1999 at 14:58:11 (PDT)
I don't know what this is about yet but, hey you only live once.
Stephanie
- Sunday, June 27, 1999 at 11:38:00 (PDT)
Obrigado por este site. E muito obrigado Tarkovsky pelas imagens, pelo tempo que corre devagar, por essa tua ideia do cinema e da arte.
Manuel Baptista <manuelb@hitext.com>
Brussels, Belgium - Friday, June 25, 1999 at 01:46:28 (PDT)
hello to all tarkowsky' friends. It's a pleasure to know I am not the only one, but just one of the few. tarkowsky films changed my life when I was 16, now I am 40, but when i look at them, the emotion is still the same. Many thanks to who worked on the project of this site. luciano
luciano <koba@starnova.it>
novara, italy - Monday, June 21, 1999 at 15:50:56 (PDT)
Tarkovsky is not only a filmmaker, but he is a cinematic visual magician .
Dickson Leung <400blow@i-cable.com>
Hong Kong - Monday, June 21, 1999 at 02:30:45 (PDT)
Another Stalker that looks his image through the Mirror.
Kyriakos <kyriakos100@hotmail.com>
Athens, Greece - Wednesday, June 16, 1999 at 00:47:21 (PDT)
Paradjanov once told a journalist that after he had been in prison they finally met again. Tarkovskij went to Tiblisi to meet Paradjanov. They met, Tarkovskij stayed a week and he cried the whole time. Another time Tarkovskij asked Paradjanov what he thought Tarkovski himself lacked to be a great director. Paradjanov answered that Tarkovskij already was a great director but if he lacked something that was one year of maximum security prison camp. Tarkovskij took the suggestion seriously and asked Paradjanov whether he should really try to get such an experience. All in the name of great art.
Elisabetta Fabrizi <e.fabrizi@rca.ac.uk>
London, England - Tuesday, June 15, 1999 at 11:44:13 (PDT)
The mesmerizing final shot of Nostalghia is burned into my mind forever. Its one of the greatest shots I have ever seen in the cinema. I was sorry to read about Mr. Tarkovski passing on and will miss not seeing any future work.
d. hohl <halcyon1@bluewin.ch>
Switzerland - Tuesday, June 08, 1999 at 14:36:12 (PDT)
A friend suggested Solaris to me a few weeks back, and now I've become entranced by the director. It was one of the most explosive experiences I've had in the theatre since Koyaanisqatsi and The Street of Crocodiles. It was as if a hammer was above me the whole way through, slowly descending, and then pulverising at the end.
Justin Rubin <jrubin1@d.umn.edu>
Duluth, MN USA - Monday, June 07, 1999 at 08:13:11 (PDT)
andrei is the only one who succeded. To give us insight in the unspeakble, the unviseble, the unameble. he is the greatest sculptor in celluloid.
schmeink karel <schmeink@casema.net>
utrecht, nederland - Tuesday, June 01, 1999 at 10:22:41 (PDT)
andrei is the only one who succeded. To give us insight in the unspeakble, the unviseble, the unameble. he is the greatest sculptor in celluloid.
schmeink karel <schmeink@casema.net>
utrecht, nederland - Tuesday, June 01, 1999 at 10:21:43 (PDT)
NIKOGDA NEDUMAL SHTO EST' LUDI KOTORIE TAK CENAT TARKOVSKOGO VO VSEM MIRE YA PROSTO SCHASTLIV UVIDEV ETU STRANICU NAPESHITE MNE KTO NIBUD' BUDU RAD POGOVORIT'.
NISON <CRUX667@HOTMAIL.COM>
BROOKLYN, NY USA - Tuesday, June 01, 1999 at 00:02:44 (PDT)
First of all... this site is perfect. I am a "Visual Communications Design" student in a university in Istanbul... still in the preparation class. I did not really know something about Tarkovsky 2 weeks ago. I have just decided to create a feedback for my Movie studies that I will need next year and randomly picked up a director name. What a luck that I have picked up the name "Andrei Tarkovsky". I have seen "The Mirror"... "The Sacrifice"... "Solaris" and "STALKER". I have just realized in a surprise that I had watched "STALKER" and "Solaris" when I was a child. Those movies impressed me very much in those days and shaped up my child psychology. But how sad is that I did not know that those master pieces were products of Tarkovsky. Now after so many years I have discovered the owner of these perfect movies and the depths of my imagination. I am really inspired by his so real "unreality" products. I am planning to shoot a short movie and reflect what I have learned form Tarkovsky. But I have a small problem. I must confess that I have a very weak literature background. So I could not figure out the literature side, the connections between Nietzche and Tarkovsky. I really need help. I am waiting for any kind of information. Thanks to every one visiting this page. (The e-mail address is wrong in my previous message. [Muhittin99@hotmail.com] is the correct one.)
Muhittin Bilginer <Muhittin99@hotmail.com>
ISTANBUL, 34 Turkiye - Monday, May 31, 1999 at 16:53:53 (PDT)
I've just finished watching Andrei Rublev for the first time and was hoping i could get some explanation of the first scene (the balloon) and the scene when the mute girl is introduced.
melissa statom <stams@rhodes.edu>
memphis, TN usa - Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 23:31:34 (PDT)
Tarkovsky films are the mirrors of my inner soul.
Fabio Armani <f.armani@mclink.it>
Rome, Italy - Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:35:31 (PDT)
Tarkovsky films are the mirrors of me inner soul.
Fabio Armani <f.armani@mclink.it>
Rome, Italy - Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:29:07 (PDT)
I am , or should be at this moment, writing my thesis on Nietzsche and Tarkovski, and want to show that film can provide the nescesary space for tragedy in our lives. Tarkovski, Dostajevski, Toergenjev and Vysotski are my examples of the Russian Soul, I would like to refer to, in order to clarify the metafysical quality I have experienced with these genius people. Is there a Russian, or any other soul, who shares my love for art and wisdom? Please contact me at my e-mail address.
REBECCA <Rebecca.Breuer@student.uva.nl>
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Sunday, May 23, 1999 at 17:47:39 (PDT)
I am really excited and hope to see more of your work. I am african american and I understand that " african americans" are really unheard of in Russia. I think that it would be a challenge, and that you should probably consider producing a film and introduce our race to your country. We are good for seductive, savvy, and comedic roles. I really think that introducing the african american may surprisingly become very profitable, I was fortunate to meet a Russian, doctor,and after a rather lengthy friendship, I decided for myself, that could be very profitable.
Melanie Lyles <Melanie.lyles@noaa.gov>
Laurel, Md USA - Friday, May 21, 1999 at 11:03:34 (PDT)
Laurel, Md USA - Friday, May 21, 1999 at 11:02:43 (PDT)
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Blanca Medellín <bmedelli@campus.ruv.itesm.mx>
Monterrey, Nuevo León México - Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 09:47:17 (PDT)
how can I go US for jop in film productions?
tayfur sonkaya <tayfurs@ibun.edu.tr>
Istanbul, 34 turkey - Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 06:28:33 (PDT)
everybody who mean cinema as arts know that tarkovsky can be named as the genius.
vakhtang <vakha@excite.co.uk>
moscow, russia - Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 06:00:29 (PDT)
me on to Tarkovsky when I use to pull the focus for him - changed my whole perception of what cinema is and could be. Now when I shoot I am always chasing the totality of the universe - so illusive and everchanging. Tarkovsky's films are the soul of the cinema.
sion michel
sydney, australia - Thursday, May 13, 1999 at 01:19:21 (PDT)
i want to see the intervieww seccion
ricardo santa maria <santana_uc>
santiago, chile - Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at 08:27:32 (PDT)
I would appreciate if any of you could give me any information on how Sacrifice is linked with Eastern practices and philosophies. I'd love to start with simple facts on in whose Tarkovsky was interested, and only then all the assumptions we make. Or is it trivial western idea..sacrifice?
Anton Mikhailov <antonmikhailov@hotmail.com>
Nicosia, Cyprus - Saturday, May 08, 1999 at 14:18:35 (PDT)
it's always important to see an important site about tarkovski. i love tarkovski's sacrifice, but all is movies to. thanks. Manuel Dias Portugal
manuel dias <rdd82791@mail.telepac.pt>
Portugal, ribatejo - Monday, May 03, 1999 at 18:10:42 (PDT)
Excellent page!!! I would like to know more about "Sacrifice"'s production. I need it for a University investigation. Thanks!
carla <carlagenoud@hotmail.com>
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Sunday, May 02, 1999 at 12:58:29 (PDT)
Excellent page!!! I would like to know more about "Sacrifice"'s production. I need it for a University investigation. Thanks!
carla <carlagenoud@hotmail.com>
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Sunday, May 02, 1999 at 12:58:05 (PDT)
as I am doing a GCSE in photography, sculpture and Video. S othis Tarkovsky page helped me with research.
Tom <Ronald_Bower@xoom.com>
- Thursday, April 29, 1999 at 05:24:41 (PDT)
I think this site is very well put together. However, I strongly resent the general idolatry surrounding Tarkovsky's work that seems to emanate from most of the comments. He is definitely one of the major artists of this century and his films mean a lot to me personally; but building "fan" cults around him and calling him a prophet is sheer nonsense. Great art is only great when it serves no ideological purpose, be that a religious message or a Communist call-to-arms. "All art is quite useless", said Oscar Wilde. Tarkovsky's films are, indeed, "spiritual"; but neither Hollywood-poisoned long-haired film students, nor high-brow film critics (who still think that Russians during the Communist rule were all brain-dead en masse) have the slightest clue to what that spirituality is about. Tarkovsky, like Shostakovich, spoke to his nation about their own sorrows and tragedies. Western viewers may put Tarkovsky on the pedestal - for it is very fashionable in the West to be misunderstood as an artist - but the simple truth is, they just don't know the context of his works well enough. Tarkovsky's message, I think, is very much inferior to the richness and originality of his imagination. He was very well aware that the ideologically sterile West is ready to stare open-mouthed at anybody who claims to bring spiritual truth, especially if dressed in the mysterious clothes of a unknown culture. He exploited that to bring publicity and get money for what really was important to him, his films. If scoured for "messages" and "truths", he, like Hermann Hesse, becomes ponderous, and ultimately, profoundly silly and cheap. If looked at as art, as something from a totally different time and place made believable and real through the power and mastery of an artist, Tarkovsky's films are among the best this century's art has to offer. I realize that my comments go against the beliefs of most Tarkovsky's "fans", and I am willing to discuss these points with anybody who feels otherwise.
Ilya Poletaev <ill@interlog.com>
Toronto, ON Canada - Thursday, April 22, 1999 at 20:49:29 (PDT)
sorry. i made a mistake. i type my e-mail ad as preemchandp.it is not correct.premchandp@hotmail.com is the correct e-mail ad. i am seeking andrei tarkovsky frends all over the world.
premchand <premchandp@hotmail.com>
calicut, kerala india - Thursday, April 22, 1999 at 13:40:29 (PDT)
seeking andrei tarkovsky frends all over the world
premchand <preemchandp@hotmail.com>
calicut, kerala india - Thursday, April 22, 1999 at 13:33:34 (PDT)
Very nice page
Eugene
Toronto, - Sunday, April 18, 1999 at 22:52:25 (PDT)
Con Tarkovsky, aprendí a dejar que el agua hable, irme cabalgando a mi jardin de mariposas nocturnas.
VICTOR VELIZ ALVEAR <VZILEV@HOTMAIL.COM>
SANTIAGO, CHILE - Sunday, April 18, 1999 at 21:29:10 (PDT)
hi! i wont to talk with you ! give me a massege and we will be friends!
olga <olgakemhs@hotmail.com>
portland, or usa - Friday, April 16, 1999 at 09:26:25 (PDT)
With Andrey I discovered again a profound admiration and love for the nature, the earth and the wind and the water. He transform my inner eyes and help me discover the beauty of may childhood. He is the prophet and the only one who considered the cinema as an art and not as a consumism and bussines. Reading other mesaggess I was really pleased and happy. Thanks to all.
vili lovse <VILJEMSJ@teleline.es>
Madrid, Spain - Thursday, April 15, 1999 at 09:21:20 (PDT)
I think that Tarkovsky is the first man who told us (others just thought about it) what we realy need to exist and what is important in our life. He understood what nature means for us and what we need from other persons.
Arkady
Paris, - Friday, April 09, 1999 at 14:04:11 (PDT)
Discovering this site was just to great to be true, unfortunetly the discussion boarder is chaos, very slow to download and with no pactical organization; most of people are just trying hep, and it's hard to get a nice forum of people,to discuss the work of and aroundtarkovski
svicart <rcatalao@publico.pt>
lisbon, lx portugal - Friday, April 09, 1999 at 13:17:46 (PDT)
I just saw Rublev. It was simply overwhelming.
l <jj>
lkj, lkj lkj - Sunday, April 04, 1999 at 22:38:35 (PDT)
Absolutely thrilled to find fellow TARKOVSKY fans on the net. would love to hear from any one interested in discussing his works. The last work that I saw was his half finished graduating film. If any one knows of ways to find it on tape, please let me know.
proma roy <royp01@newschool.edu>
new york, ny usa - Sunday, April 04, 1999 at 21:59:37 (PDT)
Privet!Ja nashla tvoi adres i reshila napisat',ja nadejus',tii-ne protiv.Esli eto tak ,to napishi otvet!Ja budu zhat'U menja natshalsja urok ja dolzhna idti ,izvini.Zhudu otveta,Ol'ga
Olga <olgakemhs@hotmail.com>
Portland, OR USA - Friday, April 02, 1999 at 11:44:52 (PST)
786 Solrais,Stalker,....=Irania(persian)Mystic
M.Mehdi Rajabi <mehdihu@go.com>
TEHRAN, TEHRAN IRAN - Friday, March 26, 1999 at 06:40:37 (PST)
I met Andrej's "Andrej Rublev" 15 years ago, a hot afternoon in summertime with some friends of mine...from then my love for his world, poetry and aesthetic increased more and more...Then went all the other masterpieces..."Sacrifice", "The mirror", "Solaris" (unfortunately in Italy there's a version with 40 minutes cut off for which Tarkowsky refused a price!...), "Nostalghia" (I went to the wonderful San Galgano abbey nearby Siena), "Stalker", "Ivan's Childhood" till his first opera "Katok I Skrypka"... For these reasons I am hopeful for Humankind. So Long, Massimo.
Massimo <Massimo.Giuliacci@usa.net>
Rome, Italy - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 at 12:31:58 (PST)
Watching Tarkovsky is an experience of a lifetime. Andrei Tarkovsky took cinema to unimaginable heights. It is sad that filmakers today are not being inspired by him to make of such great nature.
PARVEZ AHMAD <parvez_ahmad>
Bangalore, India - Sunday, March 21, 1999 at 07:40:23 (PST)
Nice page. I would be pleased to see more essays.
Gorky <worldtakeover@hotmail.com>
Portland, OR USA - Tuesday, March 09, 1999 at 14:26:21 (PST)
Hello This is my firs visit of this wonderful page. I saw Rublev long time ago. This film is very interesting.
Galina Korniyenko <Galinakor@worldnet.att.net>
Colorado Springs, CO USA - Friday, March 05, 1999 at 20:29:44 (PST)
Andrey Rublev - is a genious film. I`m never seen anything like it. Its FANTASTIC!
Alexey Pogoretski <sanjasi@ukrnet.net>
Kiev, Ukraine - Monday, March 01, 1999 at 10:03:43 (PST)
Cuando vi el Sacrificio, entendi La Zona, y comence a ver la vida de otra forma.- TArkowsky fue un iluminado, esta a la par de Leonardo Da Vinci o MIguel Angel , o Picasso, o Mozart, etc, sus peliculas deberian darse en los colegios de enseñanza secundaria , y aun en las Universidades.-
Carlos Zanotelli <zanotelli@iname.com>
Villa Mercedes(s.l.), sl argentina - Saturday, February 27, 1999 at 02:08:47 (PST)
It's a very good idea!
Max Illian <membrana99@hotmail.com>
budapest, Hungary - Monday, February 22, 1999 at 03:05:38 (PST)
Words cannot describe such beauty, but his genius remains. It is like the sun, shining on our lives, but so much more.
Arseniy Khobotkov <harakiri@usa.net>
America, NJ Dennisville - Saturday, February 20, 1999 at 10:36:05 (PST)
As a constant admirer of Tarkovsky's films for at lest 15 years,I wonder if we shouldn't rather remember what St.Maximus the Confessor said:"Theology without practice is the theology of deamons" when making judgments on Andrei Tarkovsky's films.Beyond all the magic they,undoubtedly hold,beyond the images and the sound they seem to be much closer to the Byzantine Orthodox icons than to the religious (western) painting.Their ultimate purpose is to question our values,our (lack of) faith,to provide us with hope in order to be able to fight on till the end,till the dry branches of the rotten tree (as in "The Sacrifice") give green leaves again.Like the Byzantine icons,perhaps we should not speak that much about their evident aesthetic value,but rather concentrate on their trans-figurative nature.It is not mere art and beauty we can find in all Tarkovky's films.It is art and beauty endowed with a sort of sacrament.T