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PublisherI. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited

ISBN-10184885630X

ISBN-139781848856301

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038672399

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

Publication NameCinema of Tarkovsky : Labyrinths of Space and Time

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

AuthorNariman Skakov

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, History

SeriesKino-The Russian and Soviet Cinema Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2011-278039

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"An illuminating long take on the creative work of one of the most enigmatic and thought-provoking filmmakers of the twentieth century. Skakov sets high standards not only for Tarkovsky scholarship, but for writing about cinema as such. The book is indispensable reading for thinking about cinema, and understanding how cinema affects thinking." Dragan Kujundzic, Professor of Film and Media Studies and Slavic Studies, University of Florida "Before this book, Tarkovsky's preoccupation with 'sculpting in time' had become a critical cliché. Here Skakov brings it alive again, offering a fresh, theoretically-informed and entirely original approach. He reveals Tarkovsky's work as creating 'textural' temporality, offers fresh readings of the key films, and a compelling theoretical framework." Emma Widdis, Head of Department of Slavonic Studies, Cambridge University, ""An illuminating long take on the creative work of one of the most enigmatic and thought-provoking filmmakers of the twentieth century. Skakov sets high standards not only for Tarkovsky scholarship, but for writing about cinema as such. The book is indispensable reading for thinking about cinema, and understanding how cinema affects thinking."" - Dragan Kujundzic, Professor of Film and Media Studies and Slavic Studies, University of Florida ""Before this book, Tarkovsky's preoccupation with 'sculpting in time' had become a critical cliché. Here Skakov brings it alive again, offering a fresh, theoretically-informed and entirely original approach. He reveals Tarkovsky's work as creating 'textural' temporality, offers fresh readings of the key films, and a compelling theoretical framework."" - Emma Widdis, Head of Department of Slavonic Studies, Cambridge University, "An illuminating long take on the creative work of one of the most enigmatic and thought-provoking filmmakers of the twentieth century. Skakov sets high standards not only for Tarkovsky scholarship, but for writing about cinema as such. The book is indispensable reading for thinking about cinema, and understanding how cinema affects thinking." Dragan KujundÅ¾ic, Professor of Film and Media Studies and Slavic Studies, University of Florida "Before this book, Tarkovsky's preoccupation with 'sculpting in time' had become a critical clichÃ©. Here Skakov brings it alive again, offering a fresh, theoretically-informed and entirely original approach. He reveals Tarkovsky's work as creating 'textural' temporality, offers fresh readings of the key films, and a compelling theoretical framework." Emma Widdis, Head of Department of Slavonic Studies, Cambridge University

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.430233092

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration Preface: On Space(s) and Time(s) 1. Dreams of Ivan's Childhood 2. Visions of Andrei Rublev 3. Phantasies of Solaris 4. Memories of Mirror 5. Revelations of Stalker 6. Recollections of Nostalghia 7. Illusions of Sacrifice Postscript Endnotes Filmography and Credits Bibliography Index

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

LC Classification NumberPN1998.3