ReFocus: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:16th Feb '21
Should be back in stock very soon
Despite an output of only 7 feature films in 20 years, Andrei Tarkovsky has had a profound influence on international cinema. Famous for their spiritual depth and incredible visual beauty, his films have gained cult status among cineastes and are often included in ranking polls and charts dedicated to the ‘best movies ever made.’ Beginning with the late 1980s, Tarkovsky’s highly complex cinema has continuously attracted scholarly attention by generating countless hermeneutic challenges and possibilities for film critics. This book provides a fresh look at the director’s legacy, with critical essays by both world-famous and early-career film scholars. It examines Tarkovsky’s cinematic techniques and his treatment of genre, landscape and sound and offers highly original interpretations of his oeuvre in the context of film aesthetics, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural studies and art history.
ReFocus: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky is an excellent new item in “ReFocus: The International Directors Series,” [...] a valuable collection that succeeds at avoiding deifying Tarkovskii and presents new theoretical perspectives on his work. -- Zoran Samardzija, Columbia College Chicago * Canadian Slavonic Papers *
ReFocus: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky is an excellent new item in “ReFocus: The International Directors Series,” [...] a valuable collection that succeeds at avoiding deifying Tarkovskii and presents new theoretical perspectives on his work. -- Zoran Samardzija, Columbia College Chicago * Canadian Slavonic Papers *
Provides a number of novel perspectives for the prospective reader, and accomplishes the aim set out within the introduction ‘to emphasize the urgency of a more sober appreciation of Tarkovsky’s films as well as inspire further critical inquiry and debate’ (8). The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky should, therefore, serve as a welcome critical companion to other texts in this area. -- James L. Shelton * Studies in European Cinema *
This collection is a very successful attempt to update English-language literature on the great Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky by applying current theoretical approaches in the humanities to his work. [...] a well-rounded volume that nicely complements existing scholarship and can serve a variety of purposes. -- Maria Belodubrovskaya, University of Chicago * Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema *
Refocus: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky serves a double purpose: it not only presents the works of this renowned filmmaker to a new generation, but it serves as an introduction to important concepts in film theory and certain currents in philosophy. It should certainly contribute to opening a dialogue on the role of theory in analysing Tarkovskii’s oeuvre. -- Apparatus Journal * Sebastian Cwiklinski *
ISBN: 9781474437233
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 592g
296 pages