The films of Andrei Tarkovsky
by Vida T. Johnson · first published 1994
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…film that eliminated most of the scifi trappings of the novel, and he reshot the film almost without a script. (The whole story of Stalker is much more complicated, of course. I recommend the book "The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue", by Johnson and Petrie, for more information.) I don't know what happened to the damaged footage, but I guess it must have been destroyed. We'll never know what it was like. I don't…
on “David Lynch’s Dune – A sci-fi film by a director without much care for sci-fi” ↗…the necessary funding to shoot the second half. The Strutgatskys, who were still credited, weren't very happy with the final film. The whole story of Stalker is complicated. I recommend the book "The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue", by Johnson and Petrie, for more information.
on “Watch Tarkovsky's Best Films Online for Free” ↗…nameless characters and very few overt sci-fi elements. Tarkovsky essentially wrote everything around that new core, much of it apparently also written during the second shoot. I recommend the book "The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue", by Johnson and Petrie, which has a whole chapter on Stalker and the difficulties of making that film. In my opinion, Roadside Picnic is a masterpiece, and I would have loved to see…
on “A Man Who Reads Books for a Living (One Every Two Days)” ↗…the authors' (mostly Arkady's; Boris seems to have been less happy with the whole ordeal) blessing finally felt free to do what he really wanted. (For more behind-the-scenes gossip, there's more in The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue by Vida T. Johnson and Graham Petrie [1].) [1] http://www.amazon.com/Films-Andrei-Tarkovsky-Visual-Fugue/dp...
on “Andrei Tarkovsky – Poetic Harmony [video]” ↗