Connection between Different Realities through Video Screens

Connection between Different Realities through Video Screens

Analysis of the “Berton’s Report” film sequence from “Solaris” directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1972) “I want to emphasize yet again that, […], cinema is an art which operates with reality…” (A. Tarkovsky 1989: 177) [1] I. Introduction Andrei Tarkovsky is one of my favorite directors. I admire his films. However, to interpret and analyze the […]

Temporal Defamiliarization and Mise-en-Scène in Tarkovsky’s Stalker

Temporal Defamiliarization and Mise-en-Scène in Tarkovsky’s Stalker

Introduction In her article “The Concept of Cinematic Excess,” Kristin Thompson speaks of a dual tendency in film criticism: we could see films as a “struggle of opposing forces,” some of which “strive to unify the work, to hold it together sufficiently that we may perceive and ‘follow’ its structures.” Outside of these structures “lie […]

Andrei Tarkovsky: Truth Endorsed by Life

Andrei Tarkovsky: Truth Endorsed by Life

The Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset has referred to man as a “conscious cosmic phenomenon”. What he meant by this has everything to do with the fact that there is at least one cosmic entity that is capable of self-awareness in the universe. Ironically though, Ortega recognized that this reality remains the most transparent […]

The Natural and Modern Worlds in Solaris

The Natural and Modern Worlds in Solaris

In Solaris (1972), Andrei Tarkovsky presents a vision of contemporary society as one that has become cut off from nature, and provides a narrative that illustrates the possibility of remaining human in the inhuman world that is the result. The film contrasts a life-affirming natural landscape to an urban, constructed landscape where the natural world […]

Ivan’s Childhood: The Tree of Life

Ivan’s Childhood: The Tree of Life

In the essay entitled “Nature as ‘Comfort Zone’ in the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky” in the last issue of Offscreen I discussed the unique manner in which Tarkovsky situates nature as an arena of respite from all forms of emotional and physical pain. One of the films I analyzed closely was Ivan’s Childhood, a film […]

The Culture of sustainable development: the interaction of universal and national values

The Culture of sustainable development: the interaction of universal and national values

Global vs. local identities: The role of media in process of sustainable cultural development In an era of market and media globalization, the concept of national identity and national (cultural) values has been experiencing what appears to be a fundamental transformation. On the other hand, there is conceptualizing crisis of so-called universal values ​​because it […]

On Elements of Traditionalist Symbolism in Tarkovsky

On Elements of Traditionalist Symbolism in Tarkovsky

The growing impact of Traditionalism in modern Russia is not just due to the fact that a group of Traditionalist-oriented former Soviet dissidents like Alexander Dugin and Geydar Jamal have managed to reach the prime of their intellectual and (mediated) political influence. It is also a result of the susceptibility of some strata of modern Russian […]

Moderat – Bad Kingdom

Moderat – Bad Kingdom

When one combines ‘the ninth art’ (comics)  and popular music such as electro pop and inevitable dubstep, in front of you there is whole new music story that takes you to London in the (era of ) 60’s (years of the 20th century). If we want to simplify things we can say that we are […]

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