The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. His work has had an enormous infl

Andrei Tarkovsky is the most celebrated Russian filmmaker since Eisenstein and one of the most important directors to have emerged during the 1960s and 1970s. A

A director reveals the original inspirations for his films, their history, his methods of work, and the problems of visual creativity

A collection of interviews with the Russian filmmaker who directed Andrei Roublev, Solaris, and The Mirror

"Johnson and Petrie have produced an admirable book. Anyone who wants to make sense of Tarkovsky's films—a very difficult task in any case—must read it." �