Andrei Tarkovsky, A Poet in the Cinema - Part 4

In this segment Tarkovsky discuses poverty, technology, spirituality, man’s inhumanity to man, aging, and love, as well as his films “Stalker“ and “Solaris.“ Excerpts from his films are included, dubbed into Italian with English subtitles. Tarkovsky speaks in Russian with English subtitles, which unfortunately are sometimes difficult to read. Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский; April 4, 1932--December 29, 1986) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century. Tarkovsky’s films include Andrei Rublev, Solaris, The Mirror, and Stalker. He directed the first five of his seven feature films in the Soviet Union; his last two films were produced in Italy and Sweden, respectively. They are characterized by spirituality and metaphysical themes, long takes, lack of conventional dramatic structure and plot, and distinctively authored