A POEM FROM FILM ANDREY TARKOVSKY A CINEMA PRAYER (poem by ARSENY TARKOVSKY)

Directed by: Andrey A. Tarkovsky Production: Andrey Tarkovsky International Institute (Andrey A. Tarkovsky), Klepatski Production (Dmitry Klepatski), HOBAB (Peter Krupenin), Revolver (Paolo Maria Spina) DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: A large number of original theories have been put forward in an attempt to explain the Tarkovsky phenomenon in contemporary art. But what did Tarkovsky himself think about it? What were the principles that guided him in the creation of his masterpieces? Where did he get his inspiration? What did he live through and what did he want to communicate to the people who watched his films? Would it be possible, more than thirty years after his death, to hear again the voice of the director as he talks about his life, his profession, his vocation? These were the goals that I set myself in the making of the film, to take viewers back to the origins of the director’s thought and share the emotion of the encounter with the great artist, great man and life mentor that was my father.