The Cinema of Tarkovsky Labyrinths of Space and Time

The phenomenon of time was a central preoccupation of Tarkovsky throughout his career. His films present visions of time by temporal means - that is, in time. Tarkovsky does not represent time through coherent argument, Nariman Skakov proposes, rather he presents it and the viewer experiences the argument. This book explores the phenomenon of spatio-temporal lapse in Tarkovsky's cinema - from Ivan's Childhood (1962) to Sacrifice (1986). Dreams, visions, mirages, memories, revelations, reveries and delusions are phenomena which present alternative spatio-temporal patterns; they disrupt the linear progression of events and create narrative discontinuity. Each chapter is dedicated to the discussion of one of Tarkovsky's seven feature films and in each, one of these phenomena functions as a refrain. Skakov discusses the influence of the flow of and lapses in space and time on the viewer's perception of the Tarkovskian cinematic universe.
He opens and closes his original and fascinating book on Tarkovsky's cinema by focusing on the phenomenon of time that is discussed extensively by the filmmaker in his main theoretical treatise Sculpting in Time, as well as in a number of interviews and public lectures.

Author: Nariman Skakov
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 01/30/2012
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.15h x 6.18w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9781848856301
ISBN10: 184885630X
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Performing Arts | Individual Director
- History | Russia | General

About the Author
Nariman Skakov is Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Stanford University.