Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cinematic Legacy

The great Russian auteur Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-86) directed only seven films but his visual imagery, poetics of memory, mesmerizing long takes, and attention to composition redefined the evolution of arthouse cinema in the past fifty years. In this course we study Tarkovsky's cinematic oeuvre, as well as his legacy as reflected in modern cinema, both in Russia and in the West.