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Lyudmila Boyadzhieva

Andrei Tarkovsky

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Andrei Tarkovsky died in a Paris hospital in 1986, aged just 54. An internationally acclaimed icon of the film industry, the legacy Tarkovsky left for his fans included Andrei Rublev, Stalker, Nostalgia and a host of other brilliant works. In the Soviet Union, however, Tarkovsky was a persona non grata. Longing to be accepted in his homeland, Tarkovsky distanced himself from all forms of political and social engagement, yet endured one fiasco after another in his relations with the Soviet regime. The Soviet authorities regarded the law-abiding, ideologically moderate Tarkovsky as an outsider and a nuisance, due to his impenetrable personal nature.
The documentary novel A Life on the Cross provides a unique insight into the life of Andrey Tarkovsky, the infamous film director and a man whose life was by no means free of unedifying behaviour and errors of judgement. Lyudmila Boyadzhieva sets out to reveal his innate talent, and explain why the cost of such talent can sometimes be life itself.
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361 printed pages
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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  • Sandra Salinashas quoted6 years ago
    A stone lies by the jasmine.
    Under the stone is a treasure.
    Father stands on the path.
    It’s a bright, bright day.
    The silver poplars are in bloom,
    And the centifolia too,
    Behind them rambling roses
    And milky grass.
    Never have I been
    As happy as then.
    Never have I been
    As happy as then.
    It’s impossible to go back,
    Nor can I express
    How full of bliss
    This garden was, like paradise
  • Sandra Salinashas quoted6 years ago
    the bitterness of loss eclipsed the light of hope
  • Sandra Salinashas quoted6 years ago
    He didn’t want to be vulnerable any more, his heart wide open, rushing toward the deceptive temptation of loving and being loved.

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