time, rhythm and editing

andrei tarkovsky - the mirror - 1975classic drone seriessound, sound design, music in film rain, fire, melody, dronethere must be other ways of working with sound, ways which would allow one to be more accurate, more true to the inner world which we try to reproduce on screen; not just the author's inner world, but what lies within the world itself, what is essential to it and does not

robert bresson, andrei tarkovsky, very few means of expression

while doing roublev i forced myself to be very hard and very dry, tending towards a sort of olympic calm that, for me, is the major quality of the art of directing a film. so i might as well as tell you that i'm very fond of bresson. page 30in paris, i have asked to meet bresson. we have nothing in common, but he's one of the best directors i know. i want to see him, to see his face, to see how

transcending the universe, time, etc.

spinning trees from andrei tarkovsky's ivanovo detstvo, 1962(best of 2007)music:-3/4hadbeeneliminated: theology (soleilmoon recordings)-amiina: kurr (ever records)-asher: in camera (homophoni)-asher: untitled composition (for b) (leerraum)-asher: the depths, the colors, the objects & the silence (mystery sea)-william basinski: shortwave music (2062)-william basinski: el camino real (2062)-the

killing in tarkovsky & kurosawa

similarities between andrei tarkovsky'sandrei rublev, 1966& akira kurosawa's seven samurai 1954andrei tarkovsky andrei rublev, 1966rublev's assistant is shot in the back by an arrow and struggles toward the camera, then dies in the water. all in slow motion. notice water hitting the lense.akira kurosawa seven samurai 1954two classic death scenes in seven samurai. first, a thief is killed by

films as if they were vegetable gardens

images of water in nostalghia 1983, andrei tarkovsky.one doesn't need to explain in film, but rather to directly affect the feelings of the audience. it is this awakened emotion that then drives the thoughts forward. i am seeking a principle of montage that will allow me to expose the subjective logic-the thought, the dream, the memory-instead of the logic of the subject. page 11he (dovzhenko)

....choreograph her teacup to synchronize with her dialogue....

beautiful new things: music:arvo part (paul hillier): da pacem, harmonia mundi.these compositions are just so beautiful.michael cashmore (with antony, john contreros & others): the snow abides (great title), dutro/jnanarecords.another fine cd, especially for those interested in current 93 and antony. it is a shame it is so short.books:interviews with tarkovsky.ozu, by donald richie, univ. of

ivanovo detstvo & die große stille

andrei tarkovsky: ivan's childhood 1963tarkovsky said of ivan's childhood:"generally people's memories are coloured by poetry. the most beautiful memories are those of childhood. of course memory has to be worked upon before it can become the basis of an artistic reconstruction of the past; and here it is important not to lose the particular emotional atmosphere without which a memory evoked in