A director reveals the original inspirations for his films, their history, his methods of work, and the problems of visual creativity

A collection of interviews with the Russian filmmaker who directed Andrei Roublev, Solaris, and The Mirror

"Johnson and Petrie have produced an admirable book. Anyone who wants to make sense of Tarkovsky's films—a very difficult task in any case—must read it." �

This book provides a fresh look at the director's legacy, with critical essays by both world-famous and early-career film scholars.

A volume of sixty Polaroid photographs of the late Russian filmmaker's friends and family consists of images taken between 1979 and 1984 in his native land and