Andrei Tarkovsky

Marissa Hernandez

A Love Letter to Tarkovsky's SOLARIS

Given the world's current condition, my weariness returns to the man who made me a cinephile. Perhaps, its dumb luck or a coincidence or...

Marissa Hernandez

Emotional Hysteria: SACRIFICE

It’s difficult to fathom that Sacrifice would be Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film, because there’s a significant grace in his artistic...

Marissa Hernandez

Embrace the Memories: NOSTALGHIA

According to Andrei Tarkovsky from his book, Sculpting in Time he says, “I am interested in man, for he contains a universe within...

Marissa Hernandez

In the Zone: STALKER

Tarkovsky’s film, Stalker is an elusive, beautifully cryptic story that smells as if it foretold the disaster of Chernobyl that occurred...

Marissa Hernandez

Cinematic Inspiration: THE MIRROR

I think Alan Watts said it best that,“When we think of a moment of time, when we think what we mean by the word “now”; we think of the...

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