Andrei Tarkovsky

The documentary recounts Tarkovsky's life and work, letting the director tell the story himself, as he shares with us his memories, his view of art and his reflections on the destiny of the artist and the meaning of human existence.

A documentary made prior to the death of filmmaker Andrei Arsenevitch (Tarkovsky) and showing him working on his final film, this record was made at Arsenevitch's request to stand as a record of his working practices. Interspersed with clips of the director's films, this should prove especially interesting for fans of Arsenevitch's work (IMDB)

Documentary on the final years in the life of director Andrei Tarkovsky, who died in 1986, including his exile in Western Europe. The film shows the degree to which the themes of his films, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice almost literally came to encapsulate the director's own life and death. (cinephiliabeyond.org)

Documentary on the making of "The Sacrifice."

A documentary about the Tarkovsky and Paradjanov friendship.

A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov about the later life and death of Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (Wikipedia)

This is two films at once- it is a record of the filmmakers trying to land Bresson for an interview, all while explaining to us what is so unique about his movies. (surrealmoviez.info)

Documents the travels in Italy of director Andrei Tarkovsky in preparation for the making of his film Nostalghia. (Wikipedia)

In Soviet culture, Marlen Khutsiev's Mne dvadtsat' let (I Am Twenty) is the cinematic equivalent of Sherlock Holmes' dog that didn't bark. One of the most significant films of 1961, when it was completed under the title Zastava Il'icha (Ilyich's Gate, the name of a Moscow neighborhood), it was not released until 1965, and then in a truncated form. (kinoeye.org)

Two hitmen enter a quiet suburban diner expecting to execute a former boxer, holding the customers and staff hostage while they wait. When their target fails to show up, a young diner patron slips away to warn the doomed man, only to find him lying passively in his room, resigned to his inevitable fate.