Question by Tamara Nartichti: What’s your favorite Andrei Tarkovsky movie?
BQ: Where would you rank him on a list of the greatest directors of all time?
@ Coolcopy: I would never ask “why Stalker”, trust me. It’s my fav by this guy, too.
I’m just waiting for somebody to say Andrei Rublev, then I’ll ask “why?” lol
speak of the Devil lol. Rublev, really, why?
and have you seen Battleship Potemkin :))
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Answer by tony tedeschi
Solaris my favorite Russian film of all is Idi i Smotri by Klimov
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Jamieson says
Andrei Rublev easily. Greatest of all time, though? lol Maybe top 5 from Russia. Just because Ingmar Turdman thought he was "the greatest" director doesn't mean he actually was. Bergman was just as much up his own ass as the next run of the mill art house director. Tarkovsky, all in all, might be in the list of greatest directors of all time, but it would have to be a pretty long list and it would be almost at the end. he is probably one of the greatest Russian directors of all time, but thats not saying much. but I would probably put him (*makes sarcastic masturbation motion) after Sergei M. Eisenstein.
Coolcopy says
Stalker(1979)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
Why Stalker? Well, maybe because I like the sheer originality of plot/concept.
Too many reviewers and film experts have already put Tarkovsky on various list. So, if you don't mind, I'd rather not add to the clutter out there :-).
Let's just say he was a visionary director (and a fantastic technician too) who also happened to handle science fiction like no one else.