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63 — Andrei Tarkovsky — 1/3 — Setting the Stage

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Ivan Tarkovsky's Stalker

There's a wonderful moment where the big wrecking ball knocked down a whole wall which is in shadow. Ah, it's a nostalgic moment. He gets a chance to direct a feature because it was a pre-existing project. That's the story with Ivan's childhood, isn't it? It was a... Yes, all of those were made in the workshop of his director and his unit manager in the film school who was a prominent director. Mikhail Romm,. yeah. And then this is... I can't remember quite what the story was with Ivan’s childhood. We watched it. The only film that me and Darlie hadn't seen. A very successful short story

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