Andrei Tarkovsky was a poet of cinema who was famous for his techniques, his use of long takes, slow dollies, atmospheric use of elements, and legendary theories about cinema as sacrifice and cinema as sculpting in time. He was also one of the directors who most successfully integrated cinema and philosophy.
His style, made of slowness, transcendence (originating from the contemplation of nature and the spirituality of landscape), meditative use of editing, and camera angles and soundscapes, has been a source of inspiration for countless filmmakers from all continents.
Tarkovsky, at once filmmaker, sculptor, painter, poet, philosopher, is one of the fathers of modern intellectual cinema, and of modern cinema in general.
