Description: Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films.
Review Quotes:
[This is] a really phenomenal book...it's very much not only [Tarkovsky] reflecting on his life, but him reflecting on the form [of film]. And so it's got both him speaking biographically about how he became who he is as an artist, while also talking about what he feels like is special about the form and unique about the form.
-- "New York Times Book Review Podcast" (2/24/2026 12:00:00 AM)