Andrei Tarkovsky, Still from Nostalghia, 1983

Sátántangó, Béla Tarr, 1994

Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943

Andrei Tarkovsky, Nostalghia, 1983, Still

Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker, 1979

“Popular folklore would have us believe that deep in the underworld there are ruthless men who fear nothing. This story should debunk that myth.”

Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker, 1979

“Let them be helpless like children, because weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it’s tender and pliant. But when it’s dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death’s companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win.”

Trois couleurs: Bleu, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993

“Now I have only one thing left to do: nothing. I don’t want any belongings,
any memories. No friends, no love. Those are all traps.”

Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker, 1979

Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood, 1962