“What is art? (…) Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act that none the less reflects the true meaning of life—love and sacrifice.”

—  Andrei Tarkovsky

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Soviet and Russian film-maker, writer, film editor, film th… 1932–1986

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