Andrei Tarkovsky was a Russian filmmaker known for his experimental narrative techniques and theories of "sculpting in time" through the use of extremely long takes, slow camera pans, and very few cuts in his seven feature films from 1962 to 1986. Common motifs in Tarkovsky's films included running water, mirrors, reflections, and levitation, and he believed rapid editing detracted from immersive storytelling, instead favoring the expression of time through rhythmic long shots.

1. Andrei Tarkovsky
Filmmaker

2. Andrei Tarkovsky
+ Russian filmmaker,
directed seven feature films
from 1962-1986.
+ Employed experimental
narrative techniques and
theories - “sculpting in time”
+ Films characterized by
extremely long takes, slow
camera pans, and very few
cuts (if any).
+ Common motifs include
running water, mirrors,
reflections, and levitation

3. Solaris (1972)

4. Stalker (1979)

5. Nostalghia (1983)

6. “Sculpting in time”
+ Tarkovsky believed that
rapid-cut editing and other
devices detracted from
the style of the film.
+ Implications for
immersive storytelling &
filmmaking, including VR

7. "The dominant, all-powerful
factor of the film image is
rhythm, expressing the
course of time within the
frame.”

8. Solaris (1972)