In Reply to: At my university, "Solaris" was a huge hit, as it was with many Western critics. Not a few posted by tinear on April 9, 2021 at 07:03:35:
They were predisposed to love anything that came out of that shithole.
Make no mistake about it - much of Tarkovsky's art was imitating the great Western one. His adoration of Bergman, to the point of working with Sven Nykvist - all are derivative to various degrees.
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- To students the Reds could do no wrong - Victor Khomenko 07:26:08 04/09/21 (1)
- So Vadim Yusov was a slavish imitator of Nykvist? And Tarkovsky of Bergman? - tinear 05:33:23 04/10/21 (0)