Something I noticed: This film contained the extended versions of two dream sequences. I have no idea why they were cut in the Sacrifice. Does anyone know if there's an alternative cut?
A new book 'Andrei Tarkovsky: A Photographic Chronicle of the Making of The Sacrifice' has been published to mark Andrei Tarkovsky's 80th Birthday Anniversary. The book contains more than 250 photographs taken over the course of the shooting period. Photographs and text by Tarkovsky's interpreter Layla Alexander-Garrett. For more info: www.cygnnet.co.uk
a telling portrait of a man who thought himself an artist, a poet. Nykvist looks intolerant of Tarkovsky, though that could well be due to the rigor of filming with him.
Nykvist on Tarkovsky: http://people.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Nykvist-Memoir.html
With the recent passing of screenwriter Tonino Guerra and all the discussion of Geoff Dyer’s Zona, he’s been on our minds lately.