There is so much to say, yet the words feel just out of reach. But perhaps that’s the case with all of Tarkovsky’s films.
Andrei Rublev is extremely rich in content, with its roots deeply entangled in faith, suffering, and art. Midway through the film, I found myself wondering why Rublev was so affected by other people’s desires and sufferings, by the physical world itself. Was his faith truly unwavering if he struggled to surrender himself fully to God? Though…
“ये दुनिया जहाँ आदमी कुछ नहीं है
वफ़ा कुछ नहीं, दोस्ती कुछ नहीं है
जहाँ प्यार की कद्र कुछ नहीं है
ये दुनिया अगर मिल भी जाए तो क्या है?”
Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old.
There are few masterpieces that don’t just entertain, they simply stir your soul leaving an unforgettable mark. Pyaasa is one of those. It is poetry at it’s finest. I can’t help but think of amazing people like Franz…
“Weakness is the greatest thing; strength is nothing.
When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he's 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.”
Stalker has awakened something within me, an emotion I never knew existed or resided…
