Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter I: The beginning
• Chapter II: Art—a yeaming for the ideal
• Chapter III: Imprinted time
• Chapter IV: Cinema's destined role
• Chapter V: The film image
  • Time, rhythm and editing
  • Scenario and shooting script
  • The film's graphic realisation
  • The film actor
  • Music and noises
• Chapter VI: The author in search of an audience
• Chapter VII: The artist's responsibility
• Chapter VIII: After Nostalgia
• Chapter IX: The Sacrifice
• Conclusion
• Notes

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Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films

Reviews

"If Sculpting in Time could be distilled to a single message, it would be this: Content and conscience must come before technique - for any artist in any art form." Los Angeles Times Book Review

"If Sculpting in Time could be distilled to a single message, it would be this: Content and conscience must come before technique - for any artist in any art form." Los Angeles Times Book Review