Tarkovsky and Sylvian

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Tarkovsky and Sylvian

Postby Antinous on Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:41 pm

Can someone enlighten me about what direct relation the filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and David Sylvian have? I heard David talking about him in an interview: "Like Andrei Tarkovsky once said, you must look to the shadow aspects of life to focus on the light", or something similar.

I found another similarity in this 3 pictures, the first from Tarkovsky's "Nostalghia"

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http://www.lit.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~adachi/tarkovsky/Nostalghia/nostalghia1.jpg

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I am sorry if this isn't anything new.. But I've been looking for references and didn't find any.


Ah, sorry, I accidentally put this in the Japan topic... Can someone move it? Please :cry:
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Postby Chet on Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:18 am

thanks alot for that.
so great to see Davids references
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Postby Simonp on Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:40 am

I don't think there was a direct relation as such. David just often praised the director's work and cited him as an influence on his own work.

I've always loved that photo of Sylvian by the way.
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Postby godisinthesilences on Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:38 am

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Postby Antinous on Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:59 am

In the north of Italy
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Postby E.T. on Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:05 pm

I've never seen Andrei Tarkovsky's works.
David said he watched all of Tarkovsky's works, and the first work he saw was "Nostalgia", after he saw "Nostalgia", he wrote "Nostalgia". David said he likes "Mirror" the most.
in interview with Toru Takemitsu (November steps) around 1992, (after rain tree crow, before concert with Ryuichi Sakamoto, and David says next plan is joint concert with Robert Fripp, in March Japan.

from this book but Japanese :(
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Postby Antinous on Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:31 pm

Thank you very much for the information, seems like I am going to have another Tarkovsky cinema night again :) "The Mirror", and "Nostalghia" are also my favorites... and David's song "Nostalgia" fits the mood of the movie perfectly.
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Postby heartofdavid on Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:32 pm

From a radio interview in Germany (Sept. or Oct. 1987 - Nightflight with Alan Bangs):

"I'm a great admirer of Tarkowsky's work. There was a track on the album (SOTB) which related to one of his films, the last film he made, "The Sacrifice." ("Maria") related to that film in some way. It's kind of a personal tribute to Tarkowsky." On the laughter on the record: "It came from a recording I made from the radio. It was one of some strange man that had been living with some Indian Shamans and he was just telling strange stories and I just thought that laugh was wonderful. So, I thought I would use that some day."
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Postby neonico on Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:30 pm

thanks for the lovely pictures. :P

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