Language : Japanese
アンドレイ・タルコフスキー
The Japanese (NHK) documentary "Tarkovsky: A Journey to His Beginning", presented here, was first aired on 11 May, 1996. Edited by Ms Tomoko Baba, the running time is 45 minutes. It's essentially a documentary surrounding the making of Andrei Tarkovsky's student short, The Killers (released by the Criterion Collection), based on the Hemingway short-story.
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It is noteworthy that a companion book to the TV documentary was released. Here are some details on the companion BOOK:
Book of Tarkovsky's The Killers. Seidosha Publishers, Tokyo, Japan 1997, 238 pages, 13cm X 19cm, many small photos. Companion book to the NHK documentary about The Killers. ISBN4-7917-5559-6, price 2,400 yen plus 5% tax.
The Book includes color reproductions of AT's six drawings (from 1943 to 1950), provided by Marina Tarkovskaya.
Chapter 1: happiness and sadness in childhood and boyhood, talks by Marina.
Chapter 2: from a juvenile delinquent to a youth who wants to kill himself. Includes a reproduction of a letter to Father, drawings, and a poem written after his entrance into VGIK. Based on a talk by Tarkovsky's collegue Kochebrin.
Chapter 3: during the VGIK days and his very first film, talks by Gordon, comment by Feit. Includes all shot plans.
Section 4: a promising film director. Comment by Konchalovsky, Mr. and Mrs. Romadin.
Chapter 5: conflict with Soviet regime, excerpt from the Tarkovsky radio drama "Turnabout," on sound designs, talks by Durov, Konchalovsky, and Kochebrin.
[Some notes on the Radio Drama: The radio drama "Turnabout" (posted as a separate Torrent) is based on W. Faulkner's novel about the war scene, it was adapted into a film in the U.S. in 1933. Tarkovsky worked for the all Soviet radio station from 1964 until 1965. The broadcast of the drama was forbidden by the authorities. The radio drama was aired suddenly on 26 Sep, 1987 in Russia, and in 1990 in Germany, and later in Britain and Sweden.]
Chapter 6: exile and sacrifice, comments by Wibom, Mr. and Mrs. Romadin, Kochebrin, Gordon, Marina. An article by Prof. Mitsuyoshi Numano: Tarkovsky in the beginning and at the end - lying between two cosmoses.