The Concept of Self-Sacrifice in the Philosophy of Andrei Tarkovsky's Work

Abstract

The article analyzes the fundamentals of the moral philosophy of Andrei Tarkovsky, a unique Russian film director, thinker, and art theorist whose films are recognized as masterpieces of screen culture along with the works of M. Antonioni, I. Bergman, L. Buñuel, L. Visconti, A. Kurosawa, F. Truffaut, F. Fellini, S. Eisenstein, and others. The subject under study is the concept of self-sacrifice in the works of Tarkovsky as a distinctive "code" of his spiritual heritage. Creating his own original artistic world, Tarkovsky dwelled upon such vital philosophical categories as "life and death", "faith and faithlessness", "man's spiritual existence", "problems of conscience", "self-sacrifice", etc. This is evidenced not only by his screen works, but also by archives, diaries, and theoretical works, based on which the author provides an interpretation of the philosophy of Andrei Tarkovsky's work focusing on the concept of self-sacrifice and the specifics of its artistic interpretation © 2022 Aesthetics Media Services. All rights reserved.