'There are many scenes with horses in Rublev. Take the scene in which a man dies after an unsuccessful attempt to fly. A sad-looking horse is a silent witness to the scene.' #BOTD #AndreiTarkovsky, on horses in ANDREI RUBLEV (1966). 1/4. More here: http://www.nostalghia.com/TheTopics/TarkovskyonRublev.html

#Tarkovsky continues his theme: It 'is a symbolic image as the horse for me is a synonym for life. When I’m looking at a horse, I have a feeling I’m in direct contact with the essence of life itself.' 2/4

'Perhaps it’s because the horse is a very beautiful animal, friendly to man, and is moreover so characteristic of the Russian landscape.' ~Tarkovsky. 3/4

#BOTD #AndreiTarkovsky (1932 ~ 1986), on the epilogue of his 1966 epic ANDREI RUBLEV: 'I’d like to point out the film ends with an image of horses in the rain.... The presence of horses in the last, final scene means that life itself was the source of all of Rublev’s art.' 4/4

Horses also appear in one of the dream sequences in IVAN'S CHILDHOOD (1962). #AndreiTarkovsky #IvansChildhood #IvánovoDetstvo #Tarkovsky