This study aims to illustrate how the issue of animals and animalism is dealt with in Andrej Tarkovsky’s films.In particular,it is Tarkovsky’s idea of time,as a non-symbolic dimension,which recognises the impossibil...This study aims to illustrate how the issue of animals and animalism is dealt with in Andrej Tarkovsky’s films.In particular,it is Tarkovsky’s idea of time,as a non-symbolic dimension,which recognises the impossibility of a distinction between mankind and animals.It is precisely this impossibility which allows us to isolate the‘animal issue’in the filmography of the Russian director and to study it in its manifold metamorphoses,whilst preventing us from taking on Tarkovsky’s bestiary in its entirety and following the alphabetical order which is usually typical of any cataloguing.Tarkovsky's bestiary is a modern one,in which the ancient allegorical tension associated with animals changes sign and dissolves in favour of a borderland where,in lieu of beasts in their purest form,crossbreeding and transformations between humans and animals can be found.Both are connected through an ancient story which,in our opinion,finds an interesting balance precisely in the films of the Russian director.展开更多
In an interview with Beijing Review in late March, Long Yongtu, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia and former Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, expresses concern over China's trade...In an interview with Beijing Review in late March, Long Yongtu, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia and former Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, expresses concern over China's trade and opening campaign, and discusses how the forum could bring new opportunities to a diverse Asia展开更多
文摘This study aims to illustrate how the issue of animals and animalism is dealt with in Andrej Tarkovsky’s films.In particular,it is Tarkovsky’s idea of time,as a non-symbolic dimension,which recognises the impossibility of a distinction between mankind and animals.It is precisely this impossibility which allows us to isolate the‘animal issue’in the filmography of the Russian director and to study it in its manifold metamorphoses,whilst preventing us from taking on Tarkovsky’s bestiary in its entirety and following the alphabetical order which is usually typical of any cataloguing.Tarkovsky's bestiary is a modern one,in which the ancient allegorical tension associated with animals changes sign and dissolves in favour of a borderland where,in lieu of beasts in their purest form,crossbreeding and transformations between humans and animals can be found.Both are connected through an ancient story which,in our opinion,finds an interesting balance precisely in the films of the Russian director.
文摘In an interview with Beijing Review in late March, Long Yongtu, Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia and former Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, expresses concern over China's trade and opening campaign, and discusses how the forum could bring new opportunities to a diverse Asia
