Andrei Tarkovsky’s Message to Younger Folks: “Study to Be Alone,” Take pleasure in Solitude

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I remem­ber the primary time I sat down and watched Andrei Tarkovsky’s lyri­cal, imply­der­ing sci-fi epic Stalk­er. It was a very long time in the past, earlier than the arrival of sensible­telephones and tablets. I watched a beat-up VHS copy on a non-“sensible” TV, and had no abil­i­ty to pause each few min­utes and swing…