Concentrate (screenplay)
| "Concentrate" | |
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| Author | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Original title | "Концентрат" |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
| Publication date | 1958 |
Concentrate (Russian: Концентрат, Konsentrat) is a never-filmed 1958 screenplay by Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky. The screenplay is based on Tarkovsky's year in the taiga as a member of a research expedition, prior to his enrollment in film school.
Plot
Concentrate is about the leader of a geological expedition, who waits for the boat that brings back the concentrates collected by the expedition. The expedition is surrounded by mystery, and its purpose is a state secret. This screenplay refers to Tarkovsky's year in the taiga, where he was a member of a research expedition prior to enrolling at the film school.[1]
Background
Although some authors claim that the screenplay was filmed, according to Marina Tarkovskaya, Tarkovsky's sister (and wife of Aleksandr Gordon, a fellow student of Tarvosky during his film school years) the screenplay was never filmed. Tarkovsky wrote the screenplay during his entrance examination at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in a single sitting. He earned the highest possible grade, excellent (Russian: отлично) for this work. In 1994 fragments of the Concentrate were filmed and used in the documentary Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer by Marina Tarkovskaya and Aleksandr Gordon.[2]
References
- ↑ Turovskaya, Maya (1989). Tarkovsky: Cinema as Poetry. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-14709-7.
- ↑ Blasco, Gonzalo (2003-11-10). "An Interview with Marina Tarkovskaia and Alexander Gordon". www.andreitarkovski.org. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
External links
- Concentrate script (Russian)
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