Enigma. "For my own blood to flow ages through, for steady warmth and a haven safe and true, I’d give my life self-willingly and freely, had not its volatile, needle-like sword been leading me, like a thread, throughout the world."
Tarkovsky belongs in the pantheon of European art cinema that influenced Woody Allen. The blatant narcissism in this film is explicit in many of Allen's films. But unlike Allen who is a comedian, Tarkovsky had no interest in helping the audience follow the story.