The Eastern and Western mystic philosophy and allness reflected in Andrei Tarkovsky’s films

Abstract

Članek na različnih ravneh preučuje dela Tarkovskega in skuša razumeti tista njegova dela, ki temeljijo na vzhodni in zahodni religiji ter filozofiji. Analiziran je vpliv teh del na režiserjev pogled na svet. Slednjega namreč zaznamujejo tako orientalske kot tudi zahodne religije in ideje v povezavi z različnimi mističnimi in duhovnimi filozofi, med njimi Rudolfa Steinerja in Georgija Gurdzhieva. Tarkovski je preučeval knjige Gurdzhieva in Uspenskega, ki sta z uvajanjem orientalske filozofije in sistema performansa v zahodno filozofijo izvedla revolucijo v zavesti sveta. Zelo ga je zanimala tudi Steinerjeva filozofija oz. t. i. duhovna znanost. Laozijeve »vrline« ali elementi budistične filozofije v njegovih filmih dokazujejo, da si je prizadeval za integracijo vzhodne filozofije v zahodno.

This article examines Tarkovsky’s works at various levels by understanding his individual work microscopically based upon the Eastern and Western religions and philosophy, and analyzes the influence on Tarkovsky’s view of the world. Tarkovsky’s world view, which includes the oriental and western religions and ideas, was able to identify the connection with various ideas of mystic and spiritual philosophers, including Rudolf Steiner and Georgii Gurdzhiev. Tarkovsky explored the books of Gurdzhiev and Uspensky, who led the revolution in the consciousness of the world by introducing the oriental philosophy and performance system to the Western philosophy. He was also very interested in Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy “spiritual science”. The expression of Laozi’s “virtues” or Buddhist philosophy in his films is also a proof that he had made efforts to integrate Eastern philosophy with Western philosophy.