Nowadays, people don't like it slow and still, everything is done hasty, as quick as possible - spend as less time as possible on it - make it flashy. Do not investigate and dwell upon something for days, scratch the surface, toss it to someone else or put it under the rag.
If you find yourself amongst these - skip Tarkovsky - if not, you might give it a try, but it's not an easy ride, especially for the first experience, with time it gets better! Just like Tarkovsky! :)
In an interview, he was asked what he would say to young people (at that time) - you can find the translated answer below the video, or look the whole interview with the original translation.
I don’t know… I think I’d like to say only that they should learn to be alone and try to spend as much time as possible by themselves. I think one of the faults of young people today is that they try to come together around events that are noisy, almost aggressive at times. This desire to be together in order to not feel alone is an unfortunate symptom, in my opinion. Every person needs to learn from childhood how to spend time with oneself. That doesn’t mean he should be lonely, but that he shouldn’t grow bored with himself because people who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger, from a self-esteem point of view."
Scene and music from Solaris (1972):
And if you dare to start exploring the world of Tarkovsky here are some movie titles to consider:
Stalker, Solaris, Andrei Rublev, Mirror... or explore it on your own and in your own way :)
Cheers,
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