A Message to Young People from Andrei Tarkovsky 

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Awful subtitles actually. It skipped a lot of text

Hahahahah

cause Russian language is quite long

Thank you for providing this translation.

Alexandru, multumesc!

Alexandru cel Bun mersi!

+Alexandru cel Bun multe mulțumiri!

+Alexandru cel Bun That was very helpful, thank you!!

да это так

Yeah. The subtitles captured about 20% of what he actually said.

Yep, i've noticed that the translation is not accurate,at all.. :/

Lisergic Queen i'm guessing you know the translations? Care to explain?

Unique and Hilarious Username I know you weren't asking me, but I could take a stab at translating the whole thing if I find some free time. Is there a limit on how many characters you can post at once?

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Ну а почему бы и нет? (Why not my friend?)

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@@alexeybloop5134 cause it's very very very difficult. :(

LOL

genti lol NO

Lol, or terrible translators. It's like a comedy bit.

Yes they do actually

His words still ring true today. For example; "The individual must learn to be on his own as a child!" :"For this doesn't mean to be alone>"

"To the gulag with him."

@@funkymunky Yes, to the gulag with that guy LOL

Hahah yeah... Russians... gulag... I get it. You ever thought about trying stand up comedy man? You'd be a hit with the people who like hearing the same jokes again and again and again and again

it's like that scene from lost in translation. 'he says be more intense'

monologue

@@nzbg1132 exactly what I wanted to write.

Da.

Captions: "no"

Kıvanç Aykaç “Many of these trees were my friends”

don't be hasty

Kıvanç Aykaç old English 40oz

hahahaha

ayy lmao adam gibi adam, adam gibi comment

Why don't they?

Thanks to mass culture, it changes consciousness to a simpler way of thinking (I can admit this as a Russian)

@@vtexasgranted man this is interesting, tell me more about it.

I’m not russian but It’s incredible how much culture has Changed in a relatively short time, it seems impossible that anything like Tarkovskys films could be made today.

Did people spoke in that almost poetry-like rhythm that the narrator in зеркало uses? I loved that way of speaking, and as a student of Russian I don't hear it at all in modern speech.

Thanks.

Gracias!

You are welcome, friends.

I always wondered what more he was saying, since the translation is so short

He said "che bello, vieni vieni, e che bello mamma mia, favoloso eh? " which mean "how beautiful, come come, how beautiful mamma mia, faboulous isnt it?"

I will be the next. Guaranteed.

This idea of being alone, I've always kind of agreed with it and I kind of live it out a bit. Hearing it from Tarkovsky made me more confident in it.

Hughesflow27 Social media man

yeah true

No shit.

exactly

Absolutely

I think there are only really two problematic extremes, not being able to be alone ever, and not being able to be with one or more persons ever, and that it is considered normal to or at least not worrying for someoen to be around people 24/7 just shows how deranged society is becoming. If *everybody* gets sick, everybody is still sick, that doesn't mean sick is now healthy. I just have to think of Hannah Arendt, who in an interview said that any restless activity makes responsibility disappear, that it is absolutely necessary to "stop and think", to reflect, kind of to even become a person. I love people, I even love jobs where I help random strangers, I love to open up and all that (though I also don't like crowds that act like one, that is crowd dynamics, on demonstrations or on public transport or whatever, I hate how that can turn decent individuals into brainless assholes)... but I also love being alone, I *like* being with myself, and I am very grateful for that. I have this one friend I can depend on, this one resting place where I can always draw wisdom and strength, regardless of whether other people are growing or shrinking or just running off into outer space or lala land. You're in life for the long haul, don't be confused by those who get captured and distracted so easily. Before you know it, they'll come asking for a piece of your peace of mind, verbally or subconsciously, either way that truth will out :)

your comment should be in all schools

@Haivrim העברים I just graduated in civil engineering, and what you say is true. Now I'm gonna try to apply my knowledge for a business of my own, I ain't gonna be no slave.

I think Tarkovsky was undiagnosed autistic. I don't mean this as an insult, because I am that way myself... It would certainly explain both his strengths and weaknesses.

@Haivrim העברים You are correct, and I see the products of cities everywhere. They have no sense of place or rootedness.

Solitude and loneliness are two different things, we chose solitude as away to reflect, to gain internal peace, to relax... and then go back to every day life. We don't choose loneliness.. he is not talking about loneliness but about solitude

@@BytomGirl Pretty obvious, thank you. It's a shame that in today's world is more and more likely that certain individuals spend more time on clarifying subjects due to heady commentaries than probably debating (like in this case) the beauty of solitud itself. It can be - stupidly (just to be nice with you) - judged as sign of loneliness :-p That being sad these two are oftenly confound and a touchy subject.

Unfortunately today many people don't know the difference, to them word "alone" means lonely, desperate, depressed but being alone is often a chance to escape the ugliness of today's world, reflect, gather thoughts, read a book, write a poem, listen to birds, meditate and enjoy nature, gain a piece of mind and internal balance.

@crazy knight teleported from medieval times you OK there buddy?

wrong..sorry towlie try again

@@gorankatic40000bc dang man. Why so serious??

This is deep boys

@@gorankatic40000bc ty, very cool

@@gorankatic40000bc Interesting write-up. Saving this for future reference.

@@gorankatic40000bc try hard.

yeah, I'm living right now...

I'M ALIVE

@@withnail-and-i im still breathing

Sometimes the body is within itself, but the mind is filled with other people and their actions. That's why being alone is painful. Ot is difficult to be alone when there are so many wounds and intruders.

True.

Ha ha! He talks for about a minute and then one-line sentence appears.

Your profile pic fits to your comment ;)

Generally the key "you can but don't have to" is a key in any ethics, it's the only moment when your choices are free and genuine :)

José Garnelo If we were in person I would clap. That was apt.

read the whole translation dude

maybe I'm too young or didnt exactly get it. I've been fine in solittude of most my life, being said I needed company, and now at my 20s I'm starting to feel that I miss my friends and that need them. Before I was just fine with being alone, but not so much now. Why would someone search for company if they didnt need it? isnt it healthy to be a bit social?

Isn't the Japanese way rather about valuing the society more than the individual?

Also introverts: that's why I'm here

Tarkovsky was almost certainly mildly autistic. The more I learn about autism, the more I realise he fits it. His eye for detail, his misophonia, his ability to make beautiful imagery... Yet he fails in representing human interaction well in many cases (with some exceptions).

Well, introverts may spent a lot of time on internet, with others online. And with close family. Not going outside doesn't mean that you can enjoy time with yourself.

Andrew McIntyre you calling him bro? You pathetic piece of garbage

@@scuipnfatsae2382 lmao u ok nigga

What do they mean?

@@userboii7431 "oh beautiful, come come and how beautiful (mamma mia is used as an esclamation) fabulous"

'Speaking of The Horse' ,Pls. see My comment .Thanks.

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mitra iranii beautiful words... I love Persian philosophy going back to Zurvanism

Tarkovsky could be very antisocial from what I've seen and read. I think he was on the autistic spectrum, which is also why he has such attention to detail in his films.

@Haivrim העברים Shahram Nazeri (شهرام ناظری) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fNPA8Tp5UoA.html

@Haivrim העברים my pleasure

Remember though, when you are alone in your room you are not necessarily alone with yourself. We usually have a glowing monitor in front of us and a thousand distractions. I think Tarkovsky may mean solitude. Time with one's own mind.

+Pale Luna Stalker desperately needs a Criterion release, as well as Kore-Eda's After Life. But yeah, Tarkovksy is the fucking Godfather of cinema, he's like the Dostoevsky of film.

+Pale Luna you did not understand anything

Stalker is coming out on Criterion this year in July. They still need to release every film of his, though.

There's a beautifully restored version now (2019) :) The Amsterdam film museum restored and screened all of his films. Highly recommend!

An interview without a forest aint no interview at all!

I knew I wasn't insane

Yes ,I believe He spent time or Lived there making movies...

The same thing was happening in your youth even if you didn't partake in it, it isn't particularly ahead of his time to point this out

He didn't predict today's youth, he was speaking about the youth of his generation, and at the same time, saying something universal about all generations going back to antiquity. The fact that you likened it to today's youth proves that point. The same things were said about your generation, and the current generation will say the same things about the children who follow them.

Sick?????;!!!!!!

your worst nightmare yeah man it was art

Dead meme, move on

man do you miss the point of the video...

Why is this video sick???