How to create a masterpiece. The story of making films by Andrei Tarkovsky, filmed in the USSR

The first fundamental publication of documents on the history of the creation of Andrei Tarkovsky films, shot in the USSR and became a classic of Russian world cinema.
The book first reproduces the widest spectrum of documentation, which reveals the work of the great director on his films "Ivanovo Childhood" and "Andrey Rublev". These are Tarkovsky’s author’s applications, editorial conclusions and reviews of instances for literary and directorial scenarios, transcenograms of discussions of films at different stages of their creation, official correspondence with Goskino and other instances, acceptance of the finished film, etc. The extensive complex of archival documents, as well as personal evidence of the participants in the filming, the authors of this documentary study enable the reader to closely contact the creative laboratory of the great director, as well as in a new look at many circumstances of his tragic fate.
The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in creativity