/lit/ - Literature

>>11218042
From Solaris on, Tarkovsky's pessimism and aloof mysticism led to increasingly portentous, turgid, even obscure narratives with woolly philosophising couched in laboured dialogue, meticulous compositions featuring a hackneyed use of conventional symbolism, and long, often wordless scenes shot with an almost imperceptibly slow-moving camera; the sparse, glum, painstakingly composed 'beauty' often seemed hollow, hinting at deeper metaphysical meanings than story, characters or dialogue could convey