One Of Tarkovsky's Dreams

This piece is an hour-long allegorical dream-sequence. Throughout, there is a strong contrast between two worlds, a barren place made up of falling rocks and mechanical objects, and a lush, green, pastoral setting. These worlds interplay against one another until they finally collide in the end. All the while, we see hints of scenes from Tarkovsky movies, as if they might be forming in his head, such as the opening balloon sequence from "Andrei Rublev", and the "Traveling down the pipe" sequence in "Stalker". Moments of meditative serenity are constantly interrupted by warnings of impending doom. Subtle "strangities" abound, such as pond ripples which "skip beats" and sound effects which seem oddly out-of-place, constant reminders that we are indeed in a dream world.