function of art

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich A Soviet filmmaker was right about a lot of things, but he was especially right when he wrote this.

[00:00:08]The allotted function of art is not, as it is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example.

[00:00:17]The aim of art, listen to this, the aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plow and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.

[00:00:29]He's so good. Tarkovsky is so good.