Tarkovsky Film's Religious Feelings

Andrei Tarkovsky's films have always been regarded as a temple which thrills people's heart with vision and lingers with profound religious mystery. This article analyzes the Russian religion and culture as the background, and attempts to explore the mystery of Tarkovsky'films, and also is hoped to be of benefit to the local film art.The article starts from the Sophia complex, which is from the Virgin Maria worship of the Orthodox Church formed after women worship in Russia's traditional polytheism encountered the Virgin Maria worship from the Christian. The Orthodox core idea is the doomsday and the salvation, and this is precisely the subject throughout the Tarkovsky's films. For centuries the Russian people have great respect for the saints who sacrifice and endure the sufferings, and their religious piety has been motivated by the highest ideals of ethical behaviors of the saints. In films, images of saints in the common people are clearly visible.The poetic vision, the serious understanding of life, the sharp analysis of human beings and the respectful recall of nature by Tarkovsky always touch the soul of sympathy. Ingmar Bergman was quoted as saying"Tarkovsky for me is the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream".