Between metaphor and radiance: polaroids by Andrei Tarkovsky—a few more here instagram.com/p/CbhizWHKoyS/
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In an interview with Hervé Guibert for Le Monde (1983) Tarkovsky explained: 'I prefer to express myself metaphorically. Let me stress: metaphorically, not symbolically. A symbol contains within itself a definite meaning, certain intellectual formula, while metaphor is an image...
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An image possessing the same distinguishing features as the world it represents. An image—as opposed to a symbol—is indefinite in meaning. One cannot speak of the infinite world by applying tools that are definite and finite.
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We can analyse the formula that constitutes a symbol, while metaphor is a being-within-itself, it’s a monomial. It falls apart at any attempt of touching it.'
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