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Tarkovsky's solution to this tension is that of religious obscurantism. The way out of this deadlock is a gesture of self sacrifice. His last two films, Nostalgia and Sacrifice, both end up with some suicidal gesture of the hero
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Tarkovsky's solution to this tension
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is that of religious obscurantism.
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The way out of this deadlock is a gesture of self sacrifice.
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His last two films, Nostalgia and Sacrifice,
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both end up with some suicidal gesture of the hero.
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Movie Summary
Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.