"**** (4 stars). A masterpiece! Marker's ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANDREI ARSENEVICH [is] the best single piece of Tarkovsky criticism I know of, clarifying the overall coherence of his oeuvre while leaving all the mysteries of his films intact. The video interweaves biography and autobiography with poetic and political insight in a manner that seldom works as well as it does here."—Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader (click on the link below to read the full review)

"A brilliant appreciation of the last great Soviet director, Andrei Tarkovsky. No less then Jean-Luc Godard or Martin Scorsese, Marker is an original and perceptive exegete of other filmmakers…. The most sustained and heartfelt tribute one filmmaker has paid another."—Jim Hoberman, Village Voice

"A sublime meditation on the poetic, surreal universe of Tarkovsky."—Los Angeles Times

"Fascinating! What makes Chris Marker's documentary such an invaluable gift is that his insights into the director are so accessible - and so provocative. Not only is it a remarkable analysis of Tarkvosky's brilliance; it's also a showcase for Marker's."—Time Out New York

"A superb analysis of Tarkovsky's lyrical vocabulary. You'll be hard pressed to find a more thorough explication of Tarkovsky's vision than the one provided by Marker here."—Dallas Observer

"A film that defies categorization as a documentary, or even as a 'film essay' ...A love letter is more like it: personal, passionate, unguarded. The meat of the film is a dazzling montage, drawn mostly from Tarkovsky's work, but reorganized into illuminating new patterns... inspiring us to make our own observations and connections."—LA Weekly

"Even those of us who find Tarkovsky's films more tedious than tantalizing will appreciate the care and love that went into this reflection on the man and his work. I can't remember any film capturing an artist more intimately..."—Detroit Free Press

"Chris Marker's informative tribute to the late Andrei Tarkovsky is an important contribution to film scholarship."—Variety

"Chris Marker's 'One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch' is perhaps the best film yet made by one (great) film-maker about another. A revelatory document, loving, lucid and lyrical, on the elemental structuring of Tarkovsky's work, it marries moving footage of the terminally ill director shooting and struggling to finish his final film 'The Sacrifice' with an exemplary assessment of the films and their importance, humane, humble and always open. In its own essential way, it too is a masterpiece."—Gareth Evans, The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion