Born in 1932 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director and producer.

Above: A still from Tarkovsky’s film 1979 film, Stalker.

Tarkovsky: “The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.”