Não sei se nesta altura Tonino Guera já saberia falar russo, desconfio que não, ainda não. Havia um tradutor? Talvez. Mas podemos imaginar que conversaram sozinhos, Tonino falando italiano misturado com o dialecto Romagnol e Tarkovski ora em russo ora em nostálgico italiano. Era nessas línguas que gostava de publicar esta conversa...
Tonino Guerra Would you be willing to tell me the end of the film, shot by shot, as if I were a blind man?
Andrei Tarkovski It's a very interesting question. Probably it would be nice not to make films, but only recount them to the blind. A beautiful idea! One only needs to acquire a tape-recorder. "Thought expressed is a lie," as the poet said.
Tonino Guerra Alright, I can't see any thing. Tell me.
Andrei Tarkovski A close-up: an ill little girl, the daughter of the Stalker, is holding a large book in front of her. She is wrapped in a scarf. We see her in profile in front of an illuminated window. The camera slowly tracks back and frames a portion of the table. A table in close-up, covered with dirty dishes: two glasses and a jar. The girl puts the book down on her knees, and we hear her voice repeating what she has read. She looks at one of the glasses. And under the power of her gaze, the glass begins to move towards the camera. Then the little girl shifts her gaze towards the other glass and the other glass also begins to move. Then the girl looks at the glass in the middle of the table and we see that it too begins to move under the power of her gaze. It moves and falls to the ground, but it does not break. We hear a train passing near the house, it makes a strange noise, the walls shake, they tremble increasingly. The camera returns to the close-up of the little girl, and with this sound, with this noise, the film ends.
