The Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan said that when he first discovered the films of Andrei Tarkovsky as a college student, unsure of what he wanted to do with his life, he was utterly baffled by the lauded Russian master.
ðə tˈɜːkɪʃ fˈɪlmeɪkɚ njˈʊɹɹi bˈɪldʒ sˈeɪlæn sˈɛd ðæt wɛn hiː fˈɜːst dɪskˈʌvɚd ðə fˈɪlmz ʌv ˈændɹeɪ tɑːɹkˈɑːvski æz ɐ kˈɑːlɪdʒ stˈuːdənt, ʌnʃˈʊɹ ʌv wʌt hiː wˈɔntᵻd tə dˈuː wɪð hɪz lˈaɪf, hiː wʌz ˈʌɾɚli bˈæfəld baɪ ðə lˈɔːdᵻd ɹˈʌʃən mˈæstɚ.