The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami remarked that: "Tarkovsky's works separate me completely from physical life, and are the most spiritual films I have seen".
ðɪ ɪɹˈeɪniən fˈɪlmeɪkɚɹ ˈæbəz kˌaɪɚɹəstˈɑːmi ɹᵻmˈɑːɹkt ðˈæt: "tɑːɹkˈɑːvskiz wˈɜːks sˈɛpɹət mˌiː kəmplˈiːtli fɹʌm fˈɪzɪkəl lˈaɪf, ænd ɑːɹ ðə mˈoʊst spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuːəl fˈɪlmz aɪ hæv sˈiːn".