The Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski remarked that: "If anybody influenced anybody, it’s me being influenced by Tarkovsky, not the reverse", and called Tarkovsky's film Andrei Rublev a "masterpiece".
ðə pˈoʊlɪʃ fˈɪlmeɪkɚɹ ˈændəzˌɛdʒ zjʊlˈɔːski ɹᵻmˈɑːɹkt ðˈæt: "ɪf ˈɛnɪbˌɑːdi ˈɪnfluːənst ˈɛnɪbˌɑːdi, ɪts mˌiː bˌiːɪŋ ˈɪnfluːənst baɪ tɑːɹkˈɑːvski, nˌɑːt ðə ɹᵻvˈɜːs", ænd kˈɔːld tɑːɹkˈɑːvskiz fˈɪlm ˈændɹeɪ ɹˈuːbləv ˈeɪ "mˈæstɚpˌiːs".