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"Martyrology: Tarkovsky's Diary 1970-1986" is the diary and notes of Andrei Tarkovsky, a famous Soviet director and one of the most important and influential artists in the history of film. The book contains texts, drawings and photographs copied from the Florentine archives, as well as the entire private collection of the Andrei Tarkovsky Institute in Italy. These diaries clearly show the social and artistic landscape of the time, recording Tarkovsky's philosophical thinking, reading notes, painting creations, as well as his experience in building houses in the village and decorating apartments in Rome. In addition, the book describes his film creation plans in detail, including even unfilmed film scenes. In his diary, Tarkovsky described unforgettable dreams and discussed the current situation of society and the future of art. His words provide another key, opening up for us a unique universe full of apocalyptic images, symbols and metaphors in Tarkovsky's film world, revealing the life trajectory of this great director who was repeatedly torn between the reality of life and his artistic ideals. The most critical contemporary filmmaker uses words as a prism to collage a spiritual self-portrait bursting with infinite creativity and wisdom. This is also a precious gift that Tarkovs spent his entire life dedicating to all movie fans.