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In Reply to: Re: OK, now that we've gotten you broken in gently... posted by Victor Khomenko on July 30, 2003 at 17:20:26:
I look forward to seeing the Criterion. Any feelings about other Tarkovsky films? 'The Mirror', for instance. Or 'Andrey Rubilev'. I have not seen either but they are definitely on my list.
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I love them both and have them. I think Rublev will be easier on the Westerner (all those monks, dark Russian ages... exotic!), but some undertones will be missed - impossible to avoid this in a history-based film. It is monumental, substantial and deep... a treat to any serious film lover. Cinematography and directing are top notch.Mirror is trickier. On the surface it is Bergmanesque, no doubt, but with strong Russian flavor - miss that flavor and you miss great deal of essense, I think.
But these are just my "native" observations - I don't know how well they are translated, for instance, and this is critical, as both as full of subtle hints.
All these issues nothwithstanding, if you love serious films, these two are musts.
Among the Tarkovsky's works I like one of his first ones: The Steamroller and the Violin... beautiful little work.
"Ivanovo Detstvo" good too.
"Nostalgia" and "Sacrifice" - I think he was losing his true identity by that time. Both serious works, but less of Tarkovsky is visible in them, I think.
The beauty is all these are available widely. So - one week, and you are done!
Well, you talked me into it. I'll go for the lot. Actually, I'm no stranger to Russian culture, so I don't think I'll miss everything by not speaking the language. Translation in subtitles is always a problem, of course, but I tend to move with the visual rhythmns when it comes to film, which is really all you need to do in many American films, where music, montage and art direction are what's happening.
We all have to deal with subs - how else would we experience the miracles of Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa and others? I am sure in every such case we do lose some, but you are right - usually we manage to get absorbed in the flow, if the film is worth being absorbed into.
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