Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Jeff Starrs (A) on August 22, 2005 at 02:55:22

In Reply to: Tarkovsky's "The Mirror," re-visited. posted by tinear on August 21, 2005 at 08:11:15:

..being invited by some Germans friends to see 'The Sacrifice' at their place quite some years ago.
A nice heavy Bavarian dinner and weissbier then lounging on the thick piled carpeted floor, ready for 'a russian' film.
Frankly, all I can remember is an interminably long opening shot that took about 15 minutes to arrive at the figure, from afar, my head getting heavier and heavier whilst thinking "please, no, not another two hours of boring, existential doo-doo..." before I became one with the carpet.
I hate this type of film (yes, I've tried other Tarkovsky to the same effect).
Now, Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible, that really got me going!
I was 5 at the time, sitting on my mothers knee, watching late night tele.
Unforgettable...