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For me, Tarkovsky is like that wine that doesn't overwhelm

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In Reply to: A few thoughts on Solaris posted by Victor Khomenko on January 23, 2006 at 06:15:43:

the first time one savors it but actually puzzles one long afterwards: why do I continue to dream of this not altogether pleasing experience?
The answer is the complexity and uniqueness cannot be appreciated in one "tasting" but only reveals its gifts with the patience of several or many visitations.
It's time for me to view Solaris, again. It was one of my favorite movies when I was a young guy. In fact, it was hailed as the Russian answer to 2001 and for a time I considered it far superior.
Now, off topic: you mentioned Outskirts. Which one? I imagine you mean the newer one and not the Barnet film about the villagers in WWI?

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My problem with Tarkovsky... - Victor Khomenko 08:23:37 01/23/06 (0)
...had been in being his younger contemporary. So I was usually not mature enough to appreciate his early films as they came out.
I was 12 when Ivanovo Detstvo came out... and at that age who cares about fine movies? All I remembered was some war...
Same was true (albeit to a lesser degree) of Andrey Rublev. Solaris was different, as it fell on a soil ready for it, and the Mirror in 1975 was perfect - the juices were brewing at that time full bore! The discussions about that one were everywhere, in our department a day would hardly pass without some heated debates between the intellectual cognoscente's and the more grounded people, who all wanted clear explanation of who was who in each shot. The cognoscente's mostly smiled, of course...
I had to revisit most of his work later, to fully appreciate the depth of them. I have not seen Ivan in many years, though, so I should definitely take another look at that one.
Re: For me, Tarkovsky is like that wine that doesn't overwhelm - Victor Khomenko 07:38:01 01/23/06 (1)
Here is the Outskirts I was talking about - the 2003 film
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165901/ (Open in New Window)
- I figured as much, and, sigh, already placed it in my ever-expanding queue. nt - tinear 11:40:52 01/23/06 (0)
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