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One of Andrei Tarkovsky’s most influential works, a mesmerizing collage of his own memories and dreamsA subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, this sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history by Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker) is as much a poem composed in images, or a hypnagogic hallucination, as it is a work of cinema. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, his dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystical power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics on its release because of its elusive narrative structure, Mirror has since taken its place as one of the director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen. Special Edition Features
DescriptionA subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, this sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history by Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker) is as much a poem composed in images, or a hypnagogic hallucination, as it is a work of cinema. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, his dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystical power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics on its release because of its elusive narrative structure, Mirror has since taken its place as one of the director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.
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Mr .Tarkovsky
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2021
Andrei Tarkovsky has to be looked at in a different light, once you realize he only made seven features and was hounded by the Russian censers almost his whole career. There seems to be even talk of him being "eliminated" by the KGB ! A treasure to the world, by any...
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Andrei Tarkovsky has to be looked at in a different light, once you realize he only made seven features and was hounded by the Russian censers almost his whole career. There seems to be even talk of him being "eliminated" by the KGB ! A treasure to the world, by any standard and there comes talk of that !! "Mirror" is and was a very personal film to Tarkovsky and once the back ground to this film [ which comes with a 2nd DVD ] and his life is seen, it breaks one''s heart to know he passed away at just 54 years. That being said, the film that Criterion has presented is absolutely brilliant ... it might even be better in blue ray, but I have the standard DVD and its faultless. The film might be a challenge for some, but with parents and the willingness to see what is being shown and said, it will be well worth the time spent. All his films are works of "art", and he seems to have worked very hard to make that visible. This film is 46 years old and looks as if it were shot yesterday. Only a small hand full of director''s have that ability. Give it a look see ... it might amaze you as it did me.
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The most beautiful melancholic visual poem ever.
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2021
On a Andrei Tarkovsky trip on my knees, each of his film is the most beautiful poetic and bewitching in its own right like a diamond crown.
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A Masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2022
This is a beautiful, dream-like recollection of a life. The logic of dreams, of memory, follow their own path of associations, and have their own set of emphases. Memories of certain places and moments can be hard to explain the significance of, but the feeling they arouse...
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This is a beautiful, dream-like recollection of a life. The logic of dreams, of memory, follow their own path of associations, and have their own set of emphases. Memories of certain places and moments can be hard to explain the significance of, but the feeling they arouse remains. It''s the specific feeling of remembering places and people long gone, of remembering moments your mind holds on to for reasons you''re not sure of that The Mirror captures in a way few other films ever have. Its disregard for a straight line through time, its emphasis on small, personal moments and settings instead of large historical events, these are the strengths of a film that captures the feeling of remembering in a singularly brilliant way.
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If you are a Tarkovsky fan then...
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2021
...this is a must have! Ethereal, surreal in only the way that Tarkovsky can do! I own all of his movies and this release on Criterion is one of my favorites. Enough said.
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If i can give. it 100 stars i would
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2022
Such joy to be living and breath @ this moment in time.
 Carlos E Romero natural cinephile
The Russian Soul......the Russian Spirit......
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2022
This cinematic masterpiece was an experience that touched me to the very depths of my soul! The whole ‘meditation’ was like one long poem/dream sequence that was more real than life itself! Only the mind/soul of a true artist could have made such an extraordinary work of...
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This cinematic masterpiece was an experience that touched me to the very depths of my soul! The whole ‘meditation’ was like one long poem/dream sequence that was more real than life itself! Only the mind/soul of a true artist could have made such an extraordinary work of art like this one. I had already seen two magnificent films by him: Ivan’s Childhood (1962) and Andrei Rublev (1966) several years earlier, so I was well prepared and familiar with Tarkovsky’s singular work/vision.The pure untamed beautiful ‘living reality’ of the natural world was juxtaposed against the harsh ‘reality/unreality’ of our ‘man made’ world. It was absolute genius! And Tarkovsky was also metaphorically holding up a ‘mirror’ (with sheer subtlety), to the ‘Soviet nightmare’ that had tried very hard to erase the Russian spirit, the Russian folk soul, the Russian people, and the Russian religious or literary tradition. Indeed, the entire human soul and spirit down the proverbial ‘memory hole!’ Thankfully, ‘they’ (the barbaric unhuman totalitarianism of the Soviets) could not succeed/win against such a people forever! The symbolic imagery, the tableaux-like quality of almost every frame, every shot (nothing was left to chance) every word/nuance was a revelation. I am still astounded by what I had just seen and experienced. I am glad that I finally took the time to watch—Mirror (1975). Now, you don’t have to take my word for it, here is Andrei Tarkovsky himself—in his own words. “Personally, I can’t even remember when that transition occurred, when I became a believer, when I became religious. But by ‘religious’ I don’t mean I’m without sin. Only that I’m simply more and more convinced that culture cannot exist without religion. In a certain sense, religion is sublimated in culture, and culture in religion. It’s an interdependent process. If a society needs spirituality, it begins to generate works of art and give birth to artists. If it doesn’t need spirituality, it will make do without art…but the number of unhappy people will grow, the number of spiritually dissatisfied people. Human beings will lose their purpose and no longer understand why they exist. So, for me religion is not a purely personal matter. It’s tied to the fate of the culture of our civilization.” This is positively, one of the greatest films ever made! (The Criterion Collection DVD of Mirror is pure magic! New 2K digital restoration, NTSC, Russian (English subtitles) NR 106 mins.) Love and Peace, Carlos E Romero sam dobrowolski
Decent, but not above his others. One of his worst imo
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2021
Not sure how this one stacks up to all the others I''ve seen. At least rate andrei rublov with the bell making above this one
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