#1084: TARKOVSKY, Andrei: Mirror (1975)
TARKOVSKY, Andrei (Soviet Union)
The Film
Mirror [1975]
Spine #1084
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
A 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 Societ 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.
106 minutes
Black & White/Color
Black & White/Color
Monaural
in Russian
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2021
Director/Writers
Other Tarkovsky films in the Collection:
#397: Ivan's Childhood (1962)
#34: Andrei Rublev (1966)
#164: Solaris (1972)
#888: Stalker (1979)
#397: Ivan's Childhood (1962)
#34: Andrei Rublev (1966)
#164: Solaris (1972)
#888: Stalker (1979)
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The Booklet
Ninety-two page booklet featuring an essay by critic Carmen Gray and the 1968 film proposal and literary script by Tarkovsky and Misharin that ultimately developed into Mirror.
Commentary
None.
Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer
A 2019 documentary about the director by his son Andrei A. Tarkovsky.
The Dream in the Mirror
A documentary by Louise Milne and Sean Martin.
Interview
With composer Eduard Artemyev.
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
A 2007 documentary about the Georgy Rerberg, the DP on the film.
Archival interviews
With Tarkovsky and screenwriter Misharin.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Ninety-two page booklet featuring an essay by critic Carmen Gray and the 1968 film proposal and literary script by Tarkovsky and Misharin that ultimately developed into Mirror.
Commentary
None.
Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer
A 2019 documentary about the director by his son Andrei A. Tarkovsky.
The Dream in the Mirror
A documentary by Louise Milne and Sean Martin.
Interview
With composer Eduard Artemyev.
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
A 2007 documentary about the Georgy Rerberg, the DP on the film.
Archival interviews
With Tarkovsky and screenwriter Misharin.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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