The Mirror
by Andrei Tarkovsky
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Actor: Filipp Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Margarita Terekhova, Nikolai Grinko, Oleg YankovskiyDirector: Andrei Tarkovsky
Cinematographer: Georgi Rerberg
Writer: Andrei Tarkovsky
Editor: Lyudmila Feiginova
Producer: Erik Waisberg
Writer: Aleksandr Misharin
Writer: Arseni Tarkovsky
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Russian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video
Movie Reviews of The Mirror
Movie Review: 3 stars for the DVD, not the the (masterpiece!) film
Summary: 3 Stars
I have three versions of the film on DVD now--the Kino, the Ruscico, and the Russian Krupny Plan version (without subtitles).
Kino's transfer is not bad considering its age; my main critique is that the color balance is overly cool. The RUSCICO edition looks better in some respects but the print is slightly pinkish and some of the scenes are transfered overly bright, as Vlad, another reviewer, has noted.
I agree that Kino's subtitles are frustratingly incomplete in several dialogue scenes. It's a pity, because there are many wonderful small exchanges between the characters that really add texture to the script. The RUSCICO subtitles are more complete but they terribly botch the poetry, which is central to the film's effect. That sin is not easily forgiven, and for that reason alone you should get the Kino version.
Visually, neither version can hold a candle to the stunning new digital restoration that Mosfilm has released on DVD in Russia through Krupny Plan. In an ideal world, Kino would license the new Mosfilm transfer and beef up the subtitles. In the meantime, you might as well go with the current Kino DVD. "The Mirror" is Tarkovsky's greatest work and a masterpiece of world cinema--it's the kind of film you find yourself returning to now and then to savor its elusive beauty.
Summary of The Mirror
Nostalgic visions of the late directors childhood in war torn exile with stunning slow motion dream sequences and stark world war ii. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 03/07/2000 Starring: Klaus Maria Run time: 106 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Andrei TarkovskyArt House & International DVD Video
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