The Mirror
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Movie Reviews of The Mirror
Movie Review: A very special achievement in film. My DVD pick of the year.
Summary: 5 Stars
Andrei Tarkovsky's THE MIRROR is a historical achievement in art and form. This is what great movies should be like: very personal without being overly sympathetic and corny. It was very hard for me to understand. It is about a person who is reviewing events that have occurred in his life before he dies, but the movie presents his experiences in a non-linear fashion. Probably the best way to approach this movie is to put yourself in the individual's shoes. We all think of past experiences, but not always chronologically. Even if one may find this film hard to understand, there are many beautiful moments in this film: the opening scene, the dream sequence, the print shop, the stock footage of the balloon ascent, the bird landing on the boy's head, the firing range, the fire, etc... This movie's unpopularity in the United States is living proof that many true works of cinematic art in this country largely go unnoticed. If I can direct at least one person to the works of Andrei Tarkovsky then I feel my work as a film buff is done.Movie Review: Feel the eastern soul - with eyes wide open
Summary: 5 Stars
There is a limit, a line which crisscross the border between the East and West. For sure. Tarkovsky is on the east side, very deeply - indeed. To understand his vision is to live on this side... "The MIRROR" displays the man's life in front of history and culture - eastern culture, a very one. Try to look at those beatiful pictures as icons, as pictures of thorough-minded composision telling the story of another world, different angle, other view... strange. One of the most plastical films in the history. A must see. You don't feel confortable? Try 'Solaris', you will experience a "other-view-concept", which is very similar to K.Vonnegut's 'Sirens of Titan' - WHY NOT? The MIRROR is also the one...Movie Review: MIRROR is just one discovery.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are seeking a film that can demonstrate an image's capacity to exceed beyond powerful, this is just one of Tarkovsky's films that achieves this. It may take some effort to stay with the film's patient and meandering pace, but that's the revel of this picture. If you have ever wondered what it might feel like to visualize a dream while awake, MIRROR is a film to watch. Any of Tarkovsky's movies introduce you to a visual experience and vocabulary that is wholly unique in its execution and original in its expression. There is a tremendous amount you can learn from his films, especially if you want to be a filmmaker. Technically, they are a marvel. His films are executed with such flawlessness you might forget to question how they are done. MIRROR is exceptional in that Tarkovsky's explorations and meditations on issues of self, relationships, mothers, women, time, love, memory, history, art and poetry are deceptively straightforward. Experience this movie. There are new and exciting things to discover in MIRROR as well as any of Tarkovsky's films.Movie Review: This is NOT the film!!! This is a Documentary!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a documentary about the movie "The Mirror". Take note. I thought I was ordering the film. I was wrong.Movie Review: The Finnegan's Wake of Russian Film
Summary: 4 Stars
Having some knowledge of Tarkovsky the man as well as Russian history may prove useful to penetrating this extraordinary, layered film. A man (never seen, but presumed to be the director) reviews his own life, as well as the lives of other people integral in his life--chiefly his wife and mother (played by the same female actor), set against a Russian historical backdrop from the early Stalin years to the early 70s. Those seeking exposure to Tarkovsky, but are turned off by his longer, more ponderous works (think _Andrei Rublev_), should be pleased to find that this film clocks in at about 100 minutes, and packed with images that are at once breathtaking and startling. Tarkovsky is sort of an anomaly to other Russian filmmakers because his films seemed to deal less with pro-Soviet propaganda and more with aesthetic composition, and _The Mirror_ is no exception. Juxtaposing film speeds, b&w v. color photography, Tarkovsky subtly suggests the importance of individual perception and individual focus shaping the way we view key events in our lives. This film also suggests that this conflict of the self is also both cyclical and basically universal. The film may bring to mind the key works of Joyce, albeit in a more compartmentalized version. And the images themselves are positively magnificent! My personal favorites are the bird landing on the child's head, and the collapsing wall amidst a rainstorm. Not an easy film to watch at all, but definitely worth the effort. Tarkovsky paved the way for other filmmakers, notably Peter Greenaway and Theo Angelopoulous, who saw film as more effective as portrait instead of narrative device.