The Sacrifice
by Andrei Tarkovsky, Michal Leszczylowski
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Actor: Allan Edwall, Erland Josephson, Gu?r?n G?slad?ttir, Susan Fleetwood, Tommy KjellqvistDirector: Andrei Tarkovsky, Michal Leszczylowski
Cinematographer: Arne Carlsson
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Writer: Andrei Tarkovsky
Writer: Michal Leszczylowski
Producer: Anna-Lena Wibom
Producer: Lisbet Gabrielsson
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 0
Audio: Swedish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.66:1
Running Time: 246 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-03-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Kino Video
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Movie Review: "I Am Interested in Man, for He Contains a Universe Within Himself"
Summary: 5 Stars
It may not sound like the best way to spend over two hours of your time, but "The Sacrifice," (famed Russian director Tarkovsky's last film) shoots his film to perfection. Drawing from the pensiveness of Bergman, Tarkovsky also vividly shows some shattering emotional scenes when a birthday celebration turns from mirth to terror as a household faces the spectre of what one can assume is possible nuclear annihilation from World War III. The acting is often superb and the intensity of some of the scenes is tangible (in a way that made it's nearby predecessor "The Day After" in America seem provincial.)
The contrasts are brilliantly drawn: From surreal dream vignettes to horribly vivid scenes of destruction and despair, 'The Sacrifice' both encompasses a myopic and comprehensive vision of what it means to face the terror of violence when it swoops it's unwelcome way into people's lives and when they're least expecting it. I was struck by some of scenes which painted in small landscapes what one would normally expect from a broad brush.
In the special features we see the making of this masterpiece. Sometimes it tediously goes into every detail, but that merely shows the director's perfectionism. More worthwhile are some of the philosophical renderings which underscore the thoughts and processes of the director. (It clocks in at 1:41, but the movie itself is 2:22 minutes long.)
Finally, some of these thoughts may be apt for giving some insight into the film and the director: "I am not interested in the development of the plot in the chain of events...I have always been interested in a person's inner world, and for me it was far more natural to make a journey into the psychology that informed the hero's attitude to life into the literary and cultural traditions that are the foundation of his spiritual world...I am interested in man, for he contains a universe within himself..." Andrei Tarkovsky
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