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Since: Dec 14, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:47 am
Post subject: Tarkovsky: The Mirror
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I have never done this before, but I am so confused I just have to ask:
What the hell is this movie about?
I figured out Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, and all of the other
surrealist films with no problem (to my own satisfaction at least), but
this one flew right by me.
Gorgeous to look at, occasionally very creepy, but utterly
incomprehensible.
I am very much supportive of opinions that not every image in a film
has to have a literal meaning, I think that a lot of directors use
images and things for atmosphre and to creat mood and don't always
intend every frame to be symbolic... but again, there was NOTHING in
this movie I connected with... |
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Since: Aug 15, 2003
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:40 pm
Post subject: Re: Tarkovsky: The Mirror [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"jt" wrote...
> I have never done this before, but I am so confused I just have to ask:
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> What the hell is this movie about?
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> I figured out Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, and all of the other
> surrealist films with no problem (to my own satisfaction at least), but
> this one flew right by me.
>
> Gorgeous to look at, occasionally very creepy, but utterly
> incomprehensible.
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> I am very much supportive of opinions that not every image in a film
> has to have a literal meaning, I think that a lot of directors use
> images and things for atmosphre and to creat mood and don't always
> intend every frame to be symbolic... but again, there was NOTHING in
> this movie I connected with...
It's a very personal film. It consists of Tarkovski's memories... A lot of
it is about his mother, I think... Absent father. I'd have to see a couple
of times more to elaborate, but there are themes there. Rewatch it.
Mikko
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mikko dot pihkoluoma at welho dot com
"I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots,
and to use the same aesthetics as painting,
which has always paid great attention to
formal devices of structure, composition
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:32 am
Post subject: Re: Tarkovsky: The Mirror [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:20 am
Post subject: Re: Tarkovsky: The Mirror [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article <b030b322.0402010607.5a41a261 DeleteThis @posting.google.com>,
cathcacr DeleteThis @liquidinformation.com (Chris Cathcart) wrote:
> Careful about what you say . . . not only is -Mirror- my favorite film
> ;-), it may very well be considered hundreds of years from now to be
> the standout cinematic achievement of the 20th century; it is such a
> marvelous achievement of filmic construction, and an exceedingly
> haunting one at that.
I agree, Chris. "The Mirror" is definitely my favorite Tarkovsky film
(although "Stalker" comes in at very close 2nd). ;-)
Jeff >> Stay informed about: Tarkovsky: The Mirror |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:30 am
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Jeff Gower <jeffgowerNixThisPart.TakeThisOut@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<jeffgowerNixThisPart-73F760.10200401022004.TakeThisOut@bignews.bellsouth.net>...
> In article <b030b322.0402010607.5a41a261.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>,
> cathcacr.TakeThisOut@liquidinformation.com (Chris Cathcart) wrote:
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> > Careful about what you say . . . not only is -Mirror- my favorite film
> > ;-), it may very well be considered hundreds of years from now to be
> > the standout cinematic achievement of the 20th century; it is such a
> > marvelous achievement of filmic construction, and an exceedingly
> > haunting one at that.
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> I agree, Chris. "The Mirror" is definitely my favorite Tarkovsky film
> (although "Stalker" comes in at very close 2nd). ;-)
Same here. My list of favorites(all-around, not just Tarkovsky) is
always slowly changing, but -Mirror- has been at the top for a little
while now, and -Stalker- is somewhere right near the top, in the top 6
somewhere. -Solaris- is somewhere in my top 20. >> Stay informed about: Tarkovsky: The Mirror |
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