Mirror
A subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, Andrei Tarkovsky's sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history 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 Soviet 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.
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Poets > Drama. Terminally ill > Soviet Union > Drama. Episodic memory > Drama. Families > Soviet Union > Drama. Soviet Union > Social life and customs > 1917-1970 > Drama. |
- ISBN: 9781681438504
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Physical Description
videodisc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm). - Edition Two-DVD special edition.
- Publisher [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
- Copyright ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from title screens. Parallel title from optional English subtitles ; also appears on disc labels and container. "Janus Films"--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. "Filming dates: 2 November 1973-18 March 1974"--IMDb, viewed online on October 1, 2021. "New 2K digital restoration. ... New English subtitle translation."--Container. "First printing 2021"--Container. Accompanying sheet with essay "All is immortal" by film critic Carmen Gray and cast and production credits inserted in container. GMD: videodisc. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Special feature (disc 1): Andrei Tarkovsky: a cinema prayer / a 2019 documentary about the director by his son Andrei A. Tarkovsky. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Georgiĭ Rerberg ; editor, L. Feĭginova ; music, Ėduard Artemʹev. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Margarita Terekhova, I. Danilʹt͡sev, L. Tarkovskai͡a, A. Demidova, A. Solonit͡syn, N. Grinʹko, F. I͡Ankovskiĭ, O. I͡Ankovskiĭ. Narrator, Innokentiĭ Smoktunovskiĭ ; poetry reader, Arseni Tarkovsky. |
System Details Note: | DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital monaural sound. |
Information Relating to Copyright Status: | © Mosfilm Studios. ... © 2021 The Criterion Collection. Container |
Language Note: | In Russian ; with optional subtitles in English. |