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Post by LetoAtreides on Dec 9, 2004 14:22:20 GMT -5
Ahhh...what can I say to begin with about this wondrous beast of a movie? It is everything one can possibly ask for to achieve enlightment. What amazed me the most was:the first scene-it left me sleepless several nights, trying to figure out the meaning behind it. The scene with the pagan festival. The ending, when the miracle of colour suddenly appears. All wonderful strokes of genius by a 33 yearold man.
One can wonder about the Tatar attack scenes and the whole subplot, it seems that it had the intention to show the contrasts between the religions and cultures-The Russian Christian and the Tatar Muslim one. When the Tatar commander asks the prince about Virgin Mary. "How can she be a virgin if she had him?" Just that sentence says so much.
I don't dare to try and uncover more about the MASTER's intentions behind this film. Oh and one other scene that I cherish-the ringing of the bell! That young actor did hell of a job. Wasn't he the one who played Ivan in "Ivanovo detstvo"? And the musical score was great. I wonder-this was the last film where Tarkovsky collaborated with Konchalovsky and Ovchinnikov. It seems that he changed his team from then on. Could it be because "Andrei Rublev" became such a taboo and Konchalovsky and Ovchinnikov were discouraged to continue working with AT? Or maybe The Master just wanted a different composer for "Solaris" and didn't need Konchalovsky's help since he already had the novel by Stanislaw Lem?
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Post by Pauk on Oct 25, 2005 9:19:23 GMT -5
Yes, it is Nikolai Burlyayev who plays Ivan (as Kolia Burlyayev, if I remember correct) and Boriska. After Stalker I focused mostly on Alexander Kaidanovsky, and only after Andrei Rubliov I became actually aware of Tolia Solonicin. Later I saw him in many more films, also together with Sasha Kaidanovsky. Tolia was really powerful. My father is a friend of one actor who knew Tolia very well, so I heard a lot about him rather directly.
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Post by The Ferret on Oct 31, 2005 20:23:39 GMT -5
"The Mirror", "Andrei Rublev" and finally "Nostalghia"...
I'm wondering, what movie out of the three truly resembles our beloved "STALKER" in terms of imaginary, visual power and even concept? Take care, I didn't see any of the above-mentioned movies, the only other Tarkovsky's masterpiece I 'experienced' was the marvellous "SOLARIS".
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Post by MaKS on Feb 21, 2006 19:13:00 GMT -5
Each one of them is quite special, i think. only Stalker resembles Stalker... and that is good. And each one worth seeing even above Solaris -although some may disagree
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Post by blue on Feb 26, 2006 9:18:15 GMT -5
I have watched all of his seven films, though “Ivan’s Childhood” was a long time ago and don’t remember much of it. All the films are definitely worth watching. Stalker, Solaris, Mirror and Rublev are all very great films with IMHO Solaris and Stalker at the top. These two are great both for their narration and imagery. Mirror’s narration you won’t notice the first times you watch it (!) but it has a beautiful imagery. Rublev is great for its imagery and its epic mood. Nostalgia and The Sacrifice are good but don’t really reach the earlier movies’ level, as I see it. It can partly be because they aren’t “pure Russian”
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Post by MaKS on Feb 26, 2006 14:09:48 GMT -5
They aren't pure Mosfilm. What commercial studio could spend notable funds on art cinema? Only state one, it seems. o.o
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Post by LetoAtreides on Oct 3, 2007 8:34:00 GMT -5
I'd say that Andrei Rublyov/Rublev is the most unique film in AT's opus. Mostly because it's the only film that is about religion and faith. Note that I use both words. It's about religion, its' history in Russia, and about faith. The final scene is about faith. When the church bell is being hoisted, everyone is sceptical if it will toll. But then it tolls and everyone has regained their faith. The boy has faith in himself all the time and believes that it can be done. That's why he breaks down and sobs I guess, for his life's greatest and most difficult task is accomplished. I love that ending, when Andrei consoles him and tells him everything is gonna be alright and that he is going to paint. I think the bell even inspired Andrei to take up painting again.
As in what other film is most like STALKER, I think SOLARIS (SOLYARIS in Russian) is the one that resembles STALKER the most. The sci-fi theme is common for both.
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