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Mirror – 1975 Tarkovsky
- Extremely personal “auteur” cinema but at the same time very political
- Features, like many of his other films, much of his fathers’ poetry
- There are some gorgeous shots features rain or water dripping- a reoccurring visual trait for Tarkovsky- there’s a stunning one featured here with rain dripping from the roof in the foreground with a log cabin burning in the background
- Features many black and white sequences intermingled… doc footage of the war as well
- The wind is constantly moving objects
- There’s a definite surreal or Dali influence
- Dream sequences featuring slow motion of woman (mother/lover) washing hair
- Mother obsession for Tarkovsky—Freud or Oedipus
- Duel roles- Bunuel influence… Bergman
- Water sound dripping constantly
- There’s also a sequence of flicking through a book and looking at the pages for a few minutes
- A very personal stream of consciousness film
- Some brilliant citizen kane-like staging and foreground/background shots- one of her picking potatoes off the ground with rain coming off the roof in the back
- Mirror has many possible meanings- dual roles for actors/characters, past vs present, reality vs. dreams
- Not as many as Stalker but there are many very nice tracking shots
- You can see the influences (moving grass with wind- black and white sequences in both Malick and Bela Tarr
- Top 5 quality of 1975
- Must-See
Drake2021-05-31T15:14:03+00:00
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