Anatoli Solonitsyn, Anatoliy Solonitsin, Irma Raush
An exploration of the struggle of the 15th-century Russian icon painter, Andrei Rublev, to reconcile his faith in God and the brutality of his country.
DVD Release Date: February 2, 1999
Stats: 591 reviews
This Soviet-era Russian epic, which made Andrei Tarkovsky's international reputation, dramatises episodes in the life and times of a medieval monk with a gift for painting icons. Uniquely among artist biopics, there are no scenes of the hero at the easel and we don?t see his work...( read more)
Finally got my hands on a copy of this-can't say enough about it-up there with Bergman's "Seventh Seal",Kurosawa's "Rashomon"..really challenges what passes as filmmaking these days..and on a strictly cinematographic level,it's B&W at its grandest.If I had the means,I'd send all ...( read more)
a wonderfully shot film by andrei tarkovsky. certainly a film this deliberately paced and lengthy (3 and 1/2 hours) is not for everyone but certainly worth it. andrei's journey is about crises of faith, brutality, the transcendence of art, and the need of the artist to be a parti...( read more)
I can't say I understood it, but I found it enthralling.
I'll be able to write a more in depth review after a few more viewings...maybe
Simpy stunning technical achievement. It's less of a biography of the artist than a series of vital episodes in his life that portrays his spiritual malaise. The epic scope of the production is breathtaking and Tarkovsky's fluid long takes is up to the challenge of capturing ev...( read more)
Tarkovsky's art is pure poetry, and it carefully lingers for over three hours through the dominions of faith, brutality, and mainly the role of the artist in the world.
"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth and the thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth. Walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes but know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth before th...( read more)
A rather haunting exploration of some specific inner relationships. Among them, those between: the people whom art possess, art itself and the world in all its glory (art's simultaneous recipient, murderer and catalyst).
F*** your 185 minute version, I watched the 205. Do I regret that? Not exactly, but I mean come on, it's hard for me to pay attention to anything that long so, no, I didn't watch it one sitting, and yes, I fast forwarded a little bit, but I didn't miss any dialogue and could st...( read more)
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