The Mirror (1975 film)
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| The Mirror | |
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 DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Produced by | Erik Waisberg |
| Written by | Aleksandr Misharin Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Cinematography | Georgi Rerberg |
| Editing by | Lyudmila Feiginova |
| Release date(s) | April, 1975 |
| Running time | 108 min |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
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The Mirror, also known as Mirror or Zerkalo (Russian: Зеркало), is a 1975 Mosfilm's movie by Andrei Tarkovsky, which has spawned a cult following among Soviet intellectuals. It has been hailed as the most poetic of Tarkovsky's films.[citation needed]
The movie is autobiographical, with some poems by Tarkovsky's father are recited and his mother's voice is heard. The film rhythmically blends contemporary scenes with scenes of childhood and newsreel footage. It has no apparent plot, and its loose flow of visually oneiric "dream art" images was compared to the "stream of consciousness" technique in literature. [citation needed]Innokenty Smoktunovsky provides the voice of the unseen narrator, Margarita Terekhova plays both his mother and wife, Alla Demidova appears as her friend, while Oleg Yankovsky and his 4-year-old son Philip make brief but memorable appearances as the narrator's father and son, respectively.
[edit] Trivia
- A wintertime scenes in the Mirror echoe Bruegel's paintings Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap and The Hunters in the Snow.
- A recitative from Johan Sebastian Bach's Matthäuspassion, ("Und siehe da! Der Vorhang im Tempel...") features in the score, and the opening chorus from Johannes Passion ("Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm in allen Landen herrlich ist!") accompanies the film's memorable closing scene.
[edit] The making of The Mirror
 Andrei Tarkovsky on location. |
 Oleg Yankovsky (actor) and Andrei Tarkovsky on location. |
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 VHS cover. |
[edit] External links
- The Mirror at the Internet Movie Database
- Tarkovsky on Mirror at Nosthalgia.com
- The Mirror's timeline unraveled
- Four poems of Arseny Tarkovsky (recited in the movie)
| Works of Andrei Tarkovsky |
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| Feature films: Ivan's Childhood • Andrei Rublev • Solaris • Mirror • Stalker • Nostalghia • Voyage in Time (with Tonino Guerra) • The Sacrifice Student films: The Killers • Concentrate • There Will Be No Leave Today • The Steamroller and the Violin |
