The Russian film Zerkalo (1975) was shown in the U.S. with the translated title The Mirror. It was co-written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
This will be my first review composed almost entirely of quotes. First, from Tarkovsky's brief biography in IMDb. "Zerkalo (1975), is a dense, personal web of autobiographical memories with a radically innovative plot structure."
Next, from Tarkovsky's own writings. "It is not that I don't want to be understood, but I can't like Spielberg, say, make a film for the general public. I'd be mortified if I discovered I could."
Finally, from a critic describing Tarkovsky's camera work. " . . . an overhead tortoise crawl, preferably telephoto, across some place of soggy terrain, a river bed, or forest floor covered with lichen, bottles, rusty tools, and assorted moldy detritus."
OK--it's embarrassing to say, "I just didn't get it." The movie has an extremely high IMDb rating of 8.1. Clearly, many people saw greatness that I missed.
I raised my original rating to a 5 because of the lovely actor Alla Demidova, who played a major role. This is a case where I say, "Did other raters see the same movie that I saw?"
This will be my first review composed almost entirely of quotes. First, from Tarkovsky's brief biography in IMDb. "Zerkalo (1975), is a dense, personal web of autobiographical memories with a radically innovative plot structure."
Next, from Tarkovsky's own writings. "It is not that I don't want to be understood, but I can't like Spielberg, say, make a film for the general public. I'd be mortified if I discovered I could."
Finally, from a critic describing Tarkovsky's camera work. " . . . an overhead tortoise crawl, preferably telephoto, across some place of soggy terrain, a river bed, or forest floor covered with lichen, bottles, rusty tools, and assorted moldy detritus."
OK--it's embarrassing to say, "I just didn't get it." The movie has an extremely high IMDb rating of 8.1. Clearly, many people saw greatness that I missed.
I raised my original rating to a 5 because of the lovely actor Alla Demidova, who played a major role. This is a case where I say, "Did other raters see the same movie that I saw?"