Tarkovsky the Russian legend long time ago made a film. How could one call it a film? It is no film. What is it then? Even Tarkovsky doesn't know. It's a moving picture. In fact, Moving pictures.
Every film has a story, but not this one. It doesn't needs one. Just what is shown is more than enough.
According to Tarkovsky, it's about his memories, the people he had around him, and his childhood. Maybe that's why it can't be sculpted in a story. Stories are stories, they are not something beyond that. But memories are beyond stories. They appear in strange and indescribable ways. Sometimes in dreams, in our imaginations, at times they unknowingly fly out from us, into our poems, paintings and stories.
The Mirror shows the dreams, memories, moments, past, present and future that are in a man's brain. The terribly indescribable nature of all that becomes the film's language.
The surreal picturisation of a Mirror, which shows the reflection of all that's greatly valued by the artist. In this art, the artist breaks down the conventional notions of cinematic art and crafts an art that advances the whole art of cinema. This isn't cinema, it's beyond cinema.
Every film has a story, but not this one. It doesn't needs one. Just what is shown is more than enough.
According to Tarkovsky, it's about his memories, the people he had around him, and his childhood. Maybe that's why it can't be sculpted in a story. Stories are stories, they are not something beyond that. But memories are beyond stories. They appear in strange and indescribable ways. Sometimes in dreams, in our imaginations, at times they unknowingly fly out from us, into our poems, paintings and stories.
The Mirror shows the dreams, memories, moments, past, present and future that are in a man's brain. The terribly indescribable nature of all that becomes the film's language.
The surreal picturisation of a Mirror, which shows the reflection of all that's greatly valued by the artist. In this art, the artist breaks down the conventional notions of cinematic art and crafts an art that advances the whole art of cinema. This isn't cinema, it's beyond cinema.