You must be patient to appreciate the greatness in this film. It's long, but portions of it are as majestic as any film even made, there is some astonishing camera work, and, yes, some of it is trademark Tarkovsky, ponderous and with seemingly superfluous imagery and dialogue.
I like "Solaris" more (in fact is one of my favorites), if only because the bafflement of the characters in "Solaris" at the alien presence is more perfectly matched in that film to Tarkovsky's often baffling style. But if "Roublev" is your favorite movie, I'm not going to argue with you. Roublev's, his brethren filmmakers', and, occasionally our own, struggle to create great things speaks powerfully from this film.
I like "Solaris" more (in fact is one of my favorites), if only because the bafflement of the characters in "Solaris" at the alien presence is more perfectly matched in that film to Tarkovsky's often baffling style. But if "Roublev" is your favorite movie, I'm not going to argue with you. Roublev's, his brethren filmmakers', and, occasionally our own, struggle to create great things speaks powerfully from this film.
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