To put it into words is hard, the film tackles life in it's entirety. The feeling of belonging is best depicted here, a point of origin for every person, a place to call home. Anywhere else is but a shallow interpretation of what home should be like. The cruelty is that one cannot return there, like the boy who tried to open the door and it wouldn't, returning to the place you call home is impossible and you either try to recreate it and continuing on with the circle, or embark on a futile journey to go back. The poem of man's drive being like a needle weaving one into the tapestry of life struck a chord, the war scenes questioning why does one have to fight for something you love rather than live with it. The way institutions kill the natural harmony within, we hardly ever see the father but hear him talk a lot. The military complex twisting the humanity. At the end, having lived through everything and seemingly shamed of his callousness and having failed at reconciling with his past he dies embracing death not out of love but indifference. Really liked it, everything in it flowed seamlessly. I gave it a 9.8/10, what did you think of it?
>To put it into words is hard and yet you did anyway. tl;dr
Hunter Carter
Fuck off retard luddite. The mirror is a genuine master piece. I see it as the cinematic capturing of memory and dreams; it's tarkovsky looking back a his childhood. The film feels like a person pondering their own nostalgia and what moments would be impactful to them.
Anthony Powell
I really love this movie, one of the most emotionally affecting movies I've ever seen. Tarkovsky aims to really put truth and spirit in what he makes, and I'm convinced by the result of his work. There's a richness and potency and rolling, hidden depth to his images that just overwhelm me with the most aching sense of longing and rapture.
Jordan Peterson
>luddite
Look up the word
Nathan Myers
I haven't seen this, but will now. Thanks OP.
Cameron Rodriguez
good thread
Jaxson Cox
retarded pseud spotted
Julian Richardson
That's the only non-pseud post in the entire thread
Brody Myers
It's my favorite film, but I would never want to write an essay trying to explain it. There are moments that make me genuinely sad and happy, and the ending always makes me cry. I always remember the movements of Terehova's eyes when the guy asks if she wants a boy or girl, which is such a weird thing.
Sebastian Sanchez
>that opening scene
It's been years since i last saw this film that opening scene is one of the kinoest moments in all of cinema
Ryder Hughes
the mirror is a self indulgent wank of a film, tarkovsky should have known better
Eli Phillips
It's a really mesmerising film. It's also a film I think there can't be even a 'general consensus' on what it means. It seems like such a personal film with a viewpoint that no one else can possibly possess - few people who were children learning to fight during the war are alive now, and they certainly weren't Tarkovsky. How much of the historical context will audiences even know? How much about Tarkovsky's life? It really does give the audience a 'mirror' to use, allowing complete subjective reflection on how one man's life can be so similiar yet different to their own. There's a dichotomy between how personal the movie clearly is, but how impenetrable fully understanding someone is.
Seeing his wife as his mother is peculiar.
Kevin Hernandez
>Tfw too low IQ to appreciate Mirror.
I thought Solaris was great and I plan to watch Stalker in the near future.
There is only one genuine Kinolord in cinema history. The rest of the usual mentions don´t hold a candle to the resonance of the based russky kinomaster.
Happy birthday, tender worm. Next year you are gonna have one hell of a funtime celebrating your quinceanera party!
Angel Murphy
I honestly dont even know if I liked it or not but it was definetely something
Caleb Gray
nice blog asswipe
Dylan Gray
As the title suggests, you're looking into a mirror when watching it, a reflection of your own life. Amazing that it actually managed that, an essence of humanity embedded in the film. Don't know if there'll ever be another like Tark, but I'd like that.
Cooper Baker
This is my favourite movie and I don't even know why. I guess his whole philosophy of "visual poetry" really worked.
