Mirror: The Film Companion (KINOfiles Film Companion)

__Mirror__ —Andrei Tarkovsky's most complex autobiographical film—is the subject of this critical companion. The film reconstructs and records ironic memories and emotional impressions in the life of an individual, nation, and era. The critical acclaim was overwhelming, and __Mirror__ is still the favorite Tarkovsky film of most Russians. This book provides a production history, critical analysis, and overview of the film's initial reception. At the centre of Tarkovsky's oeuvre, _Mirror_ is his most complex and autobiographical film. It stretches the viewer by moving without apparent effort between past, present and imagined realities, in a series of episodes which observe neither plot nor overt logic. The film reconstructs and records iconic memories and deep emotional impressions in the life of an individual, a nation and an era. Audience reaction to'Mirror'was overwhelming and it came to represent a watershed in many people's lives. It also occasioned Tartovsky's first open dialogue with his viewers, as letters poured in to convince him of the importance and need for his films. It remains to this day most Russians'favourite Tarkovsky film. Mirror is Andrei Tarkovsky's most autobiographical film. Reconstructing the iconic memories and profound emotional impressions in the life of an individual, a nation and an era, Mirror received an overwhelming audience reaction and remains today most Russians' favourite Tarkovsky film.Liberally illustrated with extraordinary images of the Tarkovsky family and of the film itself, this Kinofile is a valuable introduction to his work and a much-needed concise account of this seminal film. Discussing the production, context and reception of the film, it also provides a close analysis of the work, using previously unpublished documents from the Russian State Archives and from Tarkovsky's own estate.

Mirror —Andrei Tarkovsky's most complex autobiographical film—is the subject of this critical companion. The film reconstructs and records ironic memories and emotional impressions in the life of an individual, nation, and era. The critical acclaim was overwhelming, and Mirror is still the favorite Tarkovsky film of most Russians. This book provides a production history, critical analysis, and overview of the film's initial reception.

Mirror —Andrei Tarkovsky's most complex autobiographical film—is the subject of this critical companion. The film reconstructs and records ironic memories and emotional impressions in the life of an individual, nation, and era. The critical acclaim was overwhelming, and Mirror is still the favorite Tarkovsky film of most Russians. This book provides a production history, critical analysis, and overview of the film's initial reception. Mirror lies at the centre of Russian director Tarkovsky's oeuvre, being his most complex and autobiographical film. This short study investigates the production, context and reception of the picture before making an analysis of the actual story Mirror occupies a very important place in Andrei Tarkovsky's life and career.