MIRROR

<p><strong>MIRROR</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>ANDREI TARKOVSKY</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>POCKET MOVIE GUIDE</strong></p><p></p><p>By Jeremy Mark Robinson</p><p></p><p>A new study of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) and the 1975 film Mirror. Tarkovsky directed seven feature films including Mirror Andrei Roublyov Solaris and The Sacrifice. </p><p>Mirror (a.k.a. Zerkalo or The Bright Bright Day) is Andrei Tarkovsky's beloved project. It remained his favourite ���lm and closest to his concept of cinema. Mirror is loosely autobiographical and combines many elements ranging from poetry read in voiceover by the director's father to dream sequences flashbacks newsreel and memory devices. The movie is a poetic exploration of childhood. Film as personal psychogeography self-reflexive even indulgent. </p><p>This study of Mirror explore aspects of Andrei Tarkovsky's output including scripts budget production shooting editing camera sound music acting themes symbols motifs and spirituality. Mirror is analyzed in dept. The second half of the book comprises an exploration of the movie scene-by-scene (sometimes shot-by-shot). </p><p>Andrei Tarkovsky is one of the most fascinating of filmmakers. He is supremely romantic an old-fashioned traditional artist - at home in the company  Leonardo da Vinci Pieter Brueghel Aleksandr Pushkin Fyodor Dostoievsky and Byzantine icon painters. Tarkovsky is a magician no question but argues for demystification (even while  films celebrate mystery). His films are full of magical events dreams memory sequences multiple viewpoints multiple time zones and bizarre occurrences. </p><p>As genre films Andrei Tarkovsky's movies are some of the most accomplished in cinema. As science fiction films Stalker and Solaris have no superiors and very few peers. Tarkovsky happily and methodically rewrote the rules of the sci-fi genre: Stalker and Solaris are definitely not routine genre outings. They don't have the monsters the aliens the visual effects the battles the laser guns the stunts and action set-pieces of regular science fiction movies. </p><p></p><p>Contains illustrations of Andrei Tarkovsky's films Tarkovsky at work his favourite painters and many images from Mirror. </p><p>Bibliography filmographies and notes. Illustrated. 172pp. </p><p>www.crmoon.com</p><p></p><p></p>