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Mirror [1974]
from Artificial Eye
starring Anatoly Solonitsyn, Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev
directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Features:

• Black & White
• Colour
• Full Screen
• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• transcendental
  For some reason this film has a special and unique meaning for me, personally. It is not something that one could 'put one's finger on' and perhaps that is part of the wonder of this great and moving testimonial to the mystery of human existence.
  I have mixed feelings about this new DVD from Artificial Eye. The picture quality is certainly better than any you will have ever seen on a TV screen. It brings out a whole new level that the VHS format never could. However, I would like to agree with another... more info

• Mirror on DVD
  The DVD from Artificial Eye has, I think, a good transfer. I watched it on a projector and it was no problem. Some of the images are archive film and supposed to look weathered. Also, I got the version with the original mono soundtrack, which is supposed to be better or at least more correct than the new 5.1. For around 10 GBP I think it is good value for money.
  The film itself is like a flow of memories with constant jumping back and forth in time. It's like a set of interretlated glimpses from... more info

• Prepare to be anaesthetised!
  I bought this film, having read the glowing reviews, for my Russian wife and her parents to watch and also because I have a particular interest in the soviet culture and people, having myself lived and worked in the former Soviet Union for over 15 years.
  We put it on one evening and sat together to watch it. Mother-in-law was the first to give up on trying to understand the film after about 45 minutes. Father-in-law followed about 15 minutes later. I went to bed having found it impossible to stay... more info

• dream pinnacle of image making
  mirror is beyond anything you have ever seen. in it tarkovsky breaks all the rules of filmaking including some no one even suspected existed and fashions a baffling, overwhelming, deeply beautiful experience that has no equal.
  the only way to really enjoy this film is to surrender to it and let it take you wherever it will. in this way its images work on you on all levels and the simple shot of night bushes swaying in the breeze can speak of things deeper than words.
  mirror shouldn't work and i'm... more info

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