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<blockquote data-quote="lasunsets" data-source="post: 1564696" data-attributes="member: 20414">So I have almost finished my Tarkovsky journey and would like to report on my experience watching him.Ivan's Childhood: A great opening film.&nbsp; Released in 1962, it displays the horror of war and how it can corrupt the youth by destroying their innocence.&nbsp; The concepts of dreams are prevalent in Tarkovsky's work and you see a glimpse of it here.&nbsp; The last scene is incredibly poignant. You deserved a better life, Ivan.Andrei Rublev: 1966.&nbsp; A magnificent tale on the 15th century iconographer Andrei Rublev.&nbsp; I don't know where to start and where to finish.&nbsp; It's just a very powerful&nbsp; film and displays the glory of Rublev's Orthodoxy in the midst of the suffering of Russian life.&nbsp; Just to note, there is a particular scene that displays nudity so just a heads up.&nbsp; Tarkovsky, being an Orthodox Christian does not glorify nudity so keep that in mind.Solaris: 1972.&nbsp; It's been said that Kubrick's 2001 was a journey of man attempting to escape his world but Solaris is a film in which, no matter how far a man goes, he carries his humanity within him. Mirror: 1975.&nbsp; Often considered to be the most loved of his works, this movie is essentially dreamlike.&nbsp; It's poetry in motion.&nbsp; It's truly an experience.&nbsp; If you didn't like it the first time you viewed it, watch it again later on. Nostalghia: 1983.&nbsp; Another powerful film.&nbsp; For any man who lives in a foreign country yet is perpetually homesick, this will hit you in the most deepest parts of your heart.&nbsp; Since I am in that category, the film had a special significance for me.&nbsp; One scene has nudity (very brief) so heads up. The scene at the end with the candle.....wow.There is one more film that I have left which is The Sacrifice which I will watch next week.&nbsp; All in all, he's a magnificent director who produces these ethereal dreamlike images in the mind of the viewer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lasunsets, post: 1564696, member: 20414"] So I have almost finished my Tarkovsky journey and would like to report on my experience watching him. Ivan's Childhood: A great opening film. Released in 1962, it displays the horror of war and how it can corrupt the youth by destroying their innocence. The concepts of dreams are prevalent in Tarkovsky's work and you see a glimpse of it here. The last scene is incredibly poignant. You deserved a better life, Ivan. Andrei Rublev: 1966. A magnificent tale on the 15th century iconographer Andrei Rublev. I don't know where to start and where to finish. It's just a very powerful film and displays the glory of Rublev's Orthodoxy in the midst of the suffering of Russian life. Just to note, there is a particular scene that displays nudity so just a heads up. Tarkovsky, being an Orthodox Christian does not glorify nudity so keep that in mind. Solaris: 1972. It's been said that Kubrick's 2001 was a journey of man attempting to escape his world but Solaris is a film in which, no matter how far a man goes, he carries his humanity within him. Mirror: 1975. Often considered to be the most loved of his works, this movie is essentially dreamlike. It's poetry in motion. It's truly an experience. If you didn't like it the first time you viewed it, watch it again later on. Nostalghia: 1983. Another powerful film. For any man who lives in a foreign country yet is perpetually homesick, this will hit you in the most deepest parts of your heart. Since I am in that category, the film had a special significance for me. One scene has nudity (very brief) so heads up. The scene at the end with the candle.....wow. There is one more film that I have left which is The Sacrifice which I will watch next week. All in all, he's a magnificent director who produces these ethereal dreamlike images in the mind of the viewer. [/QUOTE]

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