Mirror is noted for its loose and nonlinear narrative. It unfolds as an organic flow of memories recalled by a dying poet (based on Tarkovsky's own father Arseny, who in reality would outlive his son by three years) of key moments in his life both with respect to his immediate family as well as that of the Russian people as a whole during the tumultuous events of the twentieth century. In an effort to represent these themes visually, the film combines contemporary scenes with childhood memories, dreams, and newsreel footage; its cinematography slips, often unpredictably, between color, black-and-white, and sepia. The film's loose flow of visually oneiric images, combined with its rich - and often symbolic - imagery has been compared with the stream of consciousness technique in Modernist literature. It has also found favor with many Russians for whom it remains their most beloved of Tarkovsky's works.
The Mirror is a 1978 horror novel by Marlys Millhiser about unwilling time-travel involving an evil antique mirror with unclear glass.
Plot synopsis
Shay Garrett's story, 1978 (and through time-travel, 1900–1924)
In 1978, 20-year-old Shay Garrett is preparing for her upcoming wedding to Marek Weir. Her mother, Rachael (Maddon) Garrett has a pre-wedding talk with her advising her to pull-out as she does not love Marek. Her father Jerry tells her he has unwrapped the mirror that fascinated her much and placed it in her bedroom. At that time, Shay's 98-year-old grandmother Bran is brought into the living-room in a wheelchair—when she hears Jerry's declaration, she grabs Shay's wrist and utters a very-surprised "mirror."
Shay goes into her bedroom and sees the mirror Jerry mentioned—an antique with claw-like feet and which is marred by a crack—and remembers that it only "fascinated" her due to being quite hideous. As Shay looks at herself in her wedding-veil (which had been passed down from Bran to Rachel to herself), giggling at the strange reflection and wondering what was told to Bran, she hears a sharp exclamation of "no" and discovers its source to be Bran—who then utters the name "Corbin" after which the room spins and a vortex grabs Shay.
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian:Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский;IPA:[ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj]; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet and Russian film-maker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director.
Tarkovsky's films include Ivan's Childhood (1962), Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), and Stalker (1979). He directed the first five of his seven feature films in the Soviet Union; his last two films, Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (1986), were produced in Italy and Sweden, respectively. His work is characterized by long takes, unconventional dramatic structure, distinctly authored use of cinematography, and spiritual and metaphysical themes. His contribution to cinema was so influential that works done in a similar way are described as Tarkovskian.
The Mirror | FULL MOVIE | Directed by Andrey Tarkovsky
"The Mirror" movie represents reflections, thoughts of the person named here as the Author. He does not appear personally, only his tired voice sounds. And on the screen, as if in a mirror, are pictures of his past. At first, the memories seem scattered: love for the mother, which the Author does not know how to express, a piercing feeling for the father, dissatisfaction with himself for the undeveloped relationship with his son ... Gradually it becomes clear - this is a person’s account of himself, a difficult judgment of conscience, maybe even a sentence. The film occupies a special place in the work of Andrei Tarkovsky. In it, he captured his aged mother Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, behind the scenes the voice of his father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reciting his wonderful poe...
published: 11 Mar 2022
Mirror | Restoration Trailer
The new restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is now playing in Film at Lincoln Center's NYC theaters and our Virtual Cinema. Get tickets: https://filmlinc.org/mirror/
Andrei Tarkovsky’s fourth feature is perhaps the great director’s most personal and evocative work. It traverses three generations of a poet’s family in 20th-century Russia; his relationships with his wife, mother, and children and the society around him coalesce through events connected only by the interior logic of the poetic subconscious, yielding associations that both mystify and enthrall. Unified by Georgi Rerberg’s delicate lensing, Mirror employs radical shifts in both texture and color, abstracting the elemental minutiae of everyday life (like waves of air spreading across a field, or spilled milk pooling on a t...
published: 22 Jan 2021
The Mirror -- What Makes This Movie Great? (Episode 20)
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Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is a 1975 autobiographical movie, much beloved by all kinds of moviegoers.
What makes this movie special? Why do people watch? In this short video, I try to give you some ideas about what makes the Mirror great.
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Tarkovsky's Mirror | Why This Shot Makes Me Cry
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A perfectly timed gust of wind | Mirror (1975) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
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Peter Bruegel - The Hunters in the Snow (Andrei Tarkovsky, movie Mirror 1975)
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El Espejo | DRAMÁTICA | Subtitulos en Español
La película "El espejo" representa reflejos, pensamientos de la persona nombrada aquí como el autor. No aparece personalmente, solo suena su voz cansada. Y en la pantalla, como en un espejo, hay imágenes de su pasado. Al principio, los recuerdos parecen dispersos: amor por la madre, que el Autor no sabe cómo expresar, un sentimiento penetrante por el padre, insatisfacción consigo mismo por la relación no desarrollada con su hijo ... Poco a poco se vuelve claro: esto es el relato de una persona sobre sí misma, un juicio de conciencia difícil, tal vez incluso una sentencia. La película ocupa un lugar especial en la obra de Andrei Tarkovsky. En él, capturó a su anciana madre Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, detrás de escena suena la voz de su padre, el poeta Arseny Tarkovsky, recitando s...
published: 27 Jan 2023
Zerkalo (The Mirror) 1975 - Second scene
Andrei Tarkovski - Zerkalo (The Mirror) 1975.
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MIRROR MOVIE (1975) UNDERSTANDING | Andrei Tarkovsky | എന്തുകൊണ്ട് മനസിലാകുന്നില്ല
#andreitarkovsky #mirror #MargaritaTerekhova
Mirror is a 1975 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and incorporates poems composed and read by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky. The film features Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Alla Demidova, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Tarkovsky's wife Larisa Tarkovskaya and his mother Maria Vishnyakova. Innokenty Smoktunovsky provides voiceover and Eduard Artemyev the incidental music and sound effects.
Mirror is structured in the form of a nonlinear narrative, with its main concept dating back to 1964 and undergoing multiple scripted versions by Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin. It unfolds around memories recalled by a dying poet of key moments in his life and in Soviet cult...
"The Mirror" movie represents reflections, thoughts of the person named here as the Author. He does not appear personally, only his tired voice sounds. And on t...
"The Mirror" movie represents reflections, thoughts of the person named here as the Author. He does not appear personally, only his tired voice sounds. And on the screen, as if in a mirror, are pictures of his past. At first, the memories seem scattered: love for the mother, which the Author does not know how to express, a piercing feeling for the father, dissatisfaction with himself for the undeveloped relationship with his son ... Gradually it becomes clear - this is a person’s account of himself, a difficult judgment of conscience, maybe even a sentence. The film occupies a special place in the work of Andrei Tarkovsky. In it, he captured his aged mother Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, behind the scenes the voice of his father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reciting his wonderful poems sounds. It's a confession film, a revelation film...
IMDb rating: 8,0
Year of production: 1974
Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
Writted by: Andrei Tarkovsky, Alexander Misharin
Music: Artemyev Eduard
Operator: Rerberg Georgy
Production Designer: Nikolai Dvigubsky
Starting: Nikolay Grinko, Yuri Nazarov, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Alla Demidova, Philip Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Tamara Ogorodnikova
#fullmovie #themirror #tarkovsky #sovietmovie #subtitles
"The Mirror" movie represents reflections, thoughts of the person named here as the Author. He does not appear personally, only his tired voice sounds. And on the screen, as if in a mirror, are pictures of his past. At first, the memories seem scattered: love for the mother, which the Author does not know how to express, a piercing feeling for the father, dissatisfaction with himself for the undeveloped relationship with his son ... Gradually it becomes clear - this is a person’s account of himself, a difficult judgment of conscience, maybe even a sentence. The film occupies a special place in the work of Andrei Tarkovsky. In it, he captured his aged mother Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, behind the scenes the voice of his father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reciting his wonderful poems sounds. It's a confession film, a revelation film...
IMDb rating: 8,0
Year of production: 1974
Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
Writted by: Andrei Tarkovsky, Alexander Misharin
Music: Artemyev Eduard
Operator: Rerberg Georgy
Production Designer: Nikolai Dvigubsky
Starting: Nikolay Grinko, Yuri Nazarov, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Alla Demidova, Philip Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Tamara Ogorodnikova
#fullmovie #themirror #tarkovsky #sovietmovie #subtitles
The new restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is now playing in Film at Lincoln Center's NYC theaters and our Virtual Cinema. Get tickets: https://filmlinc.o...
The new restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is now playing in Film at Lincoln Center's NYC theaters and our Virtual Cinema. Get tickets: https://filmlinc.org/mirror/
Andrei Tarkovsky’s fourth feature is perhaps the great director’s most personal and evocative work. It traverses three generations of a poet’s family in 20th-century Russia; his relationships with his wife, mother, and children and the society around him coalesce through events connected only by the interior logic of the poetic subconscious, yielding associations that both mystify and enthrall. Unified by Georgi Rerberg’s delicate lensing, Mirror employs radical shifts in both texture and color, abstracting the elemental minutiae of everyday life (like waves of air spreading across a field, or spilled milk pooling on a table) to conjure the nostalgic sensations of memory and an enigmatic feeling of being outside space and time. A Janus Films release.
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Andrei Tarkovsky’s fourth feature is perhaps the great director’s most personal and evocative work. It traverses three generations of a poet’s family in 20th-century Russia; his relationships with his wife, mother, and children and the society around him coalesce through events connected only by the interior logic of the poetic subconscious, yielding associations that both mystify and enthrall. Unified by Georgi Rerberg’s delicate lensing, Mirror employs radical shifts in both texture and color, abstracting the elemental minutiae of everyday life (like waves of air spreading across a field, or spilled milk pooling on a table) to conjure the nostalgic sensations of memory and an enigmatic feeling of being outside space and time. A Janus Films release.
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Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is a 1975 autobiographical movie, much beloved by all kinds of moviegoers.
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Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is a 1975 autobiographical movie, much beloved by all kinds of moviegoers.
What makes this movie special? Why do people watch? In this short video, I try to give you some ideas about what makes the Mirror great.
See joshmatthews.org for more great movie criticism.
Video essay on Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror and his idea of "sculpting in time."
Support the channel and get bonus content: patreon.com/TheProjectionist
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La película "El espejo" representa reflejos, pensamientos de la persona nombrada aquí como el autor. No aparece personalmente, solo suena su voz cansada. Y en l...
La película "El espejo" representa reflejos, pensamientos de la persona nombrada aquí como el autor. No aparece personalmente, solo suena su voz cansada. Y en la pantalla, como en un espejo, hay imágenes de su pasado. Al principio, los recuerdos parecen dispersos: amor por la madre, que el Autor no sabe cómo expresar, un sentimiento penetrante por el padre, insatisfacción consigo mismo por la relación no desarrollada con su hijo ... Poco a poco se vuelve claro: esto es el relato de una persona sobre sí misma, un juicio de conciencia difícil, tal vez incluso una sentencia. La película ocupa un lugar especial en la obra de Andrei Tarkovsky. En él, capturó a su anciana madre Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, detrás de escena suena la voz de su padre, el poeta Arseny Tarkovsky, recitando sus maravillosos poemas. Es una película de confesión, una película de revelación...
Calificación IMDb: 8,0
Año de producción: 1974
Dirigida por: Andrei Tarkovsky
Escrito por: Andrei Tarkovsky, Alexander Misharin
Música: Artemyev Eduard
Operador: Rerberg Georgy
Diseño de producción: Nikolai Dvigubsky
Titulares: Nikolay Grinko, Yuri Nazarov, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Alla Demidova, Philip Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Tamara Ogorodnikova
La película "El espejo" representa reflejos, pensamientos de la persona nombrada aquí como el autor. No aparece personalmente, solo suena su voz cansada. Y en la pantalla, como en un espejo, hay imágenes de su pasado. Al principio, los recuerdos parecen dispersos: amor por la madre, que el Autor no sabe cómo expresar, un sentimiento penetrante por el padre, insatisfacción consigo mismo por la relación no desarrollada con su hijo ... Poco a poco se vuelve claro: esto es el relato de una persona sobre sí misma, un juicio de conciencia difícil, tal vez incluso una sentencia. La película ocupa un lugar especial en la obra de Andrei Tarkovsky. En él, capturó a su anciana madre Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, detrás de escena suena la voz de su padre, el poeta Arseny Tarkovsky, recitando sus maravillosos poemas. Es una película de confesión, una película de revelación...
Calificación IMDb: 8,0
Año de producción: 1974
Dirigida por: Andrei Tarkovsky
Escrito por: Andrei Tarkovsky, Alexander Misharin
Música: Artemyev Eduard
Operador: Rerberg Georgy
Diseño de producción: Nikolai Dvigubsky
Titulares: Nikolay Grinko, Yuri Nazarov, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Alla Demidova, Philip Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Tamara Ogorodnikova
#andreitarkovsky #mirror #MargaritaTerekhova
Mirror is a 1975 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionall...
#andreitarkovsky #mirror #MargaritaTerekhova
Mirror is a 1975 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and incorporates poems composed and read by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky. The film features Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Alla Demidova, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Tarkovsky's wife Larisa Tarkovskaya and his mother Maria Vishnyakova. Innokenty Smoktunovsky provides voiceover and Eduard Artemyev the incidental music and sound effects.
Mirror is structured in the form of a nonlinear narrative, with its main concept dating back to 1964 and undergoing multiple scripted versions by Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin. It unfolds around memories recalled by a dying poet of key moments in his life and in Soviet culture. The film combines contemporary scenes with childhood memories, dreams, and newsreel footage. Its cinematography slips between color, black-and-white, and sepia. The film's loose flow of oneiric images has been compared with the stream of consciousness technique associated with modernist literature.
Mirror initially polarized critics and audiences, with many finding its narrative incomprehensible. Since its release, it has been reappraised as one of the greatest films of all time, as well as Tarkovsky's magnum opus. It has especially found favor with many Russians, for whom it remains their most beloved of Tarkovsky's works.
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Written by
Aleksandr Misharin
Andrei Tarkovsky
Produced by Erik Waisberg
Starring
Margarita Terekhova
Ignat Daniltsev
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Alla Demidova
Anatoly Solonitsyn
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Narrated by
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Arseny Tarkovsky
Cinematography Georgy Rerberg
Edited by Lyudmila Feiginova
Music by Eduard Artemyev
Production
company
Mosfilm
Release date
7 March 1975
Running time 108 minutes[1]
Country Soviet Union
Languages Russian, Spanish
#andreitarkovsky #mirror #MargaritaTerekhova
Mirror is a 1975 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and incorporates poems composed and read by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky. The film features Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Alla Demidova, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Tarkovsky's wife Larisa Tarkovskaya and his mother Maria Vishnyakova. Innokenty Smoktunovsky provides voiceover and Eduard Artemyev the incidental music and sound effects.
Mirror is structured in the form of a nonlinear narrative, with its main concept dating back to 1964 and undergoing multiple scripted versions by Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin. It unfolds around memories recalled by a dying poet of key moments in his life and in Soviet culture. The film combines contemporary scenes with childhood memories, dreams, and newsreel footage. Its cinematography slips between color, black-and-white, and sepia. The film's loose flow of oneiric images has been compared with the stream of consciousness technique associated with modernist literature.
Mirror initially polarized critics and audiences, with many finding its narrative incomprehensible. Since its release, it has been reappraised as one of the greatest films of all time, as well as Tarkovsky's magnum opus. It has especially found favor with many Russians, for whom it remains their most beloved of Tarkovsky's works.
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Written by
Aleksandr Misharin
Andrei Tarkovsky
Produced by Erik Waisberg
Starring
Margarita Terekhova
Ignat Daniltsev
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Alla Demidova
Anatoly Solonitsyn
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Narrated by
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Arseny Tarkovsky
Cinematography Georgy Rerberg
Edited by Lyudmila Feiginova
Music by Eduard Artemyev
Production
company
Mosfilm
Release date
7 March 1975
Running time 108 minutes[1]
Country Soviet Union
Languages Russian, Spanish
"The Mirror" movie represents reflections, thoughts of the person named here as the Author. He does not appear personally, only his tired voice sounds. And on the screen, as if in a mirror, are pictures of his past. At first, the memories seem scattered: love for the mother, which the Author does not know how to express, a piercing feeling for the father, dissatisfaction with himself for the undeveloped relationship with his son ... Gradually it becomes clear - this is a person’s account of himself, a difficult judgment of conscience, maybe even a sentence. The film occupies a special place in the work of Andrei Tarkovsky. In it, he captured his aged mother Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, behind the scenes the voice of his father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reciting his wonderful poems sounds. It's a confession film, a revelation film...
IMDb rating: 8,0
Year of production: 1974
Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
Writted by: Andrei Tarkovsky, Alexander Misharin
Music: Artemyev Eduard
Operator: Rerberg Georgy
Production Designer: Nikolai Dvigubsky
Starting: Nikolay Grinko, Yuri Nazarov, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Alla Demidova, Philip Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Tamara Ogorodnikova
#fullmovie #themirror #tarkovsky #sovietmovie #subtitles
The new restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is now playing in Film at Lincoln Center's NYC theaters and our Virtual Cinema. Get tickets: https://filmlinc.org/mirror/
Andrei Tarkovsky’s fourth feature is perhaps the great director’s most personal and evocative work. It traverses three generations of a poet’s family in 20th-century Russia; his relationships with his wife, mother, and children and the society around him coalesce through events connected only by the interior logic of the poetic subconscious, yielding associations that both mystify and enthrall. Unified by Georgi Rerberg’s delicate lensing, Mirror employs radical shifts in both texture and color, abstracting the elemental minutiae of everyday life (like waves of air spreading across a field, or spilled milk pooling on a table) to conjure the nostalgic sensations of memory and an enigmatic feeling of being outside space and time. A Janus Films release.
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Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror is a 1975 autobiographical movie, much beloved by all kinds of moviegoers.
What makes this movie special? Why do people watch? In this short video, I try to give you some ideas about what makes the Mirror great.
See joshmatthews.org for more great movie criticism.
Video essay on Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror and his idea of "sculpting in time."
Support the channel and get bonus content: patreon.com/TheProjectionist
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Casino Versus Japan - Aquarium
Casino Versus Japan - Marilyn Set Me Free
Boards of Canada - Olson
Brian Eno - 2/2
La película "El espejo" representa reflejos, pensamientos de la persona nombrada aquí como el autor. No aparece personalmente, solo suena su voz cansada. Y en la pantalla, como en un espejo, hay imágenes de su pasado. Al principio, los recuerdos parecen dispersos: amor por la madre, que el Autor no sabe cómo expresar, un sentimiento penetrante por el padre, insatisfacción consigo mismo por la relación no desarrollada con su hijo ... Poco a poco se vuelve claro: esto es el relato de una persona sobre sí misma, un juicio de conciencia difícil, tal vez incluso una sentencia. La película ocupa un lugar especial en la obra de Andrei Tarkovsky. En él, capturó a su anciana madre Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova-Tarkovsky, detrás de escena suena la voz de su padre, el poeta Arseny Tarkovsky, recitando sus maravillosos poemas. Es una película de confesión, una película de revelación...
Calificación IMDb: 8,0
Año de producción: 1974
Dirigida por: Andrei Tarkovsky
Escrito por: Andrei Tarkovsky, Alexander Misharin
Música: Artemyev Eduard
Operador: Rerberg Georgy
Diseño de producción: Nikolai Dvigubsky
Titulares: Nikolay Grinko, Yuri Nazarov, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Alla Demidova, Philip Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Tamara Ogorodnikova
#andreitarkovsky #mirror #MargaritaTerekhova
Mirror is a 1975 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and incorporates poems composed and read by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky. The film features Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Alla Demidova, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Tarkovsky's wife Larisa Tarkovskaya and his mother Maria Vishnyakova. Innokenty Smoktunovsky provides voiceover and Eduard Artemyev the incidental music and sound effects.
Mirror is structured in the form of a nonlinear narrative, with its main concept dating back to 1964 and undergoing multiple scripted versions by Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin. It unfolds around memories recalled by a dying poet of key moments in his life and in Soviet culture. The film combines contemporary scenes with childhood memories, dreams, and newsreel footage. Its cinematography slips between color, black-and-white, and sepia. The film's loose flow of oneiric images has been compared with the stream of consciousness technique associated with modernist literature.
Mirror initially polarized critics and audiences, with many finding its narrative incomprehensible. Since its release, it has been reappraised as one of the greatest films of all time, as well as Tarkovsky's magnum opus. It has especially found favor with many Russians, for whom it remains their most beloved of Tarkovsky's works.
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Written by
Aleksandr Misharin
Andrei Tarkovsky
Produced by Erik Waisberg
Starring
Margarita Terekhova
Ignat Daniltsev
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Alla Demidova
Anatoly Solonitsyn
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Narrated by
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Arseny Tarkovsky
Cinematography Georgy Rerberg
Edited by Lyudmila Feiginova
Music by Eduard Artemyev
Production
company
Mosfilm
Release date
7 March 1975
Running time 108 minutes[1]
Country Soviet Union
Languages Russian, Spanish
Mirror is noted for its loose and nonlinear narrative. It unfolds as an organic flow of memories recalled by a dying poet (based on Tarkovsky's own father Arseny, who in reality would outlive his son by three years) of key moments in his life both with respect to his immediate family as well as that of the Russian people as a whole during the tumultuous events of the twentieth century. In an effort to represent these themes visually, the film combines contemporary scenes with childhood memories, dreams, and newsreel footage; its cinematography slips, often unpredictably, between color, black-and-white, and sepia. The film's loose flow of visually oneiric images, combined with its rich - and often symbolic - imagery has been compared with the stream of consciousness technique in Modernist literature. It has also found favor with many Russians for whom it remains their most beloved of Tarkovsky's works.