Andrei Rublev is a film that presents us with raw depictions of creative power. It does this against a backdrop of human experience. As Tarkovsky once wrote, "Andrei is a fighter. His battlefield is the human spirit"-- Though the film contains much Christian imagery, only an atheist fool would be put off. This is a film about creation...
I may have a new favourite movie, at least that's what I feel right after seeing this movie on the big screen. Everything is fantastic from the first scene to the last, sorry for this "kissing ass" review, but I really enjoyed this one
Grand creations can take insane amounts of patience; Russian icons, the making of a leaden clock and watching this film.
There were times in this film where I felt internally a sense of serenity only matched by the dreamlike float of the images on screen. This film has an incredible sense of the sacred even amongst the profane. This film not only deals explicitly with issues of religion and faith but has at its core a sense of deep religious mystery. What sacred art should be.
episodic, epic, and exhilarating on widescreen. The balloon flight is one of the best opening scenes I've ever seen.
Watching this again I just can't get over how brilliant that bell sequence is. My favourite Tarkovsky film always seems to change, but right now I think this really is his best.
Tarkovsky was not just a filmmaker; he was an artist. And this is the epitome of film as art.
The real art is the result of a life living among other people, loving them, being hurt and tortured with them... After watching this, I couldn't walk or sit in one place... Probably the greatest film ever made?
My favorite Tarkovsky film is actually Solaris (since I deeply connect with its emotional story of love lost, memory, and the meaning of home). This is obviously his masterwork, though, and is also in my top 10 of all time. Most spiritual film ever made.
This 15th century russian mosaic, epic in scale and masterful in execution, stands out for its ethereal composition in terms of narrative and photography - the latter by master cinematographer Vadim Yusov, key figure in the works of Tarkovsky-, and also marks the beginning of the director's distinctive style, leaving behind the structure that would now be referred to as "experimentation" in Ivan's Childhood.
Powerful and relective work by Tarkovsky rather obliquley chronicling the artistic life of Andrei Rublev. Through the use of seven 'chapters' a feel for the time period is well captured with many memorable images and scenes. The jester, the pagan ritual, the casting of the bell, etc. Slow moving but very rewarding with exceptional images cast by Tarkovsky and dp Vadim Yusov. A true work of art.
Beautiful and mesmerizing. I applaud the experimentation and narrative ambiguity Tarkovsky uses to tell his story, but I wish he showed the same restraint in the emotional content. Though there is slightly more irony and humor (of a kind) here than in Stalker and The Sacrifice, for example, the repetition and dramatic underscoring of theme does the subtly of the film a disservice. But I'm nitpicking a moving work.
Many years have passed since I first tried to finish this, and now I can say, Yeesteena. I hope to see this again on the big screen. My tiny screen did not do this film justice.
this is a masterwork, a true piece of cinema. the tarkovsky style is all here. the fleeting use of colour makes the entire film. the long takes and visually stunning long shots are here. and the brilliant allegory of the presence of the artist in soviet russia under goskino is here too. a huge film for the films of shepitko and klimov. this is tarkovsky the giant, the god and the auteur. possibly his magnum opus.
Tarkovsky digs deep into history itself and reveals hidden truths about religious experience and the mind of the artist in this epic struggle through the wintry wastelands of medieval Russia. A profound, mystical journey of enlightenment which remains perhaps the most spiritual film ever made.
What is the fulfillment of creative freedom when it seems so distant away? Tarkovsky ultimately captures the life of Rublev through the mise-en-scene of the Russian landscape in turmoil. This is not the standard classic epic conventional film, he emphasis medieval Russia in the most realistic way possible fused by his artistic value of painting a scene. Rublev is captivating as a humanist trying to find his purpose.
Great movie! but geez please don't ever attempt to watch this at 9pm like i did.
Andrei Rublev is the closest film that i can safely call 'art'. It's Tarkovsky's magnum opus. I always demand that cinema shows us new things. For 3 hours, i was entranced, living in a totally different world. Cinema needs more films depicting the past.
