Fellaheen
29Jan12
what is difficult about it?
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Matt Turner
31Jan12
entirely non-linear, fairly personal and difficult to interpret. I'd say its fairly challenging, no?
Madagascar
21Jan12
After watching all of Tarkovsky's films except this, I waited for the proper moment to warrant a viewing; and found it tonight. It needs to be re-watched. And as with any story, your own experiences and memories mire/help. Found some deeply poignant moments that crept up like knives in my back.
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Michael Convery
2Jan12
It is said that art is supposed to hold a mirror up to nature. This film holds a maze of mirrors up to a mind.
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stoyanov
26Dec11
I honestly can't wait to rewatch Zerkalo on Bluray in 2012, it's a beautiful film on so many levels. I can only imagine how awe-inspiring it was (can be?) on the big screen.
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Howard Orr
18Dec11
I would say it was a contender for the greatest film ever made, if that didn't sound flippant. Oh hell: I think it's the best film ever made.
Samuel Dupont-Foisy
30Nov11
I have yet to find another filmmaker that can express the beauty of our existence in such a poetic way.
Phoebe Pua
30Oct11
film equivalent of literary modernists' stream of consciousness narrative. Best scenes: Alexei's offscreen phone call with his mother as the camera tracks through the empty apartment; (and of course) opening sequence as the wind ripples through the vast Russian landscape creating waves through the tall grass. Worst scene in Tarkovsky's work: the releasing of doves on Alexei's deathbed that ends in freeze cut.
Alder Adler
10Oct11
Spellbinding. I watched it again just to see the water oscillate in the glass jug.
Doctor Sodoma
23Sep11
La película más personal de Tarkovsky. Mi favorita de él, y es que es la que más me habla, más me deja, más me conmueve.
Jordan K. Ellis
23Aug11
No moral plot, what we experience are various abstract images that comes from a man who realizes that he is moments away from death. Nostalgia and memories come to mind. The mother looks deep into her "mirror" and suffers a dark presence. The metaphor of the title is the subconscious of a human's soul, but mostly the sensibility of be guided into a dream. An autobiographical work of genius as we see his childhood.
Francisco R.
22Jul11
It's a very difficult film, the first time I watched it I dismissed most of its scenes as merely surreal with no apparent meaning, big mistake. It's a carefully woven, deeply personal work with poetry this time both visual by Tarkovsky and narrated by his father. I felt miserable when I found out how little I understood this movie, so it provides compelling second viewings.
David Huxley
14Jul11
Maybe it's me, but I just didn't get this film. While I've enjoyed almost every other film by Tarkovsky, especially "Nostalghia," "The Sacrifice," and "Stalker," this film left me cold, and quite puzzled. Many reviews here state it needs to be watched more than once to be appreciated. I believe that's the sign of a flawed film. There were some extraordinary images, but I failed to find any cohesive element.
Beneezy
7Jul11
An enchantment of poetic imagery only Tarkovsky can define, The Mirror is satisfyingly brutal and innocent in so many ways.
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msmichel
28Jun11
First viewing and suitably impressed, Tarkovsky's ruimination on childhood, wartime and Russia's legacy (up to that time) is a fascinating and enthralling experience which bodes for repeated viewings. Quite taken with the dreamlike quality flirting in and out of the past, in and out of colour and black and white with tinges of magic realism and genre conventions. Also quite blown away by the performance of Terekhova
Costanza Arena
27Jun11
[…] Quando il destino ci seguiva passo a passo, come un pazzo con il rasoio in mano.
Judicial Joe
25Jun11
I give up. This is a great film, especially in its storytelling - like Resnais, but without a narrative or clear theme, just memories for us to ponder.
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Thomas Jester
26May11
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Garima Arora
26May11
Thanx a ton Thomas...also i get to knw more frm ur very insightful list of favorites! Thankyou
Nadin
17May11
This is one of those films you don't (need to) fully understand. Its mere beauty makes it running up and down in your head.
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Nick Byrne
4May11
a beautiful, beautiful film. the stream of consciousness style magnificently captures the rich emotion of Tarkovsky's memories, better than anything conventional could ever come close to.