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Mirror: The Film Companion (Kinofile)
Natasha Synessios
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Description for Mirror: The Film Companion (Kinofile)
Paperback. "Mirror" lies at the centre of Russian director Tarkovsky's oeuvre, being his most complex and autobiographical film. This short study investigates the production, context and reception of the picture - both in Russia and the rest of the world - before making an analysis of the actual story. Series: KINOfiles Film Companion. Num Pages: 96 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; JPVH2; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
At the centre of Tarkovsky's oeuvre, _Mirror_ is his most complex and autobiographical film. It stretches the viewer by moving without apparent effort between past, present and imagined realities, in a series of episodes which observe neither plot nor overt logic. The film reconstructs and records iconic memories and deep emotional impressions in the life of an individual, a nation and an era. Audience reaction to 'Mirror' was overwhelming and it came to represent a watershed in many people's lives. It also occasioned Tartovsky's first open dialogue with his viewers, as letters poured in to convince him of the importance ... Read more
At the centre of Tarkovsky's oeuvre, _Mirror_ is his most complex and autobiographical film. It stretches the viewer by moving without apparent effort between past, present and imagined realities, in a series of episodes which observe neither plot nor overt logic. The film reconstructs and records iconic memories and deep emotional impressions in the life of an individual, a nation and an era. Audience reaction to 'Mirror' was overwhelming and it came to represent a watershed in many people's lives. It also occasioned Tartovsky's first open dialogue with his viewers, as letters poured in to convince him of the importance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
KINOfiles Film Companion
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860645211
SKU
V9781860645211
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About Natasha Synessios
Natasha Synessios is one of the translators of the recently published Andrei Tarkovsky: Collected Screenplays .
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