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Solonitsin, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev, Kolya Burlyaev |
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Dolby Digital
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Multi-angle
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An
epic tale of poetry and suffering that breathes a true sense of the
Middle Ages and builds towards the story of a young boy faced with a
near-impossible task.
Andrei
Rublev is the masterpiece of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky,
and is probably his most accessible work. An enigmatic three-hour Russian
epic about a monk shot mostly in black and white may not appeal to all
tastes, but I can assure anyone with a true interest in movies that
this film, if given a shot, will certainly please.
It
takes a little while to get going, and the narrative - which represents
a symbolic voyage of the mind - is hart to follow at times. But once
you surrender to its visual beauty and poetic rhythm, you will find
that the pace picks up after the first hour, and builds towards a true
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This DVD is only available from the Criterion
Collection, coded to Region 0 and available for retail in Canada and
the US.
The
folks at Criterion usually do a stand-out job when it comes to DVD transfers,
but in this case I really don't know what happened. The opening credits
are so pixelated, it almost looks like a clip you're watching on your
computer with RealPlayer. There are plenty of compression artifacts
throughout the film, which is a true shame as the print the film was
taken from looks surprisingly unblemished for such an old film. The
letterboxed videotape I had of this film had been framed incorrectly
at 2.1:1, but the DVD is thankfully letterboxed at the right aspect
ration of 2.35:1 (non-anamorphic), restoring the film's right visual
proportions. The soundtrack is the original monaural track, which cannot
be helped I guess.
The
menus have been nicely done, with subtle movement and sounds from the
film in the background. As always, Criterion has done a stand-out job
of reflecting the feel of the film in the menus. The
menus have been nicely done, with subtle movement and sounds from the
film in the background. As always, Criterion has done a stand-out job
of reflecting the feel of the film in the menus.
Dan Hassler-Forest
Reviewed: 2001
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here for IMDB info on Andrei
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