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Andrei Rublev
on DVD (1966)
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| Starring: |
Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko |
| Director: |
Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Studio: |
ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time: |
185 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Genres: |
Drama |
| Languages: |
Russian |
| Subtitles: |
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released: |
21/01/2002
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Brief synopsis of Andrei Rublev
Director Andrei Tarkovsky's second film, ANDREI RUBLEV, is a massive and sweeping retelling of the life of the 15th-century Russian icon painter and perhaps the first great Russian artist. Unfolding in a free-flowing series of eight episodes, ANDREI RUBLEV follows the painter (Anatoli Solonitsyn) as he faces unbearable violence, endless attacks by the crude and malicious Tartars, and, eventually, a crippling crisis of faith. A moving mosaic of time, spirituality, dreams, history, culture, and politics, Tarkovsky's masterpiece was immediately condemned by the Russian authorities, who waited years before giving it an official release. Despite this, the film endures as a wrenching testament to Tarkovsky's unique vision of the power of art and the duty of the artist. The film follows Rublev as he traverses the wretched earth of Russia in the Middle Ages, encountering jesters, fools, other artists, and the masses who eventually restore his faith in life and art. Tarkovsky's signature elliptical style, matched with stunning cinematography and breathtaking (and often nonnarrative) editing, creates a film unlike any other. Neither strict biography nor historical epic, ANDREI RUBLEV is the visual depiction of the mystical capacity for art to transform the struggles and joys of the human into the divine.
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Andrei Rublev - Disc 1
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Andrei Rublev - Disc 2
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Radio Times
Divided into eight episodes and majestically photographed by Vadim Yusov, this is a remarkable study of the artist Andrei Rublev's struggle to create works of inspirational power and outstanding beauty, overcoming both his own doubts, and the poverty and cruelty of his time. Anatoly Solonitsin plays the 15th-century icon painter as a sort of wandering mystic who takes a vow of silence in protest at conditions in Russia under the Tartars. Director Andrei Tarkovsky includes too much impenetrable symbolism, but the battle, the balloon flight, the snow crucifixion, the casting of the bell and the colour montage from Rublev's work are stunning.
Time Out
The complete version (39 minutes longer than the print originally released) 'explains' no more than the cut version,...
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New York Times
"...An adventure in images of hypnotic beauty....Soaring and majestic..." -- Critic's Choice
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