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Andrei Rublev (1966)

A wandering monk artist's silent, emotional journey amid chaos. Perfect for fans of historical epics and introspective dramas.

Genres: Drama, History

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Andrei Rublev(1966)

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Movie3h 3mRussianDrama, History
8.1
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An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

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Captivating in terms of visuals and sound. Nothing else for me though. The use of elements such as fog and water is astonishing. Some great compositions! Like the one at the sea with the horsemen in the background. But I wasn't interested in its philosophical exploration of religion and art. I can grasp its depth, it just didn't give me any character I could relate to. Nobody that wanted to take me diving. Guess I'm just going to swim on the surface. Also, the bell was the best.

it may be a masterpiece but it did not convince me, cinema for intellectuals at its maximum expression.

it may be a masterpiece but it did not convince me, cinema for intellectuals at its maximum expression.

Neither thematically nor formally to my usual taste, but this movie has stuck in my mind over the past few weeks far more than most. Tarkovsky has a beautiful way with imagery, creating real beauty throughout even in the midst of medieval brutality. I thought for sure I wouldn't like this, but I sort of want to watch this again.

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Later canonised (in 1988!), this tells the story of the renowned Russian iconographist and fresco painter. His actual life, as you might expect from the early 15th century, is not well documented so Andrei Tarkovsky has, forgive the pun, a pretty blank canvas on which to draw us a portrait of the trials and tribulations of this inspired, misunderstood, suspected and troubled soul. It has an octuple, episodic, narrative that marries his own development as a man and an artist with the quite literally revolutionary goings on as his country is, frequently quite brutally, coming into some some semblance of cohesive existence. It focuses on the role of the church in this most religious, and superstitious, of nations and offers us a much less aggressive correlation between the communist Soviet threads so often prevalent in sate backed movies made at the time and of those iconic figures so prominent in Russian history. The imagery is creatively bamboozling at times; the story doesn't follow any linear a-b-c narrative and we are presented with an oblique interpretation not just of his life, but of life in an embryonic nation that is emerging from an almost primitive existence - and that is fascinating (if not always easy to follow and/or comprehend). It is the vision of the man in the title, but also of the man behind the camera - a startlingly effective sequence of beautifully photographed concepts that offer layers of complexities depicting human nature in pretty much all of it's guises. Surprisingly, for a film in excess of three hours, it flows effortlessly with Anatoliy Solonitsyn conveying an overwhelming sense of humanity with his character. If you can ever see it on a cinema screen, then it is definite a must - especially the last ten minutes or so which demonstrate (in glorious colour) some of his magnificent artistry.

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