When the Film Redefines the Art Form
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2023
- It’s one of the greatest films ever made. Mirror is a film that introduced me to an entirely new cinematic perspective, it is one of my favourites for that reason and many others. There is an unfathomable amount of ways you could analyze this film so making this video almost seemed like I might be doing it a disservice. But because I know how much I genuinely adore it, I just had to talk about it.
(Just my opinion btw)
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This is exactly how memories function; one memory triggers images/feelings of the past, present, and future all at the same time.
This genuinly felt like one of the most honest words about this film. Mirror might be the one film that's come closest to being my favorite, and I still hold that distinction. I couldn't agree more with how you expressed your feelings about it, and yet I also feel like you've drawn an absolutely distinct experience from my own, and I think that's beautiful. Everyone can find themselves in Tarkovsky, and that brings them closer to who they truly are and help them relocate themselves in the world. For me that's the meaning of art: expressing your way of feeling the world as a means of bringing you and people closer to it through emotion.
Lovely essay. I studied Tarkovsky during my BA in film theory and his work has always stayed with me ❤
Thanks for watching! I know this film is kinda sacred but it's also probably my favourite. Whatever, you can take what I say with a grain of salt.
I've never heard of it, but I'll check it out.
I loved this film, every scene is iconic. What you said about the film making you feeling nostalgic for a time and place you've never been, I feel exactly the same. But it's not cheap nostalgia, more like a memory of places you know you could have been.
Great essay! I really appreciate hearing people love Tarkovsky's films as much as I do (especially from non-Russian speaking audiences)
Great video !
I didn't understand the movie at all , i thought it would follow a liniar storytelling way, so i just watched some random scenes without understanding anything, but now that i've known that the structure and the meaning are different i will certaintely apprreciate it more.
What hooked me was at the beginning of the film when the Doctor noted that "these plants know how to communicate" (the natural order) while we humans muck up (the natural order) with our failures to communicate and so on, culminating (as shown throughout in the film) with the horrors of war and the doctor noting the "banality" of it all. I also appreciated your essay above and learned a lot from it. Thank you.
This is my favorite film of all time! I get very emotional every time I watch it. Caught it completely by chance about 12 years ago. My favorite scenes are when he talks about his childhood dreams. But the whole film is superb! Thanks for the video I agree with all of your thoughts!
This video managed to explain in such a didactic way some things that left me confused about this film. The quality of this channel is incredible, I hope it grows much more
I've always struggled with this choice of "feeling" and "understanding" literally any piece of art. But sometimes... It's just too exhausting and too hard to verbalize things, to structure everything, too hard to analyze and make sense of the "facts".
Probably the first time I very clearly experienced this was after playing Signalis, a video game with a very poetic and deliberately vague plot, but one that stuck with me for 2 weeks after playing it, making me obsessed of trying to form a timeline and make some sense of the events, to find an explanation that wouldn't be "it was all a dream" (which it probably ends up being).
After I had written like 5 pages of my theories and facts down, I just... Gave up. It was too exhausting, there was no point. There was only theories. Too many way to interpret, too many ways to speculate what the creators intended, too many things that could be red herrings of meaning, merely being just references.
So I just said "Screw it: It's just a story about love and loss. The visuals is just a platform to deliver that story and feeling through."
And that's where I'll leave it at. The core feeling, the core story is VERY clear. It's just everything else around it that is like a fever dream. Maybe it's just there so there could be a game, to have different locations and enemies to fight. Who knows.
I highly recommend playing Signalis. It will make create an empty pit in your stomach for weeks and everytime you think about it.
I appreciate your input. I think art is always worthy of deep analysis but first and foremost it is a means of expression. Not always being made to be pedantically sifted through. The game sounds pretty intriguing so I’ll add it to my list. Admittedly I’ve neglected story based games for way too long and I know I’ve been missing out on some great stuff.
Thanks for the post and 'analysis' without being a spoiler. Odd. I have as my favorite SOLARIS. I was thinking earlier today to load up my 2 vhs, one after the other to enjoy. Then at day's end, we flip on CZcams and see this! Coincidental. We also have a dvd of Nostalghia.
Btw it is really difficult to make any spoilers to this movie. Plot here meaning nothing. The feelings couldn't be spoiled
I really liked this. Now I need to find this film. 😅
all tarkovskies movies are free on youtube. none of them are copyrighted.
What a lovely essay! Thanks for sharing it with us.
for 600 subs great quality video mate keep grinding
Thank you!
Excellent essay. Keep it up. Subscribed.
Thank you for this. I love it too, but it is almost impossible for me to explain why. I think you are on to something when you note out the questions the film raises (What is my significance in a world that is constantly fluctuating...). We don't need to share the exact same memories to feel the same longing.
What movie is the clip at 0:15 from?
Cinema is dead... So sad about it