Andrei Rublev

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Finn W Nov 30, 2018 Andrei Rublev is an archetypal Tarkovsky picture for better and for worse. It's a technical marvel owing to his phenomenal direction, a highly realistic depiction of its time period and absolutely amazing, artistic black-and-white photography. The various discussions and conversations are also reliably interesting and sophisticated. But the movie is simply way too slow and tedious at three and half hours plus the characterization is weak and the focus is definitely lacking. In the end, I respect this film a lot, but I honestly don't love it. See more

Draco G Nov 13, 2018 a poetic masterpiece. maybe the greatest film ever made

Anakin W Nov 2, 2018 An epic and yet intimately human masterpiece.

Hermione S Oct 3, 2018 Often times you can feel a 3-hour runtime, but this was not the case for me watching Andrei Rublev. Most of the scenes are just pure Tarkovsky gold, especially the fourth chapter. See more

Theodore P Oct 2, 2018 Good but not quite the masterpiece I was expecting. The life and times of Andrei Rublev, Russian iconographer of the early-15th century. Over seven periods in his life, spanning 1400 to 1424, we see the history of Russia, the power struggles, the role of the church and religion and Rublev's dedication to his calling. A bit difficult to review this movie. It is clearly the work of a master craftsman: the exquisite cinematography, the sheer scale of the subject matter and time period, the themes, the obvious adoration director Andrei Tarkovsky has for his subject. Yet it is often quite a grind to watch: clocks in at well over 3 hours and moves very slowly. Several scenes will go by without development in plot or theme. Furthermore, the separate time periods don't necessarily form a narrative. They often just feel like things happening, with no connection between them. While acknowledging that the film is well made, I fail to see how it is so highly regarded. I did not come away feeling that I had just watched a masterpiece, something incredibly profound or moving. See more

Draco P Jul 29, 2018 I would listen to any argument suggesting that Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev" is the greatest of all films. It is perhaps the greatest that art-house cinema has ever offered. It captures the viewer and puts them in a state of awe and wonder, that I have only experienced twice before: Once in Dreyer's "Passion of Joan of Arc,'' and then Herzog's "Aguirre: The Wrath of God." It's on that level of greatness. It is dark but beautiful; exhausting but worth it in every way The film is about a 15Th century Russian artist named Andrei Rublev (Anatoly Solonitsin). Set in medieval Russia, the film is divided into seven different chapters that spans twenty-four years. He struggles through great spiritual turbulence, and then awakening. He witnesses many atrocities being done onto people; mostly during a brutal Tarter raid where men, women, children and animals are tortured, raped and murdered. Andrei commits what he sees as a horrible sin when he kills a Tarter to save a young girl from being raped. He then loses his passion for art, becomes a Monk, and abstains from speaking for several years. I was horrified by some of the images and sounds of this film. Seeing what human beings are capable of makes you question the nature of humanity. While watching the film, I wrote down in my notes "why are we so cruel?" But don't let these scenes be a deterrent from seeing this great film. Yes, they are hard to sit through; but you'll be glad you did once you get to the end. The film's ending is about as beautiful as any I've seen: the screen turns from black & white to color to show us the beautiful paintings from the actual Andrei Rublev -- who was without a doubt a great artist. His paintings, and how the film presents them in the form of a montage will possibly move you to tears. Here we see the work of a man who has been through spiritual and mental torture; and witnessed much physical torture of others---to the point where he does not even flinch when screams are heard. He now has made peace with his suffering, through his art, in which his emotions were from those terrible days were finally expressed in full form. It was as if the entire film was one long breath, and the ending was an exhale of emotions. Films for me are similar to dreams. I've had countless throughout my life but only remember a small percentage; an even smaller percentage sticks with me -- and becomes a part of who I am as a person; "Andrei Rublev" is one of the very few films to which this applies. See more

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