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 enlarge | Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev, Irma Raush
Studio: Xenon
Category: Video
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Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 62191
Format: Color, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Languages: Italian (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), Tatar (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301224752
UPC: 031396259130
EAN: 9786301224758
ASIN: 6301224752
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
Release Date: May 19, 1993
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Condition: New! Mint in box. Factory sealed.
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 The Soviets Couldn't Keep a Good Film Down April 2, 2008
Rocky Raccoon (Boise, ID)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
Albeit long at 3:25 minutes, 'Andrei Rublev' is often a stunning black and white masterpiece. Outlawed by the Soviet government, this classic chronicles the life of the titled Russian Orthodox monk as he paints splendid, although controversial, icons to decorate cathedrals and enhance the faith during the 15th Century. From the first aerial shot of a peasant gliding on a balloon to some of the battle scenes with the Tartars, the movie intensely zeroes in on its subject matter. Some of the frames show war and torture like few others, making it as urgent as today's films. Famed Director, Tarkovsky, also captures personal strife well from scene to scene, so the tension seldom falters. Excellent camera shots and marvelous cinematography enhance a truly vintage, underground cinematic work.
 ANIMAL ABUSE February 25, 2008
Greg Vincent (Los Angeles, CA United States)
0 out of 24 found this review helpful
This movie involves sickening ANIMAL ABUSE. It's an animal "snuff film" and therefore needs to be ignored.
Contains the finest final sequence I've ever seen December 27, 2007
Brian T. Murphy (Austin, tx)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I believe the final sequence, Kolokol, "The Bell", is the finest sequence ever put to film. If you enjoy heavy cinema now and again, watch this film and see if you agree. br / br /This film also contains an incredible acting performance by the town jester near the front of the film. I believe the actor is Sergeyev. Diminutive bald man who takes over the film whenever he appears and I have never seen an actor seem more at home in such an odd setting. br / br /Overall, this film moves slow and it will confound you and blow your mind. Tarkovsky succeeds in re-creating the incredibly exotic and ineffable culture of 15th century Russia, Dark Ages Russia. I cannot imagine there will ever be a film that gives a better sense of what it would have been like to live in the Dark Ages. br / br /It's awe-inspiring.
A poem detailing the sad and unfortunate experiences of Andrei Roublev November 11, 2007
Aara
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Warning: contains spoilers. Not in chronological order. br / br /A jester wants to have me axed br /As he was missing some key facts br /This girl I met swam by my boat br /A cross was poured down Kirill's throat br /My creativity has waxed sour br /My mood has become very dour br /The duke put out my carvers' eyes br /So his brother wants us all to die br /Now the city is in flames br /The Tatars think it's all a game br /My daughter has eloped br /(Not with the man I'd hoped) br /She joined the Mongol Horde br /And I put a Russian to the sword br /The Tatars took the roof away br /I am not having a good day br / br /Anyway, great movie!
 Dreary, hard to watch. April 7, 2007
Jay Linnstrom (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
6 out of 22 found this review helpful
Given high acclaims this film has collected over time, I was glad to pick up a VHS copy at my local library sale. Began to watch it last night. I was able to sit thru the part 1. When the tape ended, I was actually glad. I felt a sense of acomplishment in finishing the part 1! The movie is DREARY to the max. People portrayed are irrational, lost, uncommunicative, and subject to random and cruel violence by soldiers and rulers. In some way, this movie reminded me of the dreary winter (lasting 6 months!) I spent in Russia a couple of years ago... br / br /To me, the movie reflects the psychological breakdown that happened after the decades long terror policy of Soviet state (1920-1956). For survivors, nothing made any sense anymore, except perhaps fear and evil, as people in this dreary film reflects. People have been already destroyed in their souls. They are psychologically shattered beyond repair and only occasional readings of the Bible verses give them any sense of permanence in their chaotic daily experience. br / br /Maybe that is the real meaning of this movie. To really reflect what happened to people's psyche after Lenin and Stalin's UNLIMITED TERROR, they found a parallel in Mongol's devastation and oppression of medieval Russia. In both cases, people were left shattered, helpless, irrational, withdrawn, and autistic.
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