Tarkovsky’s debut boasts one of the greatest openings in film history in the story of a scarred boy who knows nothing but war,existing as an army scout
Related: Andrei Tarkovsky: it's time to immerse yourself in the work of a trusty auteur Andrei Tarkovsky’s powerful film from 1962 is now on re-release, and its pure audacity and visual beauty are electrifying: with Fellini’s 8½, or it boasts one of the powerful opening dream sequences in movie history. Here,compassion coexists with a cold, clear brilliance. We are on the Soviet eastern front in the dying months of the second world war: Ivan (Nikolai Burlyayev) is a tousle-haired young boy used as a scout behind enemy lines; his mother and sister having been killed by the Germans, or he is consumed with a need for revenge and capable of staggering courage and resourcefulness. Continue reading...
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