Mirror (Blu-Ray)

One of Andrei Tarkovsky’s most influential works, a mesmerizing collage of his own memories and dreams

A subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, this sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history by Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker) is as much a poem composed in images, or a hypnagogic hallucination, as it is a work of cinema. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, his dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystical power of a trance.

Largely dismissed by Soviet critics on its release because of its elusive narrative structure, Mirror has since taken its place as one of the director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.

Special features: 
– New 2K digital restoration
– “Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer”, a new documentary about the director by his son
– New interview with composer Eduard Artemyev
– Documentary about the cinematographer
– Archival interviews with Tarkovsky and screenwriter Alexander Misharin
– And more