Andrei Rublev (1969)
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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 14 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.7/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 25 mins
Synopsis: Director Andrei Tarkovsky's second film, ANDREI RUBLEV, is a massive and sweeping retelling of the life of the 15th-century Russian icon painter and perhaps the first great Russian artist. Unfolding in a free-flowing series of eight episodes, ANDREI RUBLEV follows the painter (Anatoli... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Irma Raush
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Restored to its original cut (180 minutes), Tarkovsky's glorious masterpiec, an epic yet personal tale about the conflict between artists and society, is justly considered as one of the most important Russian films ever made; on par with Eisenstien's best
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02/01/07
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02/09/06
Since there always seems to be more going on in the head of the film's director than in the head of the man playing Andrei, the system did not work for me.
05/09/05
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Stuns with the sort of unexpected poetic explosions we've come to expect from Tarkovsky.
04/09/05
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A virulent assault on all that is wrong with Mother Russia, both past and present. One of the most significant movies of its (and all) time.
02/17/05
The notion of art as a 'religious experience' is sometimes bandied about too freely. Tarkovsky is one of a handful of filmmakers for whom this ideal was no cheap metaphor.
10/27/04
It's Tarkovsky's lighter touches, coupled with his majestic vision, that makes Andrei Rublev such compulsive viewing some 25 years after its original release.
07/03/04
Perfection lingers in each frame as Tarkovsky crafts one of the finest films ever made, an ecstatic story about art that has little interest in the artist himself, but in the power of art to transcend the age that produces it.
07/03/04
One of cinema's stunning achievements. If God ever watched a movie, he might well pick this one.
08/17/03
While the pacing of the film is deliberate and the presentation frequently abtruse, the stunning compositions, elaborate camera movements, compelling performances -- provide ample reward, if you are willing to make the effort.
03/04/02
Tarkovsky's keen sense of spatial dynamics make Andrei Rublev a film of unerring beauty, one that would be remembered as some kind of masterwork on the strength of its photography alone.
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