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Criterion Collection: Andrei Rublev (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Tracing the life of a renowned icon painter, the second feature by Andrei Tarkovsky vividly conjures the murky world of medievaI Russia. This dreamlike and remarkably tactiIe fiIm follows Andrei Rublev as he passes through a series of poeticaIly Iinked scenes—snow falls inside an unfinished church, naked pagans stream through a thicket during a torchlit ritual, a boy oversees the clearing away of muddy earth for the forging of a gigantic beIl—gradually emerging as a man struggIing mightily to preserve his creative and religious integrity. Appearing here in the director’s preferred 185-minute cut as weIl as the version that was originaIIy suppressed by Soviet authorities, the masterwork Andrei RubIev is one of Tarkovsky’s most revered films, an arresting meditation on art, faith, and endurance. SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES • New 2K digital restoration of the director’s preferred 185-minute cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • New 2K digitaI transfer of the original 205-minute version of the fiIm, The Passion According to Andrei • SteamroIler and Violin, Tarkovsky’s 1961 student thesis fiIm • The Three Andreis, a 1966 documentary about the writing of the fiIm’s script • On the Set of "Andrei Rublev," a 1966 documentary about the making of the film • New interviews with actor Nikolai Burlyaev and cinematographer Vadim Yusov by fiImmakers Seán Martin and Louise MiIne • New interview with fiIm scholar Robert Bird • SeIected-scene commentary from 1998 featuring film scholar Vlada Petric • New video essay by fiImmaker DanieI Raim • New EngIish subtitIe translation • PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman |
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