i started with mirror and it’s one of my favorites of all time

That must have been wild was it your first Russian film too?

Best I can describe Tarkovsky is serenity and dread.
Andrei Rublev is my fav

Yup

had to hit it with a rewatch the very next day, but off the bat i was in love with it. have yet to see anything that feels similar to it

FAM

OF ALL TIME

FAXXX

Some people itt probably prefer the George Clooney Version of Solaris

Tried to dissect it in a letterboxd review, needed a rewatch

I was gonna do chronologic order to see progression of his style but mirror looks nutty

Unironically yes

But not by much. Tark's is still great, though its his weakest major film in my eyes

Considering there’s only like 7, it’s kinda crazy Criterion hasn’t just released a full box set.

Sacrifice is my favorite. The film benefits from watching the rest of his filmography first tho and getting a greater understanding of his artistic voice.

Ivan is probably the best place to start then move on to Andrei Rublev. After Rublev, you can probably skip around and watch any. Nostalghia is my favorite Tarkovsky film, and I think it’s definitely what is considered boring. However, I think Tark does this on purpose because boredom/ennui is something that anyone faces in real life for months at a time. The three characters definitely feel boredom strongly in Nostalghia because they’re waiting for something to happen or come to them due to their external circumstances of exile they all face.

i see what you saying

TARKOVSKY IS A SCULPTOR OF TIME

Time and the pace of a movie is what he works with.

To create this superstrange vibe that is present in each of his movie.

The fact that he probably died because of where he shot Stalker shows me that the craft and quality of each of his scenes was taken to the maximum.

Putting his own health on the line

If you not invested in his movie you will fall asleep but miss out on a lot.

Some viewers got their Eyes Wide Shut , No Kubrick.

and then this

Ps: the edit of his movies are unfuckwithable

All of his films are 4 stars and above but Solaris feels like a mishandled attempt to compete against 2001 which ironically he found cold and clinical despite ultimately doing the same and Nostalgia almost felt like self parody. Mirror and Sacrifice are the full blown masterpieces for me.

Spoiler alert

Night Of The Hunter might be the only other thing