Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Film with disconnected plots tend to make us think more, but is this necessarily a good thing? I couldn't make very much sense out of The Mirror, which treats us to dreams and flashbacks and poems but doesn't really go beyond that. Still, it was thought-provoking, and has surely inspired many a film student to a prize-winning deconstruction.
The Mirror reminds me of La Dolce Vita, although in Soviet Russia it's difficult to have a Dolce Vita. Like my reaction to Fellini's supposed masterwork, I was confused by its intense personality - it seemed so personal to the director that I could not access it myself. The Mirror is similar, though there are scenes of stunning beauty and sadness.
This film seems to make no apologies for the fact that it's disconnected and extremely personal - in fact, it seems to argue that all of us are mirrors, even the great artists; even the most imaginative and deep-thinking artist can only reflect back what's presented to them.
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