![]() ![]() The larger towns were generally dominated by a single church and if the town was rich enough, it’s towers held a bell. The power of this bell as a symbol cannot be overestimated. Bells stood between the people and the sky, and summoned them to God. The making of a bell was a complex and expensive affair, filled with danger. If this happened, the bell makers could be put to death.Īnother great film artist had this to say about Andrei Tarkovsky, the film’s director: During the process of firing the metal in a clay mold, many things could go wrong, causing the bell to crack. Suddenly I found myself standing at the door of a room, the keys to which, until now, had never been given to me. It was a room I had always wanted to enter and where he was moving freely and fully at ease. Tarkovsky is for me is the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream. The imagery and ideas in this film are extremely dense and it can be disorienting for viewers unaccustomed to reading imagery, or visual motifs. As Bergman notes, it is the masterful way that Tarkovsky uses imagery in new ways to reveal his subject matter. You want to be on the lookout for this new way of telling a story and constantly pulls the viewer into a new way of seeing.Īndrei Rublev has a rather unusual form. It’s episodes are divided into sections-each with a title. This gives the film a more formal feel, and can help you organize your memories of the film. This episodic format is similar to that of La Dolce Vita, a film by Federico Fellini, which Tarkovsky admired. The film’s prologue introduces the subject of alchemy. ![]() ![]() Alchemists were the scientists of the middle ages, and searching for a method to turn base metals into gold. They believed four elements made up the world: earth, air, fire and water. ĜOORS and ROADS (always leading the hero on to new discoveries and revelations).HORSES and BIRDS (once free animals now domesticated).Tarkovsky uses these elements to form visual motifs that reappear throughout the film, motifs that remind the viewer of the natural world. ![]()
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