Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Mirror
Mirror may have been the strangest film I have ever seen. To be honest, I never fully knew what was going on. Though the film was strange and had me confused there were some intriguing aspects to it. At the beginning, after a man is leaving after asking for directions, the wind picks up rapidly. This puzzled me and I am still puzzled to why this is and what significance it played. Throughout the film it switches from color to black and white to signify a dream or flashback. Though we occasionally use this in films today it seemed to be used quite often throughout this film, which I found interesting. Throughout the entire film there was an eerie feel to it, which kept me intrigued despite being lost throughout most of the film. I am curious to know what Tarkovsky’s motivation to make a film like this was and to see what the deeper meaning behind this confusing film is.
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We'll talk about it tomorrow and explain some of what's going on--but I think it's very important to have just the sort of experience you did when watching it the first time. And I agree--even when you have no idea what's going on (and that was ditto for me the first time I watched it ten years ago), it's *not* a boring film--you can't help watching it and feeling involved. I'm trying to put my finger on why exactly that is, and how Tarkovsky manages to accomplish this...
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