What Is ‘Mirror’ About?
The film is constructed in fragments,with nonlinear scenes interspersed through a rough timeline of Aleksei’s life.
His childhood is marred by war in Russia, raised by his mother after his father abandoned the family.
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This is partly because Tarkovsky goes above and beyond merely depicting memories.
The fragmentation of the film represents the realistic flow of memory, abandoning linear storytelling.
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Tarkovsky believed that cinema could capturethe soul of the spiritual world.
The film, rather bizarrely, did not receive an official premiere.
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