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Ah, Stalker and Adrei Rublev are among my favourite movies. Contrary to what some may feel, I find their pacing to be a nice, almost meditative experience. The
by marosgrego 6y ago
Ah, Stalker and Adrei Rublev are among my favourite movies. Contrary to what some may feel, I find their pacing to be a nice, almost meditative experience. The others of his movies came to me as more pretentious, although also nice in their way (maybe I need to give them another watch).
For a similar kind of experience, but more down to earth, I would recommend the movies of Béla Tarr.
- b3kart 6y ago“Meditative” is exactly the word I’d use as well. Which also brings up parallels with meditation itself: meditating might seem boring, but when fully engaged in (and with some practice) can be a transformative experience.
- crispyambulance 6y agoIn undergrad, I went to the library once and watched Andrei Rublev on laserdisc. I had been "into" films before, but this was quite unlike anything I had seen up to that point. Anyways, there's a scene in the film with a pagan ritual that is shot with such dreamlike perfection. I remember seeing something from the corner of my eye and noticed there were three other film-obsessed laserdisc enthusiasts standing behind me mesmerized. Andrei Rublev is on Criterion blu-ray now as a flawless restoration. Watching it recently, it's a bit heavy-handed, but still magnificent if you watch the film on it's own terms. I think many of the visual techniques pioneered by Tarkovsky are now commonplace, but the meandering dreamlike pace and tone is still rare. Apichatpong Weerasethakul comes to mind as a director who can pull-off the dreamike stuff as well as Tarkovsky. See Uncle Boonmee Who can Recall his Past Lives (https://youtu.be/gqlD_VnsM-k https://youtu.be/gqlD_VnsM-k).