The Sacrifice

Devante 2022-03-23 09:03:16

"The best way to talk about something you love is to talk about it softly." - Albert Camus. An author trying to interpret Tarkovsky's films quotes this at the beginning of his book. 1 Tarkovsky's films strive for a sense of wholeness, and Tarkovsky himself has repeatedly...

Violette 2022-03-17 09:01:09

First morning "Andrei Rublev" afternoon "Sacrifice", Tarkovsky's early and posthumous works. It's the same indescribable feeling that I felt when I watched "Nostalgia". As far as the temperament of the film is concerned, "Sacrifice" and "Nostalgia" are undoubtedly closer, which is probably the...

Herta 2022-03-18 09:01:09

For his life, he must sacrifice, even if he chooses to die. In order to hope, he must despair. Alexander saw life in death, just like the sapling, only in the smell of the earth can he see the presence of the sky. And Alexander was in tears even though he was so desperate.

Emmanuel 2022-03-20 09:02:55

Found a new version of "Sacrifice" with much better subtitles, so I watched it again and finally understood the whole plot. I would like to interpret the nuclear war plot in the middle as a terrible dream. There are still slow-moving long shots and vague voices of unknown origin, which are less poetic than the previous films, and more stage-style mise-en-scene. Like "Nostalgia", this film is full of the old tower's religious complex and ultimate concern.