The story of a 12-year-old Soviet scout, presented with unique footage

Leif 2022-03-23 09:02:39

Andrei Tarkovsky's shots are fantastic. There are a number of such directors in the Soviet Union, such as Guede and Gregory Alexandrov, who are all of a very high standard.

But from a storytelling perspective, Andrei Tarkovsky is weaker.

The film was Andrei Tarkovsky's first completed film, shot at the age of 28 and won the Golden Lion among others.

Hence the public attention.

This story has a certain anti-war implication than the "Mirror" and "Flying to Space" filmed behind it. Through the story of the boy Ivan, the story of the Red Army scouts during World War II is reproduced.

The 12-year-old boy lost his mother and sister because of the war. Since then, he has nothing to worry about in the world. He devoted himself to the fight against the Nazis without hesitation until he was finally killed.

Among them, Masha in the birch forest, the scene of carrying oranges in the rain, and the scene of the captain and the lieutenant escorting Ivan to the German front line are all very delicate, and the unique scenery is presented by the expressive director.

The story has also become a film remembered by the times because of its anti-war and the national strength of the Soviet Union at that time.

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Extended Reading
  • Roy 2022-03-15 09:01:05

    Based on Bogomolov's novel. The novel adopts Khaltsev's first-person pronoun, which is flat and straightforward. Tarkovsky decided to add Ivan's dream to the film. He wants Ivan to live on the screen in two sets of shots: one is the real world, where he is a scout, performing combat missions; and the other is the world of his dreams and memories. 00:02:41, the mother in the dream. 00:13:28, details of the composition of leaves and fruits. 00:17:03, the connection between reality and dream, the use of water. 00:18:31, the old tower's presentation of dreams is sharp and complete. 00:26:13, the wind blows the wooden door. 00:32:01, the empty mirror cuts off. 00:45:22, mirrors, lamp positions, installations. 00:57:01, flashlight, fisheye lens, sound effects. 01:00:36, the whole dispatch revolves around the mirror. 01:03:21, along the diagonal line of the table, pull out the three-person Xiaoquan from the single mid-range shot. 01:07:32, negative film, apples all over the floor. 01:31:45, empty mirror with onomatopoeia.

  • Layne 2022-04-23 07:03:27

    4.7 The poetic quality is still there, which is much more immature than the later work "Mirror". But from this beginning, Tarkovsky's style of realism standing on the shoulders of freehand and lyrical was basically established. The use of gray in the image, the dream and the reality live and die. Semi-narrative, almost abandoning the narrative system. The chirping of cicadas, birdsong and war-torn children, these ignored sounds maximize the ruthlessness of war. There is empathy, but it is rare, because this film is a private video-style tango of Laota after all, not a shadow of empathy like "Goodbye, Children".

Ivan's Childhood quotes

  • Ivan's Mother: If a well is really deep, you can see a star down there even in the middle of a sunny day.

  • Ivan: Is he a Fritz too?

    Galtsev: He's either a German doctor or writer.

    Ivan: They have no writers. I saw them burning books in a square. They poured gasoline on them and set them on fire. There was soot in the air for a week.

    Galtsev: That writer lived 400 years ago.

    Ivan: Well, then maybe.