[atsonicpark]

Am I the only one who thinks Mirror is, by far, his best work?

I really like Stalker and I liked parts of Solaris, and Andrei Rublev has its moments (I know, I'm being a bit "controversial" here by not falling upon myself in praise of those films but, eh, they're not perfect.. to me) but the only one that I REALLY loved and thought was, from top to bottom brilliant, was Mirror.

[atsonicpark]

Also, for any Tarkovsky fans, if you haven't already, go watch some Bella Tarr films ASAP. To me, he is really similiar to Tarkovsky, in his use of time, space, slowness (but not dullness), static shots, and focus on the present (as opposed to "What will happen next", in conventional filmmaking terms), but he does really exciting, wonderful, and possible "better" things with them.

Satantango and Werckmeister Harmonies are both just mindblowing, two of the best films I've ever seen. Man From London was also good; I'm waiting to see the rest of his work.

To put my reccomendation it into perspective, know that I've watched Satantango 3 times in the past month. And it's 7 1/2 hours long.