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The Greater Birth
From the time I was a child, I saw this book about Andrei Tarkovsky on my father's book shelf, with the picture of a man with a candle before him. I always neglected it, but the photograph had this appeal to me.

I did not get the chance of watching such masterpieces before. Only a few years ago did I start watching off beat movies (and I was also underage for such films). But a few days back I pulled the book down from my father's shelf, and started to flip through the pages.

I was so amazed by this man, Mr. Tarkovsky, that I asked my father about him, and he said he throughout his life had not seen a finer director than this man. Well I have learnt to trust my father in the fields of art, as he is a painter himself, and I bought this movie from amazon.com

From the first shot in black and white, I was spellbounded by the cinematorgraphy of this magneficient piece of art. It had this haunting look to it, and this marvellous beauty, truly wonderful.

The basic story of the film is that a Russian poet has travelled to Italy on a research mission to find out about his favourite music composer Sosnovsky. He stays in this town, with his beautiful assistant and in the course of his stay he is haunted by the memories of Russia, and his childhood, and his past.

The basic story though maybe simple the surreal screenplay, and the photography of this movie is truly brilliant. I have never seen a person depict birth, life and death, in such a subtle and beautious fashion.

I feel many people will sleep through this movie, but those who get the essense of it, would bask in the wonder of the greater birth forever.

I have movies by Kurosawa, and Fellini, Trauffaut, Kubrick, but none matches up to this man. Andrei Tarkovsky, he made only 7 movies in his lifetime, and all of them are masterpieces, and I feel this is his gem.

I would recommend this movie for all, but I would especially recommend to those people who are looking for another dimension to this existense, this movie is truly magnificient.

The DVD quality is pretty good, and no problems with the subtitles, and the sound quality.

A masterpiece by the greatest master of the silver screen. Truly the greater birth.

The redemption
Domenico is the key , he's a man who lives (out of reality?) ; but his speech given in the apex sequence is the fundamental nucleus of this monumental work.
Tarkovsky had to leave his birthplace , after making Stalker , and this fact (as the Nuremberg judgement in Fürtwangler case) obviously will affect deeply this film maker. Tarkovsky decided to establish himself in Italy ; and the first work will be that one; loaded of Nosthalgia ; notice that Tarkovsky always insisted in the importance given to this word ; in the russian mood Nosthlagia would have similarities with a brasilian word saudade but with major landscape.
The concerns this film deals about are a real tour de force for all the viewers ; the reflectins about the human condition , the abscence of center in our way of living , will let you in shock state and you'll be watch it over and over because the powerful ideas are endless in their meanings and deepness.
An artistic masterpiece of this cosmical director.!