Cert U
106 mins
BBFC advice: Contains brief images of war dead, natural nudity
After watching more than 3,300 movies during the everyfilm challenge, I have finally abandoned one before the end.
But what makes this surprising is the picture in question, Andrei Tarkovsky's The Mirror, receives 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.2/10 on internet movie database.
Some critics even go as far as to state that it is their favourite picture of all time.
This means that I am either as thick as a plank (certainly possible) or this is the most elaborate case of the emperor's new clothes ever seen on the big screen.
I found Mirror impossible to penetrate despite claims that it is a beautiful masterpiece.
It is described as an auto-biography which runs in parallel to the history of the Soviet Union in the first half of the 20th century. Neither were obvious to me.
Instead, there appeared to be unrelated scenes which seem to involve austere times or arty monologues.
I shall go no further than to quote one of those who eulogises about Mirror, namely MaryAnn Johnson who calls herself Flick Philosopher.
She says of the film: "Deeply, sometimes abstrusely impressionistic... What's real and what isn't, what's past and what's present is difficult to untangle... Often seductively beautiful to look at..."
In other words, beyond my limited intelligence.
Reasons to watch: allegedly it is a Russian classic
Reasons to avoid: I found it utterly impenetrable
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: yes
Overall rating: 1/10
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