397 Ivan's Childhood
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397 Ivan's Childhood
Ivan's Childhood
The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.
Disc Features
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Appreciation of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan’s Childhood featuring Vida T. Johnson, coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
- Interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; “Between Two Films,” Tarkovsky’s essay on Ivan’s Childhood; and “Ivan’s Willow,” a poem by the director’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky
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The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.
Disc Features
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Appreciation of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan’s Childhood featuring Vida T. Johnson, coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
- Interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; “Between Two Films,” Tarkovsky’s essay on Ivan’s Childhood; and “Ivan’s Willow,” a poem by the director’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky
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Very "Russian" and full of emotional flashbacks!!Dylan wrote:I haven't seen this Tarkovsky classic yet ("Ivanovo detstvo" also known as "Ivan's Childhood" and "My Name is Ivan"), but I have heard nothing but great things about it. I would be curious to hear from members of this forum their opinions on this film. Thanks.
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It's a great film, but very much in the vein of other great Soviet films of the 50s and 60s (e.g. The Cranes Are Flying, The Commisar) rather than being full-fledged Tarkovsky. That said, there are early appearance of the director's distinctive motifs, especially in the dream / fantasy sequences (spontaneous flight, for example), and episodes that prefigure more distinctive ones in the later films (Ivan setting out into enemy territory compares with the passage into the Zone in Stalker). Alongside these are a mixture of decent, if conventional, war-movie scenes and sequences unlike anything else in Tarkovsky (the charming, relaxed romantic scenes in the forest, for example).
Kolya Bulyaev (Boriska in Andrey Rublyov) gives a phenomenal central performance (so good that Tarkovsky had to set aside his dislike of the child actor and ask him back for his next film). The final sequence is emotionally devastating: it must be ten years since I last saw the film, but just thinking about it sends shivers down my spine.
Kolya Bulyaev (Boriska in Andrey Rublyov) gives a phenomenal central performance (so good that Tarkovsky had to set aside his dislike of the child actor and ask him back for his next film). The final sequence is emotionally devastating: it must be ten years since I last saw the film, but just thinking about it sends shivers down my spine.
- miless
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397 Ivan's Childhood
looking forward to it... too bad about Nostalghia, however.[/quote]Dear Miles,
Unfortunately we don't have the rights to NOSTALGHIA, but we will be
releasing IVAN'S CHILDHOOD this summer.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for your interest in Criterion.
Best regards,
Kim Hendrickson
- miless
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yeah, I asked about any other Tarkovsky (but specifically Nostalghia and Ivan's Childhood). it's my hope that Criterion will include Tarkovsky's student films with their release of I's C. Because Facet's release of The Steamroller and the Violin leaves much to be desired.Greathinker wrote:Woohoo! Any Tarkovsky criterion news is good news.
Though it sounds like Ivan's Childhood could be all we get this year? I think while they were at it they would have mentioned Rublev if it were in the works.
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