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Jan 22, 2013 · Ivan’s first dream presents a fairly uncomplicated, idealistic picture of carefree childhood—he is busy chasing butterflies, admiring shiny spiderwebs, running around barefoot, and being caressed by sunshine and by his mother. This dream does not have much of the specific surrealist quality that marks the others.
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.
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Mar 26, 2022 · 2/10. Language. 1/10. Sex & Nudity. 2/10. Star Rating. ★★★★★. Relevant Quotes. Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers; protect me from those who are violent, who plan evil things in their minds. and stir up wars continually. Psalm 140:1-2. Ivan is watched over by 2 Soviet soldiers. (c) The Criterion Collection.
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Criterion’s 1080p/AVC-encoded Blu-ray transfer is a marked improvement in clarity and discernibility over their already impressive 2007 DVD. The difference is especially noticeable in shadowy, low-light scenes, as well as in the many nighttime outdoor sequences; faces and objects that were hitherto difficult to differentiate now come through with c...
Carried over from the earlier DVD, Criterion’s selection of supplements provides plenty of contextual information. “Life As a Dream” is a 30-minute interview with film scholar Vida T. Johnson, who describes the Soviet film industry during the “Khrushchev thaw” of the late 1950s and early ’60s, the production history of Ivan’s Childhood, and how And...
Ivan’s Childhoodcontains in utero many of the formal and thematic preoccupations that would come to the forefront in Andrei Tarkovsky’s later masterpieces. Now viewers can bask in the film’s ample visual delights with Criterion’s gorgeous new Blu-ray transfer.
Starring Nikolai Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E. Zharikov. 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.
Jul 27, 2007 · Long after one forgets the plot, which basically details the final days in the life of a rough and tumble kid named Ivan (Kolya Burlyaev) whose so-called childhood is spent wanting to get back on the exciting front lines of a war, is a collage of his dreams, flashbacks, and some deliberately meandering dialogue scenes with fellow soldiers not ...
Set during World War II, the film tells the tragic story of Ivan (Nikolay Burlyaev), a 12-year-old Russian boy who is caught up in the savagery of the fighting on the Eastern front. With his ...
