OCTOBER 3: Russia's Children at War - 7.00 pm
Ivan's Childhood
Andrei Tarkovsky) 1961 USSR 95 mins M
Ivan's Childhood
Andrei Tarkovsky) 1961 USSR 95 mins M
Tarkovsky's measured & poetic debut feature follows a 12 year-old partisan who is orphaned by the Nazis & forced to grow up in a world too harsh for innocence. Ranging from harrowing realism to ghostly expressionism, the film showers its audience with a plethora of cinematic effects & starkly beautiful landscapes. An experiential odyssey that was a huge influence on Soviet cinema's view of WWII. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Followed by Come and See at 8.45pm.
Articles from CTEQ Annotations on Film:
Relevant Articles from Senses of Cinema:
"Ivan's Childhood" - Ferus Daly and Katherine Waugh
"Great Directors Critical Database: Andrei Tarkovsky - Maximillian Le Cain
"Immanence and Transcendence In The Cinema of Nature - Fergus Daly