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Andrei Rublev (Criterion Collection Spine #34)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9786305257455
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305257450
Label: Criterion
Languages: Russian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Criterion
MPN: DCC1550D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 02, 1999
Running Time: 205 minutes
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
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Editorial Review:
At last, the complete version of Andrei Tarkovski's 1966 masterpiece about the great 15th century Russian icon painter (a film suppressed by the Soviet Union and unseen until 1971) is available. It's a complex and demanding narrative about the responsibility of the artist to participate in history rather than documenting it from a safe distance. A landmark in Russian cinema, Andrei Rublev is a beautifully lyrical black-and-white film about harmony and soulful expression. As the late filmmaker says in a supplementary interview, each generation must experience life for itself; it cannot simply absorb what has preceded it. In fact, a whole host of supplements accompanies the film in this Criterion Collection release. Stick with it; it's worth the effort. --Bill Desowitz
Immediately suppressed by the Soviets in 1966, Andrei Tarkovsky's epic masterpiece is a sweeping medieval tale of Russia's greatest icon painter. Too experimental, too frightening, too violent, and too politically complicated to be released officially, Andrei Rublev has existed only in shortened, censored versions until the Criterion Collection created this complete 205-minute director's cut special edition, now available for the first time on DVD.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A stunning and thought-provoking film - but not for the faint-hearted or those with ADHD
I watched this movie two days ago and can't stop thinking about it. It is also the first Tarkovsky film that I've seen. I've read quite a bit about his films, but this is the first one that I've watched. I mention this up front so that readers of this review can understand my perspective, I'm still trying to absorb what I saw. In short, this is an incredible, thought-compelling film, probably one of the best ever made. The praise for this film in some of the other positive Amazon reviews is ... Read More
Rating: - THE LOWDOWN ON THE TWO VERSIONS
I have owned the Criterion edition of this film a long time; I recently bought the Ruscico (Russian Cinema Council) edition and think I should try to make clearer the differences. This is not a critique of Tarkovsky's work -- that is beyond my capabilities.
As you may already know, the Criterion edition is taken from Martin Scorsese's personal print and represents the penultimate version of the film, while the Ruscico edition represents the release version, which is about twenty minutes ... Read More
Rating:  - As a film editor I can appreciate it-but not the story
When you work in the world of film, you start to look at things differently then you may have looked at them before. If I was to say that I loved the "story" of 'Andrei Rublev', I would be a liar. In fact, I hated it vehemently as I just viewed it again for the first time in a few years; BUT as a piece of filmmaking art, I can look at the typical Tarkovsky long and lingering shots and appreciate the work of a man in love with his camera. Tarkovsky's work appeals to me, not for his ability (or lack ... Read More
Rating: - The Most Spiritual Film Ever Made
Tarkovsky digs deep into history itself and reveals hidden truths about the religious experience and the mind of the artist in this epic struggle through the wintry wastelands of medieval Russia. A profound, mystical journey of enlightenment which remains perhaps the most spiritual film ever made.
Rating:  - 3 times in a year...I finally can say that I don't like it
I have a habit of returning to films that I don't care for because I am always interested to see if my opinions will change. This is my third time through "Andrei Rublev" since last winter. I have now spent over 10 hours viewing this film from many angles; I have looked at it from the religious, the political, the pagan, the historical; I have read what precious little there is to read about the real 15th-Century Iconographer; I have read about the writer/director Tarkovsky and his symbolism....and, ... Read More
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