Andrei Rublev (Criterion Collection) (1966) on Blu-ray

Actor: Anatoli Solonitsin, Nikolay Sergeyev, N. Grinko, Ivan Lapikov, Irma Raouch, Nikolai Bourliaiev, Yuri Nasarov, Y Nikouline, M Kolonov, V Titov
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Genre: Drama
Year: 1966
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 185
Released: 9/25/2018
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: Widescreen, Subtitled
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Tracing the life of a renowned icon painter, the second feature by ANDREI TARKOVSKY (Stalker) vividly conjures the murky world of medieval Russia. This dreamlike and remarkably tactile film follows Andrei Rublev as he passes through a series of poetically linked scenes—snow falls inside an unfinished church, naked pagans stream through a thicket during a torchlit ritual, a boy oversees the clearing away of muddy earth for the forging of a gigantic bell— gradually emerging as a man struggling mightily to preserve his creative and religious integrity. Appearing here in the director’s preferred 185-minute cut as well as the version that was originally suppressed by Soviet authorities, the masterwork Andrei Rublev is one of Tarkovsky’s most revered films, an arresting meditation on art, faith, and endurance. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 2K digital restoration of the director’s preferred 185-minute cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray New 2K digital transfer of the original 205-minute version of the film, The Passion According to Andrei Steamroller and Violin, Tarkovsky’s 1961 student thesis film The Three Andreis, a 1966 documentary about the writing of the film’s script On the Set of “Andrei Rublev,” a 1966 documentary about the making of the film New interviews with actor Nikolai Burlyaev and cinematographer Vadim Yusov by filmmakers Seán Martin and Louise Milne New interview with film scholar Robert Bird Selected-scene commentary from 1998 featuring film scholar Vlada Petric New video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman 1966 185 MINUTES BLACK & WHITE/COLOR MONAURAL 2-BLU-RAY EDITION IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS ANDREI RUBLEV