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[โ€“] Calirath@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Welcome back Memfree! Your positive review for 'Hyenas' led to it being added to my watchlist.

I'm waiting for one night when everyone's down for 'Sinners' so I can finally watch it. I also have a smattering of Tarkovsky's films on the watchlist, would you have a recommendation on which order?

[โ€“] memfree@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

I don't know. I'm usually ready to watch a meandering film with slow pacing, but I know people who won't put up with that, so I might like movies you find unwatchable. In contrast, there's a subset of French slice-of-life movies that I just generally dislike while other people love them. Anyway, I've only seen 4 Tarkovsky films, and they all move more slowly than, say, a superhero blockbuster. Of those 4, I guess the most accessible is Solaris. Some days/weeks later, I'd watch Andrei Rublev as a change of pace, then after another wait try Stalker.

Those should be enough to give you a feel for the director, and then maybe you can try Mirror and tell me what I'm missing. I feel like a bunch of symbolism is going over my head. Are those Maoists shaking little red books? What does that evoke from a Russian perspective?