No Substance #171: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
On the weekend, I went and saw the last of Andrei Tarkovsky’s films I hadn’t seen, Ivan’s Childhood. The Golden Age, a small cinema in Surrey Hills, was playing it.
Ivan’s Childhood was Tarkovksy’s first film. It was released in 1962. Ivan, played by Nikolia Burlyayev, is a twelve year old orphan working as a scout for the Red Army in World War 2. He wan…
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