The Arts Junction: Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Ivan's Childhood

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Ivan's Childhood

Poster: Soviet Cult Films Night at Margret January 31, 2009:
Ivan's Childhood (1962) by Andrei Tarkovsky

Presented by Big Daddy's DVD Shop
Credit: Margret Bar / Lounge for the Junction

The Arts Junction presents
Soviet Cult Films at Margret Movie Night

Saturday, January 31, 2009
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo)

director: Andrei Tarkovsky
year: 1962
genre: Drama / War
country: Soviet Union
language: Russian / German with English sub-titles
color: Black and White
company: Ministerstvo Kinematografii

Margret Bar / Lounge for the Junction
2952 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

*Admission: Free

The fifth night with the first feature film directed by the great Andrei Tarkovsky. A beautiful work, filled with poetic flourishes and a permeating melancholy. A child–warrior… A Russian Anakin Skywalker. It is the most Soviet movie of Tarkovsky. A hint of genius with many nods to the titans… The film contains many images that would later become his trademark. You cannot treat other people as a lowest race. It might come back at you with vengeance. The price Russia paid not to be destroyed was too high and almost deadly with consequences to the future generations.

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