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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7155150248222
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 27004
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 1963
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The debut feature from the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is an evocative, poetic journey through the shadows and shards of one boy’s war-torn youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of WWII and the serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of violence on children in wartime.
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Rating:  - sheer poetry
Ivan's Childhood is sheer poetry. A young boy spends his childhood in the wasteland and dark days of War, meanwhile haunted by his memories of a time of peace and love with his mother. Tarkovsky's inventive editing and imaginative camerawork makes the film feel like a dream and the photography captures images that fill the frame with art! This is a rare cinematic experience!
Rating: - Ivan's Childhood
Ivan's Childhood is Tarkovsky's first main film, and his most conventional. It takes place during WW2 in Russia. We follow 12 year old Ivan who is a scout for the military. His dark everyday reality is contrasted with his dreams which are light and joyful. The film contains images and themes that are typical of Tarkovsky, like the sometimes diffuse border between dream and reality. Also, the landscape is not a typical war scene but rather more dreamlike.
The transfer of the DVD is excellent and the details of some images are incredible. Also, the introduction by Vida Johnson is really worth listening to.
Rating:  - Remarkable First Feature
Is it possible to seperate this from the master's mature work, in some way? Certainly the context of its making is important; it is student work. But what student work! And to think that Andrei follows it. Whew! The story is fairly standard fare, a somewhat romaticising of the boy soldier, his heroism, his salutory patriotism. I believe it's the same lad who claims to have the secret of the bell-making in the majestic final stanza of,'Andrei Rubelov'. The murky claustrophia of the river and swamp, the echoing of white-truncked forests; birch, spruce?(all alien experience for this desert dweller!), these become familiar bits of the Tarkovsky lexion. Konchlovsky uses them too, in his epic, 'Siberiade'. But then they were co-students at the Moscow film school. Finally, I have this as part of the complete set of Tarkovsky's films; a gift from my eldest daughter. . The quality is great. The subtitling is as good as I've seen. And they're unexpurgated versions eg. the archival war footage of Nazi material was news to me. There's next to no information of who made this box set or where it came from, other than it's from China. You'll also find in the pack, 'The Steamroller and the Violin', a colour work also from student days, 1960. It has academic interest for me, but shouldn't be reviewed with the expectations he set in his great, mature work.
Rating: - A stunning first feature
This is probably Andrei Tarkovsky's most accessible film. It's a solid feature debut that ranks with Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows." Like Truffaut's masterpiece, "Ivan's Childhood" (a.k.a. "My Name Is Ivan") is a devastating view of troubled childhood and one of those movies you never forget. I'm delighted that Criterion has rescued this classic from home video oblivion and given it the first class treatment it richly deserves.
Rating: - Another artistic movie from the master - Tarkovsky
Tarkovsky has become one of my favorite directors because of the artistic, dream-like quality of his films. His movies are not for people looking for fast-paced, action movies. His character development and thought provoking aspects are excellent. But, it's the incredible eye for artistic detail that truly amaze me (and I watched a lot of films in general - and internation films in particular.) Highly recommended for someone who has an eye (and an interest) in film art of masterpiece quality!
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