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• The Mirror (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (12/01/2026) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, this sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history by Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker) is as much a poem composed in images, or a hypnagogic hallucination, as it is a work of cinema. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, his dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystical power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics on its release because of its elusive narrative structure, Mirror has since taken its place as one of the director's most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.

• Mirror | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Andrei Tarkovsky's Haunting Masterpiece from Russia. Andrei Tarkovsky the acclaimed master of Soviet cinema takes a moving and personal turn with this striking meditation on life in Russia during the bleak days of WWII. The Mirror is not just the display of a film director at the peak of his unique powers. As an homage to the innocence of childhood it tells an enigmatic tale that is both gripping and horrifying. Tarkovsky uses his own coming-of-age experiences himself ""mirr

• Mirror | DVD | (22/08/2012) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ‘Mirror’ is celebrated Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s most autobiographical work in which he reflects upon his own childhood and the destiny of the Russian people. The film’s many layers intertwine real life and family relationships - Tarkovsky’s father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reads his own poems on the soundtrack and Tarkovsky’s mother appears as herself - with memories of childhood, dreams and nightmares. From the opening sequence of a boy being cured of a stammer by hypnotism, to a scene in a printing works which encapsulates the Stalinist era, “Mirror” has an extraordinary resonance and repays countless viewings.