Sat June 27, 2015
Ivan’s Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 1962)
SEE EVENT DETAILS
at PFA Theater
(see times)
Introduction/Nariman Skakov
Nariman Skakov, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Stanford University, is the author of The Cinema of Tarkovsky: Labyrinths of Space and Time
“A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape.” —SFIFF 1962
(Ivanovo detstvo, aka My Name is Ivan)
Few debuts match the unequivocal power of Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood, a technical tour-de-force of flying crane shots, absurd angles, and arresting lighting merged with a powerful tale of war, violence, and childhood. Few are left alive along the Russian/German front of WWII, but twelve-year-old Ivan still moves, and still stalks, a young child turned into a “soldier boy.” Wandering through bombed-out ruins, birch forests, and frozen lands, Ivan is both hero and monster, innocence and decline, his only solace the memories of a mother long since missing. "A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape" (SFIFF 1962), Ivan’s Childhood won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and announced the arrival of a major new talent.
• Written by Mikhail Papava, Vladimir Bogomolov. Photographed by Vadim Yusov. With Kolya Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E. Zharikov, S. Krylov. (95 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection, permission Kino International)
show less
Nariman Skakov, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Stanford University, is the author of The Cinema of Tarkovsky: Labyrinths of Space and Time
“A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape.” —SFIFF 1962
(Ivanovo detstvo, aka My Name is Ivan)
Few debuts match the unequivocal power of Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood, a technical tour-de-force of flying crane shots, absurd angles, and arresting lighting merged with a powerful tale of war, violence, and childhood. Few are left alive along the Russian/German front of WWII, but twelve-year-old Ivan still moves, and still stalks, a young child turned into a “soldier boy.” Wandering through bombed-out ruins, birch forests, and frozen lands, Ivan is both hero and monster, innocence and decline, his only solace the memories of a mother long since missing. "A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape" (SFIFF 1962), Ivan’s Childhood won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and announced the arrival of a major new talent.
• Written by Mikhail Papava, Vladimir Bogomolov. Photographed by Vadim Yusov. With Kolya Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E. Zharikov, S. Krylov. (95 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection, permission Kino International)
Introduction/Nariman Skakov
Nariman Skakov, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Stanford University, is the author of The Cinema of Tarkovsky: Labyrinths of Space and Time
“A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape.” —SFIFF 1962
(Ivanovo detstvo, aka My Name is Ivan)
Few debuts match the unequivocal power of Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood, a technical tour-de-force of flying crane shots, absurd angles, and arresting lighting merged with a powerful tale of war, violence, and childhood. Few are left alive along the Russian/German front of WWII, but twelve-year-old Ivan still moves, and still stalks, a young child turned into a “soldier boy.” Wandering through bombed-out ruins, birch forests, and frozen lands, Ivan is both hero and monster, innocence and decline, his only solace the memories of a mother long since missing. "A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape" (SFIFF 1962), Ivan’s Childhood won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and announced the arrival of a major new talent.
• Written by Mikhail Papava, Vladimir Bogomolov. Photographed by Vadim Yusov. With Kolya Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E. Zharikov, S. Krylov. (95 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection, permission Kino International)
read more
Nariman Skakov, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Stanford University, is the author of The Cinema of Tarkovsky: Labyrinths of Space and Time
“A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape.” —SFIFF 1962
(Ivanovo detstvo, aka My Name is Ivan)
Few debuts match the unequivocal power of Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood, a technical tour-de-force of flying crane shots, absurd angles, and arresting lighting merged with a powerful tale of war, violence, and childhood. Few are left alive along the Russian/German front of WWII, but twelve-year-old Ivan still moves, and still stalks, a young child turned into a “soldier boy.” Wandering through bombed-out ruins, birch forests, and frozen lands, Ivan is both hero and monster, innocence and decline, his only solace the memories of a mother long since missing. "A poetically directed antiwar film that also shows the beauty of the landscape" (SFIFF 1962), Ivan’s Childhood won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and announced the arrival of a major new talent.
• Written by Mikhail Papava, Vladimir Bogomolov. Photographed by Vadim Yusov. With Kolya Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E. Zharikov, S. Krylov. (95 mins, In Russian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, BAM/PFA Collection, permission Kino International)
show less
Date/Times:
PFA Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
The Best Events
Every Week in Your Inbox
From Our Sponsors
UPCOMING EVENTS
Great suggestion! We'll be in touch.
Event reviewed successfully.