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Canon Fodder – Andrei Rublev

Anatoliy Solonitsyn in a black head covering in the woods in the title role of Andrei Rublev (1966)

Andrei Rublev (1966; Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky)

Canon Fodder Episode 60

For their latest cinematic adventure, Daniel and Corky take a hang-gliding tour of 15th century Russia to review Andrei Tarkovsky’s remarkable Andrei Rublev. A visually awe-inspiring anti-biopic of the legendary icon painter, Andrei Rublev is about faith and art trampled by the entrenched powers of ignorance and avarice. But did your hosts succumb to the passion of this magnificent movie, or do they need to have their bells rung?

ANDREI RUBLEV FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #67 [tied]

World premiere: Dec. 16, 1966 (Moscow)

IMDB synopsis: “The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Restoration trailer for Andrei Rublev

The hang glider

The pagans

The bell maker

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

The Green Ray (1986; Dir.: Eric Rohmer)

IMDB synopsis: “It’s July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and “empty”, but this won’t last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her…”

Our review of The Green Ray comes out Tuesday, May 12!

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