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Tonight's Movie!

We are starting early tonght! This is a long one, with an intermission.

The 15th century, in what is now Russia, what was the Soviet Union when Andrei Tarkovsky made this, was an unremittingly bleak time. Tatar raids, squabbling minor royalty, poor harvests - death and violence were an everyday part of life. And yet, we still make art even in the darkest of times. Andrei Rublev, the most famous of Medieval Russian iconographers and monk, wanders around the Rus and eventually takes a vow of silence. There's death, there's physical dismemberment (if ennucleation counts as dismemberment, I think it does); more than anything this is a masterpiece of what I call spiritual dismemberment - living with that much darkness and misery around you changes you, as a person. We've watched a couple of other films that portray the experience from different angles. This is coming from its own place.

I cut the film into the two parts it was orginially shown in so that we can have an intermission. Mosfilm did a restoration of the original version of Andrei Rublev, released under the title The Passion According to Andrei before being cut to the version which would see the widest release, in 2022, in 4K. It's a treat for the eyes.

• Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/andrei-rublev/
• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/
• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Rublev_(film)

I encourage everyone to at least skim the Wikipedia plot summary. I'll be explaining what's going on throughout the film as best I can.

CWs

There are several points where I will be giving a heads-up for some of the more disturbing scenes in the film. The dog does die in this film. So does a horse, very graphically. A cow is shown on fire (it was wearing an asbestos blanket and was not physically harmed). There is dogfighting. A few chickens are trampled during the raid on Vladimir. I will be putting warnings in the chat for the worst of it so anyone who doesn't want to watch, doesn't have to.

Links

• IMDB parents guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/parentalguide/
• doesthedogdie.com: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/8699
• unconsentingmedia.org: https://www.unconsentingmedia.org/items/759

List

• Sexual assault mentioned, discussed, implied
• Sexual harassment e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
• Sexual assault offscreen/implied
• Animal cruelty
• Torture
• Eyes are gouged out
• Lots of gore
• Nudity
• Death
• Carnism (a woman eats raw horse meat)

IMDB Parental Guide:

::: spoiler Sex + Nudity: Moderate

• A nude pagan cult is seen running through a forest. Although most of the nudity is obscure, we briefly see a close shot of a naked woman. Full-frontal and pubic hair is shown.
• There is full frontal male and female nudity for about two minutes during a scene, though the view is somewhat limited by the movement of the actors, though everything can be seen.
• A man does a handstand and his bare butt is seen.
• A group of men and women run through the woods and wade through a river in the nude. Again, nonsexual and completely obscured by shadows
• Moaning sounds of a woman while kissing can be heard. Nothing is seen.
• A woman is seen jumping from a stair. Her skirt flips up but it's unintentional and obscured by the darkness
• A man (who is tied up) discuses morality with a woman. The woman suddenly kisses him then. Afterwards she strip naked. The scene last for a short moment.
• A woman's robe slips off as she's running but there's no nudity because the scene takes place at night and everything is obscured by the darkness.
• In two different scenes men are seen with the intention ofremoved women. No nudity is seen, but screaming from the first scene is heard in the background (indicating that this is the case). :::

::: spoiler Violence + Gore: Severe

• Further examples of real or dramatized animal abuse: a man climbs on top of and rides a very small goat. A dog is beaten (possibly to death) and you can hear it whimpering in pain. People encouraging and enjoying dog fighting. A horse is pushed off of stairs and it struggles and falls.
• This movie involves real animal abuse: a horse stumbles off an out door staircase and is then stabbed to death with a spear, and a cow is seen running around engulfed in flames.
• scenes of medival related violence.
• people are beaten and brutalized
• people are killed with swords and other weapons during a barbarian raid.
• a teenage boy has his neck slashed. he falls to the ground and blood flows out all over his neck.
• many people crowded in a church are killed. we see their corpses covering the floor.
• a mans eyes are stabbed out. we see him stumbling around with bloody holes where his eyes should be.
• a man is briefly seen being crucified. we see the nails start to be pounded into his hands.
• a man is tortured by barbarians. they burn him with a torch and pour boiling water down his throat. he's then pulled across the ground by a horse. his body his bloody and wounded.
• various scenes of people being beaten and treated badly. people are carried away and are heard screming [sic] as theyre [sic] tortured. :::

::: spoiler Profanity: Mild

• some mild swearing and one use of "motherfucker" :::

::: spoiler Alcohol, Drugs + Smoking: Mild

• some drinking :::

::: spoiler Frightening + Intense Scenes: Severe

• This movie contains real scenes of what is now considered animal abuse, which may be unsettling to many. The death of the horse is particularly horrific.
• The film is pretty dark and unsettling. It is very pessimistic and dark. The film touches on themes of religion. The violence in some scenes can be intense. :::

tankie.tube links:

• The Passion According to Andrei (1966) Part 1: https://tankie.tube/w/n2bRSY4hPn1HoAnjUCDj3F
• The Passion According to Andrei (1966) Part 2: https://tankie.tube/w/1U5QgA1kRmSENnwiPryxny
• Страсти по Андрею (1966): https://tankie.tube/w/k7V6mVJ5rR6QbiuhWAq9sV

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