To what Ingmar Bergman’s Persona did to Bergman’s career can be considered uniform to what Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Mirror did to Tarkovsky’s career. Acting out as a more impenetrable theory thesis than most other smug, scientific conceptions of time, Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Mirror (or just “Mirror”) is a narrative ignition of tampered memories and is a far more experimental piece than anything Tarkovsky has crafted with his crew.
In a comical manner—try not to get offended when I utter this— this is almost like the Russian version of Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump, except, it’s executed like Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York? And it’s spooky. It’s a LOT to take in. I’m sure like with all of Tarkovsky’s work I’ve seen so far, this film will only get better with…time…
Verdict: ?
“The Mirror” is now available to rent and buy on Vudu and The Criterion Channel.
Burning the Celluloid 
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