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When I first saw this movie I was awestruck. The composition and photography will blow your mind. Watch it in the original language with subtitles if you need them - avoid dubbed versions. I've also read the source book by Moravia because I was so inspired. Thank you for this video essay.

Nice video! BTW where can I read your thesis? Is it published?

I see the cockerel as a bird who cannot fly therefore its freedom is limited (as opposed to birds of flight). I think the scene where Maria kills the cockerel is supposed to represent her sacrificing her freedom for Aleksei. Maria takes on the burden of sacrificing her freedom so her son doesn't have to -- if you remember both Maria and the doctors wife are debating on who should slaughter the bird when the doctors wife suggests Aleksei, Maria then protests and volunteers herself to do it. I wanted to bring up the bird when Maria is levitating (levitation is also used in Solaris) which symbolizes enlightenment. This scene is very allusive and most have drawn different conclusions about it but I think it is when Maria conceives Aleksei and the bird that is flying away represents unbound immortality that flows from the material space and into the spiritual/metaphysical space. Maria is transcending earthly limitations like time and is not bound by physical constraints because as she has conceived Aleksei she ensures her life continues to flow "from age to age" thus momentarily breaking the barriers between the material world and the metaphysical space where ideas and forms like souls are born. In my analysis I believe this to be related to how Plato saw the relationship between the material world and the metaphysical world. Plato believed that time is just a moving image of eternity. Time is a measure of change and motion in the physical world. It is the imperfect reflection of the eternal and unchanging realm of the forms and ideas. As Maria is suspended in time between the two spaces Aleksei is born and his soul travels from the unchanging realm of ideas and forms to the material space where Maria becomes a conduit hence the moment of suspension.

Beautiful editing! It's so amazing that you categorise walking shots of different directions. And the music is fantastic!

This is tight. Thanks!

Really good video dude ! If i can i'd like to read your thesis about Bi Gan. I'm working on Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Bi Gan itself specifically about the notions of suspended time

Nice video! 🤩

Impressive! Did you find all of these references by yourself?

Beautiful

Great skill of editing!😊

The greatest crash-zoom of all time at 2:22.

‘Everything will be….’ This bird has flown.

Beautiful!

Nice video , poor music choice

Thank you Bernardo Bertolucci for this masterpiece. The Conformist was one of my biggest inspirations in study of fascism and totalitarianism in general.

Where were you able to get the footage for this? It looks really great.

A love letter to cinema : )

this is what i can call, a visual essay.

You should be mention films name bro..

I can see how House of Cards is being influenced by this...

Brilliant.. One of my fav

Excellent.

Beautiful comparision, especially loved the transition from In the Mood for Love to Stalker!

Wow, thanks for paying homage to this fine film. I saw it when it first came out and fell in love with it, as well as with the actor, Dominique Sanda. A beautiful and intelligent (if a bit foolish) lesbian character was so intoxicating to a young gay woman in the U.S in the early 70's.

Does anybody know the painting at the 1:40 mark? Thanks

I hadn't considered the significance of the two cockerels before, thanks for that. I did write about appearances of the bird you write about and two more that support your thesis here: kitbakerii.blogspot.com/2015/03/beyond-looking-glass-andrei-tarkovskys_30.html

this is fantastic

Why do you think the cockerel that’s breaks through the window is black and the one being slaughtered is white? It looks like two different birds...

У меня такая же была во сне идея убийств. Чтобы зритель понимал что произошло но невидел

Great video...❤❤❤...any chance to read your thesis ???

Carl Jung believes the soul splits into three parts, the serpent soul, the human soul and the bird soul. It was really powerful hearing the same metaphor for this movie, and in ancient egyptian mythology.

Great video! What is the film of 1:02?

Loved the video! Helped me understand this movie a lot, and Tarkovsky’s philosophy.

Sensual elegance for my brain, thank you!

Incredible!!!

Beautiful! Xoxo

Great video ! Btw the shot on 3:35 is from Days of Being Wild right ?

Good finds and comparisons!

In terms of visuals, I find Tarkovskys work captivating. In terms of tone, I find it striking. The acting is sincere, and the story structure endures multiple viewings. But in terms of philosophy, I find Tarkovsky to be repulsive.

Great video, Thanks!

Omg the parallel to the egyptian painting! Im impressed

Name of music?

❤️ finally the first ever viewer of a TH-cam video. C’est magnifique!!!

Amazing:) thank you for this

Great fan edit. Consider this; what if one were to remake The conformist today at in u.s. about a young man insinuating himself in Trumps Maya movement.? Imagine all the ugly strip mall, civic centers, and parking lot rally sites. Harsh lighting and a cheesy condom country to sooundtrack. Just wondrin!

If you can explain this movie then you've managed to understand the meaning of life itself. Good luck with that!

As a non-believer, I can only say that the film is just as deeply moving to me as it would be to one of faith, which Tarkovsky was. It is just as easy to see the bird motifs as that which represents a communality that unites mankind, but is fragile and can be fleeting. I saw this film not long after its release, and it remains one of my all time favourites which can be viewed over and over again.

I don’t like how Tarkovsky treated animals. Birds, horse, cow.

Beautifully explained

SUPER!