Mat i Syn (Mother And Son)

Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997
either you get involved or you don't in this quite short film, defintion of lyrical
long takes, slong pans, really enter into the enviroment
use of hazy light, that reflects everywhere
tropes of old age, voiceover, not particularly narrative driven, images dwelled on with frequent side lighting in genuinely painterly compositions
first thing noticed is the strange distortion of the film; anamorphic projected on 35mm?
Difficult to discuss, but gives impression of a kind of fake depth, painterly, fairy tale world
the home-ness of the area well conveyed by repition, paths through
the name 'Tarkovsky' screams out here in nearly all the above elements
perhaps slightly smaller vision, less world-graspingly metaphysical, quieter
but hugely similar in technique, style, concerns
one to perhaps watch again, to be immersed in
without this, is difficult to grab the attention, but that's not really a criticism