alternativecandidate: Ivan’s Childhood (1962)“Andrei Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood bears the unmistak
alternativecandidate: Ivan’s Childhood (1962)“Andrei Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood bears the unmistakable stamp of a calling-card film. In his book Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky describes Ivan’s Childhood as his ‘qualifying examination.’ Taking over the reins of a project he hadn’t originated, Tarkovsky soon realized the occasion would permit him to prove his mettle as a director, if only to himself. Tarkovsky and DP Vadim Yusov determined to turn a fairly conventional war film into a poetic reverie drenched in a doom-laden atmosphere conveyed by shadowy high-contrast cinematography, poetically resonant lighting schemes, and intricately choreographed camera movements.”Budd Wilkins, Slant Magazine -- source link