Let’s Put On Our Museum Hats
On today’s episode, Emma Guerard and first-time guest, Jason Perlman, join Lady P for a psychoanalysis of the Russian filmmaker, Andrei Tarkovsky. Their primary case study is Tarkovsky’s 1975 feature film, MIRROR. MIRROR is the number 19¹ movie on the Sight and Sound Critics’ Poll. Listen up to find out if the panel was able to make heads or tails of this beguiling puzzle of a movie.
They follow up their MIRROR analysis, with a general discussion of non-narrative cinema. Yes, our panel watches non-narrative cinema. And yes that does mean they’re smarter and better than everyone else!
Finally they close off the show with a brief chat about Jason’s current project, THRESHOLD.
¹On the podcast, Lady P refers to MIRROR as the number 18 movie on the Poll. Because SEVEN SAMURAI and PERSONA are tied for the 17th spot, the numbers start to get a little jumbled. We apologize for any confusion. Those who wish voice a complaint may do so below in comments section.
Does this mean that there are more than 250 films? Outrage!
No, there are only 250 films on the Sight and Sound list.Though 18 of them are tied for last place.
By the way, the George Sanders I know would never fly off the handle like this. Whatever happened to the mischievous smile and the cutting remark?
Someone must have lit a fire under him…