Ivan's Childhood [Criterion Collection]

Director: Andrey Tarkovskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky Andrey Tarkovskiy

Overview

Andre Tarkovsky's poetic and visually striking screen adaptation of Vladimir Bogomolov's short novel about a young boy's journey through a land devastated by war receives a definitive DVD release in this edition from the Criterion Collection. Ivanovo Detstvo (aka Ivan's Childhood has been given a beautifully detailed transfer to disc in its original Academy aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the rich scale of grey tones in Vadim Yusov's cinematography has been rendered with stunning clarity. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono, and sounds particularly clean for a film of this vintage, with Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov's score especially well served. The dialogue is in the original Russian, with optional English subtitles. As a bonus, the disc includes an appraisal of Tartovsky's films from biographer Vida T. Johnson, as well as new interviews with actor Nikolai Burlyaev (who plays Ivan) and cameraman Yusov. The handsome booklet included with the disc includes an essay and a short poem by Tartovsky, as well as a piece about the film from Dina Iordanova and a number of photos from the film. Ivanovo Detstvo is a crucial early work from one of Russia's most unique cinematic talents, and it's doubtful the film will ever be given a better home video presentation than this.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/23/2007
UPC:	0715515024822
Original Release:	1962
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	18,833

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Video appreciation of director Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan's Childhood, featuring Vida T. Johnson, coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue; New video interviews with actor Nikolai Burlyaev and cinematographer Vadim Yusov; New and improved English subtitle translation; PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova and new translations, by Robert Bird, of "Between Two Films," Tarkovsky's essay about Ivan's Childhood, and "Ivan Willow," a poem by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nikolay Burlyaev	Ivan
Valentin Zubkov	Capt. Kholin
Ye. Zharikov	Lt. Galtsev
S. Krylov	Cpl. Katasonych,Katasonych
Nikolai Grinko	Col. Gryaznov
D. Milyutenko	Old Man
V. Malyavina	Masha
I. Tarkovskaya	Ivan's Mother
Andrey Konchalovskiy	Soldier
Ivan Savkin	Actor
V. Marenkov	Actor
Vera Miturich	Girl
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov	Composer

Technical Credits

Vladimir Bogomolov

Andrey Tarkovskiy	Director
Vladimir Bogomolov	Screenwriter
S. Mukhin	Special Effects
V. Sevostyanov	Special Effects
Andrei Tarkovsky	Director

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Ivan's Childhood
1. Obscured [6:08]
2. Codes [8:51]
3. Reunited [6:38]
4. Orders [3:23]
5. Alone [6:56]
6. Masha [8:34]
7. Signs [4:19]
8. Fragments [6:51]
9. Vengeance [5:52]
10. Shelled [2:23]
11. Unexpected [5:11]
12. Necessities [5:30]
13. Flares [2:33]
14. Fallen [7:14]
15. Quiet [2:33]
16. Identities [3:55]
17. Family [4:59]
18. Bars [3:10]
1. Thaw [2:23]
2. Influences [3:35]
3. Apprenticeship [2:07]
4. Worlds [3:27]
5. Poetic [7:24]
6. Concrete [5:20]
7. Grays [5:59]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Ivan's Childhood
   Play the Movie
   Chapters
   Life As a Dream
      Play
      Index
   Nikolai Burlyaev Interview
      Index
         Lead Role
         Screen Tests
         Finding Tears
         The Shoot
         True Patriot
   Vadim Yusov Interview
      Index
         Visual Language
         Preparation
         Dreams
         Texture
   Subtitles
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