Tarkovsky's incredible look

[Rachel Oliver]

Hi;

Just watched "Mirror" by Andrei Tarkovsky. It's one of the most stunning films I've ever expierienced, left me feeling like I'd witnessed some supernatural event unfold in my living room, and this was just the DVD on a decent widescreen TV! I'm left bemused as to how he created the "Look" of this and many of his other films. His black and white and sepia sequences have this luminous silvery quality to them which combined with the extreme slow motion simply blew my tiny little mind to bits! Does anyone have any clues as to how he and his DP Gregory rerberg achieved this look back in 1974?

Thanks

Olly

[Fredrik Backar FSF]

I second this question as I haven´t been able to find anything on the net...... :)