Need to watch again and again
There is something so utterly transfixing about this film. It possesses a hypnotic quality so potent it's easy to fall into the film and become completely immersed in it. It's like stepping into another world or perhaps it's more like seeing the world through the eyes of another human being. Watching it I can feel myself drift to a place where my surroundings fade away and its only myself and the movie.
As the screen faded to black I immediately felt the need to see it again. After buying the DVD and watching it a second I still feel the want to go back and journey again into Tarkovsky's vision. Both times I was left sitting stunned at the end. Afterwards I would drift through the world while my mind struggled to decipher the meaning and beauty of what I had just seen.
The Mirror is like no other film I've ever seen. It's opened my eyes to the true potential of cinema and I eagerly anticipate diving into the rest of Tarkovsky's filmography.