Mirror (1975) (Criterion Collection)

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'Mirror' is the celebrated Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's most autobiographical work in which he reflects upon his own childhood and the destiny of the Russian people. The film's many layers intertwine real life and family relationships - Tarkovsky's father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reads his own poems on the soundtrack and Tarkovsky's mother appears as herself - with memories of childhood, dreams and nightmares. From the opening sequence of a boy being cured of a stammer by hypnotism, to scene in a printing works which encapsulates the Stalinist era, "Mirror" has an extraordinary resonance and repays countless viewings.

Special Edition Features:

- New 2K digital restoration
- "Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer", a new documentary about the director by his son
- New interview with composer Eduard Artemyev
- Documentary about the cinematographer
- Archival interviews with Tarkovsky and screenwriter Alexander Misharin
- And more