Opfer (1986)
37KOpfer: Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. With Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir. At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
“Quite possibly my favourite film. Quite why Iu0026#39;m not always sure — perhaps this is really a rather pretentious film ? Perhaps one in which a long time is spent without engaging the audience ? One with perhaps the most unlikely postman one might meet outside of a Bergman film set ? But, from the moment the camera opens lovingly on the icon, to the closing as the ambulance drives away, I find myself captivated, and drawn back to watch again. As with Tarkovskyu0026#39;s other films, certain images linger long in the memory:u0026quot;little manu0026quot; watering the ikebana, the levitating witch, the crashing milk jug, the roar of the jets. For those of us cursed with a lifetime of weekly wage slavery this is a fine restorative film for the spirit.”
