First Look at New 4K Restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice
HomeFirst Look at New 4K Restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice
Posted October 11, 2017 05:19 PM by Webmaster
Kino Repertory have provided us with an official domestic trailer for the recent 4K restoration of acclaimed director Andrei Tarkovsky's final film The Sacrifice (1986), starring Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Erland Josephson, Sven Wollter, and Guðrún Gísladóttir. The restoration will open on October 20 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and October 27 at the Quad Cinema, before expanding to select cities.
Also included below is the official theatrical poster for the new 4K restoration.
At the moment, we do not have preliminary information for an upcoming Blu-ray release of the 4K restoration. (In 2011, Kino Lorber release The Sacrifice on Blu-ray. You can see our listing and review of the old release here).
Synopsis: Famed Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's final masterpiece, The Sacrifice is a haunting vision of a world threatened with nuclear annihilation that inspired Andrew Sarris (The Village Voice) to proclaim, "You may find yourself moved as you have never been moved before."
As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson, Cries and Whispers), news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island — and the happy mood turns to horror. The family descends into a state of psychological devastation, brilliantly evoked by Tarkovsky's arresting palette of luminous greys washing over the bleak landscape around their home. (The film's masterful cinematography is by Sven Nykvist, Ingmar Bergman's longtime collaborator).
For Alexander, a philosopher troubled about man's lack of spirituality, the prospect of certain extinction compels the ultimate sacrifice, and he enters into a Faustian bargain with God to save his loved ones from the fear which grips them. The director's last film, made as he was dying of cancer, The Sacrifice is Tarkovsky's personal statement, a profoundly moving, redemptive tragedy steeped in unforgettable imagery and heart-wrenching emotion.
Also included below is the official theatrical poster for the new 4K restoration.
At the moment, we do not have preliminary information for an upcoming Blu-ray release of the 4K restoration. (In 2011, Kino Lorber release The Sacrifice on Blu-ray. You can see our listing and review of the old release here).
Synopsis: Famed Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's final masterpiece, The Sacrifice is a haunting vision of a world threatened with nuclear annihilation that inspired Andrew Sarris (The Village Voice) to proclaim, "You may find yourself moved as you have never been moved before."
As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson, Cries and Whispers), news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island — and the happy mood turns to horror. The family descends into a state of psychological devastation, brilliantly evoked by Tarkovsky's arresting palette of luminous greys washing over the bleak landscape around their home. (The film's masterful cinematography is by Sven Nykvist, Ingmar Bergman's longtime collaborator).
For Alexander, a philosopher troubled about man's lack of spirituality, the prospect of certain extinction compels the ultimate sacrifice, and he enters into a Faustian bargain with God to save his loved ones from the fear which grips them. The director's last film, made as he was dying of cancer, The Sacrifice is Tarkovsky's personal statement, a profoundly moving, redemptive tragedy steeped in unforgettable imagery and heart-wrenching emotion.