* FILM EVENT: ANDREI RUBLEV (Museum of Russian Icons)

Saturday, February 18, 12:00–5:00PM
Members $15, Nonmembers $20.
Advance ticket purchase suggested. Call 978.598.5000 x121
Running time 3 hours, 45 minutes. Russian with English subtitles.
Not suitable for children under 17.

Known as the best art-house film of all time, and immediately suppressed by the Soviets in 1966, Andrei Tarkovsky’s epic masterpiece is a sweeping medieval tale of Russia’s greatest icon painter. Too experimental, too frightening, too violent, and too politically complicated to be released officially, Andrei Rublev has existed only in shortened, censored versions until the Criterion Collection created this complete 205-minute director’s cut special edition. Discussion to follow. This film is not suitable for anyone under 17.