The Steamroller And The Violin (1961) Ntsc Dvd5

IMDB-link......: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053987/

Title............: Katok i skripka (The Steamroller and the Violin)
Director.........: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year.............: 1960
Country..........: USSR
Runtime..........: 46 minutes

Audio............: Russian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Subtitles........: English (Embedded)
Video Format.....: Fullscreen - 1.33:1 OAR
DVD Source.......: DVD5
DVD Format.......: NTSC
DVD distributor..: Facets
Program..........: DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0
Bit Rate.........: ~ 7.88 mb/s (average)

Menus..........: [X] Untouched, intact.
Video..........: [X] Untouched, intact.
DVD-extras.....: [X] Untouched, intact.
DVD-Audio......: [X] Untouched, intact.

for those of you interested in the early Tarkovsky

thanks to coolhandluke for the quick info

Nostalghia.com...: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Steamroller_and_Violin.html
DVDBeaver........: hxxp://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/Reviews/sav.htm
PopMatters.......: http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/s/steamroller-and-the-violin.shtml
Movie-Vault......: http://www.movie-vault.com/reviews/FuTDzFcnsDfCONdZ
Slant Magazine...: http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=778

Tarkovsky wrote:

It will be a short-feature film. My original idea was not to use this screenplay for a full-length feature - that would ruin the entire composition. The story in the film is very simple. The action takes place within one day, the dramaturgy is without sharp conflicts, it is non-traditional. Its main characters are a young worker driving a steamroller at a road construction and a young sensitive boy who is learning to play the violin. They become friends. Those two people, so different in every respect, complement and need one another.
Although it's dangerous to admit - because one doesn't know whether the film wil be successful - the intent is to make a poetic film. We are basing practically everything on mood, on atmosphere. In my film there has to be the dramaturgy of image, not of literature. I offered the role of the worker to Vladimir Zamyansky, an actor from the youngest and perhaps most interesting theater "Sovremennik." The little Sasha is played by a seven-year old music school student, Igor Fomchenko. I am very happy with them.