Nostalghia

Nostalghia
by Andrei Tarkovsky

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Actor: Domiziana Giordano, Erland Josephson, Laura De Marchi, Oleg Yankovsky, Patrizia Terreno
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 0
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.66:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-10-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber

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Movie Review: There is beauty in Nostalghia.
Summary: 5 Stars

When Andrei Tarkovsky went to Italy in 1982 to start shooting Nostalghia, he vowed never to return to his home in the Soviet Union. Although I do not profess to fully comprehend Tarkovsky's film, which won the Grand Prix Sp?cial du Jury at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, it is not essential to understand the film to appreciate its breathtaking visual qualities. Words fall short in describing this film, which tells the story of a Russian writer, Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky) who, like Tarkovsky, experiences profound feelings of displacement (or "nostalghia") upon traveling to Italy to research the life of an 18th century Russian composer. The "nostalgia" Gorchakov experiences in Italy is not for his Russian homeland, but for a deeper connection with all of humanity. The film's narrative frequently shifts to dream-like sequences. Several scenes in Nostalghia are famous, including one continuous nine-minute (8 minutes, 45 seconds, to be exact) camera shot depicting Gorchakov repeatedly attempting to cross a drained outdoor pool while carrying a lit candle. Nostalghia demands the viewer's full attention as well as repeated viewings, but its reward is an experience of brilliant poetic beauty in film, a benchmark few other films ever realize.

G. Merritt

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This is another haunting film by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky--his first made outside of the Soviet Union. Like all of his films, Nostalghia has a mystical quality, as it follows the spiritual journey of a poet on a research mission in Italy. While traveling with his beautiful Italian interpreter in a Tuscan village, the poet suddenly becomes transfixed by memories of Russia and his family. A local mystic helps him see the right path in his life. Once again, Tarkovsky's imagery is gorgeous, and the narrative insightful. The past and the present collide in existential angst. Truly a cinematic feast for those interested in exploring life's deepest concerns. --Bill Desowitz

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