Nostalghia

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Gabriel KP. B @elkpllan_ Jan 16 Ahora mismo, puedo afirmar con certeza que es una de esas películas que se convierten en una experiencia profundamente personal. Independientemente de sus múltiples temas, además de su premisa principal, esta película evoca fuertes sentimientos en mí y me conmueve profundamente, revolviendo mi mente. Puede ser a la vez inquietante y hermosa. En resumen, es una gran obra que me cautiva cada vez que la reviso. See more S R @ScottR 01/11/2025 Saw this for the Director's legacy and like one critic said, nothing much happens here despite the beautiful cinematography. It did show me that old bath and I put it on my places to visit when I go back to Italy. SLC DVD. See more Collem T @RT05419246 06/19/2024 Slow down. Breathe deep. And submerge yourself into this cinematic masterpiece. See more Todd 02/23/2024 The movie is dedicated to the director’s mother, who I assume died from boredom watching her son’s film. See more dave s @RT68722908 01/23/2023 While it is probably safe to say that the films of Andrei Tarkovsky are not to the tastes of all audiences, it is also clear that Tarkovsky probably understood the language of cinema more than any other director. In Nostalgia, a Russian researcher (Oleg Yanovsky), accompanied by an Italian interpreter (Domiziana Giordano), travels to Italy to research the life of a composer. When he crosses paths with doomsayer Domenico (Erland Josephson), the course of his life is altered. Deeply philosophical, the story does seem a bit obtuse at times, but the visuals throughout are absolutely stunning as Tarkovsky perfectly frames and executes every shot, many of them lasting several minutes, with razor-sharp clarity and creativity. While Nostalgia may not be his finest work, it remains an impressive visual achievement. See more William L @RT77267842 06/20/2022 Loose chronology, autobiographical elements, dreamlike sequences, thematically dense, slowly paced ... do you think that this Tarkovsky fella has a type? Though not one of the director's more immediately sweeping films (lacking the scale of films such as Stalker or Solaris) and treading on familiar territory stylistically despite being one of his last feature film projects, Nostalghia is still another great work from the acclaimed Soviet (or by this point, de facto ex-Soviet) director. A highly introspective piece, the plot revolves around internal longing and external disconnection - characters recognizing echoes of themselves in those around them but unable to rectify more superficial distinctions. Yankovsky's Andrei is a stranger in a foreign land (much like Tarkovsky himself), seeing familiarity in the emotions that surround him in the Italian countryside but finding only longing for their more familiar equivalents that he has lost access to. And yet, life goes on in all of its strange and miraculous beauty and tragedy, independent of what we perceive our role to be or what emotions we feel. Even among Tarkovsky films, Nostalghia gives off the sensation that it is one of the more languid despite barely passing the two hour mark, largely thanks to its lack of explicit plot, chronological progression, or real conflict. Regardless, it's worth making the effort to make your way through for one of the director's slightly lesser-known but dense and ponderous masterpieces that gives plenty of room for contemplation. (4/5) See more Read all reviews

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