Nostalghia (1983)
Nostalghia (1983)
720p BluRay Rip | MKV | 1200 x 720 | x264 @ 4336 Kbps | 125 min | 4,59 Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 640 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house
720p BluRay Rip | MKV | 1200 x 720 | x264 @ 4336 Kbps | 125 min | 4,59 Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 640 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house
At a spa in the Tuscan Hills, a Russian poet and musicologist, researching the life of an 18th century composer, meets a mysterious man who is convinced that the end of the world is nigh. The Russian, Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky), is asked to cross an ancient sulphur pool carrying a lighted candle as an act of faith. Tarkovsky's first film outside the USSR is full of personal and Christian symbols and works as a study of such themes as memory, melancholia and disenchantment with the material world.
IMDB - 3 wins
There are very few people worthy of the accolade of "Genius" but the late Russian film-maker Andrei Tarkovsky was definitely one of them. In his film-making career he is responsible for some of the most beautiful images ever to be put on a cinema screen.
"Nostalghia" deals with a Russian poet who is in Italy to research the life of a Russian composer, who died there. Accompanied only by his female, Italian, interpretor, who is attracted to him, the poet feels strong feelings of home-sickness for Russia and he strongly misses his wife and child who stayed behind.
This was Tarkovsky's first film made outside the Soviet Union (and his first in a language other than Russian), but it is still very obviously a Tarkovsky film, complete with many haunting images of water and fire. in fact, instead of the beautiful, sun-drenched Italy we are used to seeing on film, here the country is grey, wet and shrouded in mist. As usual in Tarkovsky's films there are many changes between colour footage and black-and-white (or sepia). Here, the poet's memories of Russia are presented in monochrome.
As with all Tarkovsky films, "Nostalghia" demands a great deal from the viewer. It is very slow moving and requires a great deal of patience and concentration. Also, be warned that Tarkovsky did not see cinema as "entertainment" but as an art form. I would advise anyone to make the effort and stick with it, though. It is a great work of art.IMDB Reviewer
(click to enlarge)
Nostalghia (1983)
Nostalghia (1983)
Nostalghia (1983)
Nostalghia (1983)
Nostalghia (1983)
More in My Blog