(aka "Nostalghia" or "Nostalghiya" or "Nostalgia" or "Nostalgiya" )
Italy 1983
A Russian academic (Jankovsky) visits Italy as part of his research on the
life and work of a composer who has committed suicide. He engages in an
estranged relationship with his translator (Giordano), and eventually shares his
existential agonies with a solitary person (Josephson) labeled as mad by the
community.
Tarkovsky follows here the Bergmanesque line of psychodrama as his main
character, profoundly influenced by these two encounters, is led towards the
ultimate struggle for individual catharsis.
The dark, permanently wet setting, reminiscent of Stalker and The Mirror,
supplants the typical Tarkovsky reticence with some unique metaphysical
allusions. The slow-moving camerawork may rend some scenes infuriating but the
mystic beauty which emanates from the film - sequences like the one where the
madman is burned in a square under the sounds of Beethoven's ninth symphony -
gives Nostalgia an awe-inspiring, even disturbing vision of man's struggle for
true faith.
Excerpt of Spiros Gangas' review at the Edinburgh Film Society located HERE
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Theatrical Release: May 1983 (Cannes Film Festival)
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| Runtime | 2:05:28 | 2:00:28 |
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1.61:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
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| Audio | Italian/Russian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby) |
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| Subtitles | English, and none | English, Korean, and none |
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Release Information: Studio: Fox / Lorber
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• 20-page thick liner notes booklet
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Unless you are looking closely you might not even consider this to be the same film. Drastic brightness, color, and aspect ratio variances as well as subtitle translations leave a real dent in this films comparative appearance. Neither issue is recommended at this point. The Enter One looks strangely like the Artificial Eye - PAL release compared HERE (in fact, I'll bet it is a direct PAL port with Korean subs, menus added - note the 5 minute time difference). Both releases are dark, but the edge enhanced Fox/Lorber makes certain characters almost invisible while the anamorphic Enter One is significantly brighter it is also considerably hazier. The Enter One is cropped on all 4 edges and like the Fox/Lorber leaves a black border around the frame limiting horizontal resolution. Audio is quite poor on both but distractingly so on the Enter One. We may pick-up the Ruscico edition although I'm not expecting it to be much better. Let's be patient and wait for a superior release.
If you are forced to get a DVD copy to view the film, then we apprehensively recommend the Artificial Eye PAL release HERE since the 2nd disc supplements also include - Tarkovsky's own documentary "Tempo di viaggio" (1983) and the feature-length documentary by Italian director Donatella Baglivo. |
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