Included is a second disc Blu-ray with the feature and extras described as from a "New HD master from a 4K scan of the original film negative".

We compared two DVDs and two Blu-rays of Nostalghia HERE including the 2014 bare bones Kino Blu-ray. There are some matched frames below to the new 2160P. Despite the vast improvement of the higher resolution, the image appears to have a very green cast over it - most notable in interiors. Unfortunately we have suffered through many weak and varied digital editions of Nostalghia - and this is by far the best with the wonderfully consistent grain textures and fabulous uptick in detail. We are looking into the accuracy of the green hue. The Enter One- Region 3 DVD also looked, actually even more, green. The black and white sequences have pleasing contrast and the naturally lit scenes have excellent balance in 2160P. My viewing was awesome considering the consistent poetic visuals in this higher resolution.

This 4K UHD of "Nostalghia" does not have HDR applied (no HDR10, HDR10+, nor Dolby Vision.) We have seen other 4K UHD transfers without HDR; Mondo Macabro's Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf, Cult Films Django 4K UHD, Umbrella's 4K UHD transfer of Peter Weir's The Last Wave and Criterion's 4K UHD transfers of The Others, Rules of the Game, Branded to Kill, In the Mood For Love, Night of the Living Dead and, further examples, Masters of Cinema's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, ClassicFlix's I, the Jury, and Kino's 4K UHDs of The Apartment, For a Few Dollars More, A Fistful of Dollars, In the Heat of the Night, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as well as Koch Media's Neon Demon + one of the 4K UHD transfers of Dario Argento's Suspiria.

NOTE: 58 more more full resolution (3840 X 2160) 4K UHD captures, in lossless PNG format, for Patrons are available HERE

We have reviewed the following 4K UHD packages recently: Werckmeister Harmonies (software uniformly simulated HDR), Goin' South (software uniformly simulated HDR), La Haine (software uniformly simulated HDR), All Ladies Do It (software uniformly simulated HDR), Old Henry  (software uniformly simulated HDR), To Die For (software uniformly simulated HDR), Snapshot (software uniformly simulated HDR), Phase IV (software uniformly simulated HDR), Burial Ground (software uniformly simulated HDR), Dark Water (software uniformly simulated HDR), Fear and Desire (software uniformly simulated HDR), Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf (no HDR), Paths of Glory (software uniformly simulated HDR), Southern Comfort (software uniformly simulated HDR), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (software uniformly simulated HDR,) The Wages of Fear  (software uniformly simulated HDR), The Roaring Twenties (software uniformly simulated HDR), Universal Classic Monsters Limited Edition Collection (software uniformly simulated HDR), Scarlet Street (software uniformly simulated HDR), eXistenZ (software uniformly simulated HDR), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (software uniformly simulated HDR), Conan the Barbarian (software uniformly simulated HDR),  Django (no HDR), Lone Star  (software uniformly simulated HDR), Suspect Zero (software uniformly simulated HDR), Count Dracula (software uniformly simulated HDR), Full Circle - The Haunting of Julia (software uniformly simulated HDR), The Warriors  (software uniformly simulated HDR), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (software uniformly simulated HDR), Blackhat (software uniformly simulated HDR), Mark of the Devil (software uniformly simulated HDR), Barbarella (software uniformly simulated HDR), The Last Picture Show (software uniformly simulated HDR).

On their 4K UHD, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original Italian language. Nostalghia features wonderful music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Giuseppe Verdi (Requiem,) as well as Russian folk songs (Kumushki, heard over the opening credits.) Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is featured prominently (Andrei's visit at Domenico's home and during his demonstration in Rome) and all of this advances under the lossless rendering - even the intentionally jarring and discordant audio. The classical music really brings the imagery together beautifully. Rain and water are frequently heard in certain sequences. The discs offer optional English subtitles - and is the Blu-ray is Region 'A'-locked where the 4K UHD is region FREE, playable worldwide.

The 4K UHD and Blu-ray offer a new commentary by film historian Daniel Bird. He describes the film as 'not one of Tarkovsky' most famous but that it is one of his most interesting works'. He tells us that the theme of the film is exactly the same as the predicament that the director found himself in my making his final two films abroad, comparisons to Solaris, the alternating sequences of slow motion and color / black + white, the director's Sculpting in Time book references, the long single-take sequences, how "Nostalghia" is the 'wettest' of all Tarkovsky films, fire as an element counterpoint to the water, the use of the Bergman-regular Erland Josephson, Tarkovsky's diary entries and significantly more. Bird is one of my favorite academic commentarists and he's as erudite and observant as ever here. Wonderful work Daniel. Included on the second disc Blu-ray is Tarkovsky + Guerra's hour-plus documentary Voyage in Time (in 1080P with optional English subtitles) as they travel all over Italy to scout locations for the film Nostalghia. Their fascinating conversations stretch beyond filmmaking but include Tarkovsky's filmmaking philosophy and mention of filmmakers he admires; notably Robert Bresson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Sergei Parajanov, and Ingmar Bergman. Also included is a 1/2 hour interview with the 81-year old Director of Photography Giuseppe Lanci who supervised the color correction work on the restoration. He discusses his career - his graduation from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - and memories of the production. He has worked with Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Nanni Moretti, Lina Wertmüller, Margarethe von Trotta, Mauro Bolognini, Luis Sepúlveda, and Roberto Benigni. Lastly is a new re-release trailer for "Nostalghia".

Kino's 4K UHD release of Andrei Tarkovsky's "Nostalghia" is the first of the director's films to make it to this 2160P format. There is a strong theme of spirituality in all of the director's films often comparing him to Robert Bresson. "Nostalghia" has beautiful dream-like visuals with slow, subtle camera movements. The Soviet actor Anatoly Solonitsyn (Tarkovsky referred to him as his favorite) was intended to play the lead roles in both Nostalghia and his final film The Sacrifice, but the actor died of Cancer - as eventually did a number of the cast / crew of Stalker including the director and his second wife, Larisa Tarkovskaya. This is reported to be connected to the toxicity of the location shooting - predating the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. A theme of nuclear radiation would be revisited in his film The Sacrifice. "Nostalghia" is one of Tarkovsky's lesser-known works but it has his signature hypnotic imagery connected to much of his filmography with floating feathers, spilled milk and impressionistic reflections in gently flowing water. Nostalghia is a fascinating work by a master filmmaker and remains an important part of his artistic testament. Seeing it in 4K UHD is essential for cinephiles. Absolutely recommended.   

Gary Tooze