Nostalghia (Russian: Ностальгия) is a 1983 film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Oleg Yankovsky. It was filmed in Italy, with most of the dialogue in Italian. The film tells the story of a Russian poet who travels to Italy to conduct research for a biography that he is writing. The narrative is intercut with abstract dream-like sequences. Among the themes of the film is the exploration of the expatriate Russian's feelings of displacement, which most critics have identified with Tarkovsky's own emotional experience of living in Italy. ImageMetadata File history File links Fpnostalghia1. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Fpnostalghia1. ... Forced perspective is a filmmaking technique employing to make larger objects appear smaller to the viewer or vice versa, depending on their relationship to the camera and each other. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (ÐндреÌй ÐÑ€ÑеÌньевич ТаркоÌвÑкий) (April 4, 1932 - December 28, 1986) was a Russian movie director, writer, and actor. ... Oleg I. Yankovsky Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: ; b. ... Jump to: navigation, search An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ...
Nostalghia contains several shots which have become famous. One of these is an eight minute long take of a man walking across a drained outdoor pool carrying a candle, which he must prevent from being extinguished by the wind. He fails twice, walking slowly back to the beginning and starting again. The final image of the film is a forced perspective shot placing a rural farmhouse inside a columned Italian city courtyard. Forced perspective is a filmmaking technique employing to make larger objects appear smaller to the viewer or vice versa, depending on their relationship to the camera and each other. ...
Nostalghia is not the first ECM album dedicated to the memory of Andrei Tarkovsky, that distinction belonging to Arvo Pärts Arbos (Jan Garbareks All Those Born With Wings also contains a dedication), but it is the first to address Tarkovskys inspirational world, and the spiritual aura of the great Russian filmmakers work.
The term as applied in his film Nostalghia (1983) was intended, he said, to indicate a global yearning for the wholeness of existence.
Autumn appearances include the ECM Festival in Dinant, Belgium, on September 30, and a special release concert in Paris at the Salle de la Chapelle des Récollets of the Maison de lArchitecture, on October 5.
Related Articles: Nostalghia, featured in Issue No. 15 of Senses of Cinema and Solaris: Exploring the Frontier of the Subconscious, featured in Issue No. 4 of Senses of Cinema.
Domenico implores Andrei with a seemingly innocuous task that he, considered mentally unstable by the villagers, is unable to execute, to cross the natural spring with a lit candle, as part of his redemptive design.
Tarkovsky filmed Nostalghia in exile and dedicated the film to the memory of his mother.
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