Nostalghia [1983] (BLU)
Andrei Tarkovsky
Synopsis
Andrei Tarkovsky explained that in Russian the word "nostalghia" conveys "the love for your homeland and the melancholy that arises from being far away." This debilitating form of homesickness is embodied in the film by Andrei (Oleg Yankovsky, The Mirror), a Russian intellectual doing research in Italy. He becomes obsessed with the Botticelli-like beauty of his translator Eugenia (Domiziana Giordano), as well as with the apocalyptic ramblings of a self-destructive wanderer named Domenico (Erland Josephson, The Sacrifice).
Written with frequent Michelangelo Antonioni collaborator Tonino Guerra (L'Avventura) and newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, Nostalghia is a mystical and mysterious collision of East and West, shot with the tactile beauty that only Tarkovsky can provide. As J. Hoberman wrote, "Nostalghia is not so much a movie as a place to inhabit for two hours.
Special Features:
- New 4K restoration from OCN by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale
- Audio commentary by film historian Daniel Bird
- Interview with Director of Photography Giuseppe Lanci
- Voyage in Time (1983 behind-the-scenes documentary)
- Re-Release Trailer
- Optional English subtitles
Product Details
- Format: Color, Widescreen,
- Language: Italian,
- Subtitles: English,
- Aspect Ratio: 1:66:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Kino
- Release Date: 04/23/2024
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Catalogue #: 26598
- Region: A,