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It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Nostalghia was the first non sci-fi movie I saw from Tarkovskij (I though understanding the audio would make it better), and maybe that was a wrong decision. It would have been better to start with the earlier movies. Now that I saw his last work though, Sacrifice, and understood it as well, I could understand this movie better. Nostalghia has a similar anti-modernism like sacrifice, various themes, and despite it's just two hours long, it's one of the slowest Tarkovskij films. This and Sacrifice represent well the director's last years of filmmaking. Although Nostalghia wasn't my favourite Tarkovskij, I still consider a masterpiece, just as Sacrifice.

No, not by me. A review can only be something about myself.25 years after my experience with "Zerkalo" I wrote a late review here, and after a few other good films, tonight, I was watching Woody Allens "Crimes and misdemeanors" and "Nostalghia" - twice, my last movie I hope. First time with, second time without sound.Whe I sit down the world begins to turn. Something happened to my senses or my brain, I don't know.I need a polar night now. Some aurora borealis is welcome - and likewise dreams. Didn't have a dream for a long time.Someone wrote here "Go no further." It seems not possible - I have to give away the DVD's or sell it, there are billions of other people and maybe someone likes it.Nothing can stay as it is. A Glenn Gould - CD I think I'll keep for a while...

Tarkovsky being pretentious is like Lucas using CGI; but he is undoubtedly a genius - because of his other films. In Andrei Rublev, you can see his sheer hard work: events unfold before your eyes - the balloon, the clown, the orgy, the raid, the awesome bell - all these scenes are masterpieces. Solaris has the mood and sets done just right, which causes an overwhelming uneasiness in the viewer.Nostalghia has nothing of the sort. I actually didn't mind the last couple of scenes - the immolation and the candle. It was the rest of the movie that was - how shall I put it - duller. Tarkovsky is just being lazy here. Not only has he given up any attempt at hard work, he repeats and re-repeats himself - from his own other movies and then within this movie itself.The scenes of things under water - done in Andrei Rublev. The family life scenes (including ending) - same as Solaris. Rain inside house - cf snow inside church in Rublev. Philosophical conversations about the same old topics - done better in Rublev. Fog - done in Solaris. Unblinking closeup of painting - you get the idea. Even the immolation reminds of the cow being set on fire in Rublev. There is little that's original here - the baths, the candle scene. That's about it.If this is your first Tarkovsky you might like it better. But this is a pretentious, unoriginal, tired work with few redeeming qualities.

Visually beautiful film about alienation and faith. Slow paced, with the exquisite photography and unconcealed philosophical dimension that have become Tarkovski's trademark, "Nostalghia" demands attention and ultimately delivers. The famous "candle scene" is a poetic, striking and exasperating visual representation of faith, redemption and the artist's mission. "1+1=1", "Ode to Joy", the girl's speech, Domenico's plea- all these will remain with you for a long time.Tarkovski's movies don't seem biased; they don't make categorical statements, but raise questions that remain mostly unanswered. For Tarkovski, the movie is a search, a personal catharsis. It's true that Tarkovski speaks through all his characters, but what he has to say deserves attention. This won't be your typical "entertainment", but a thought-provoking and fascinating journey into the mind of a great film maker.