Review of Nostalgia (1983) by Andrey B — 23 Oct 2017

As is expected of Tarkovsky he raises questions in this movie that don't have to be answered, it is a spiritual journey that has to be taken along with the writer (Yankovskiy) in an attempt to find the needed answers.

It is probably Tarkovsky's most enigmatic and perplexing work, clearly made under the heavy influence of homesickness as Tarkovsky worked and lived in Italy at the time. As usual with Tarkovksy the film's visual poetry is stunning, long uninterrupted shots and pictorial musings lead you in the state of trance.

Also the fear of a nuclear war that permeated the world at the time can be traced through the character played by Erland Josephson who believes that the world is coming to an end. He would play a similar character in Tarkovsky's next and last film 'The Sacrifice'.