This guy fucking sucks. Solonitsyn was supposed to play Andrei, he Tarkovsky's particular favourite, and he would've had the central role in Nostalghia and Offret if he didn't die. Oleg just ruined the movie.
Beautiful and touching scene... so simple at first sight and yet overwhelmingly symbolic and powerful! for me it is the quintessence of a whole life searching for authenticity and truthfulness .. cinematic art at its best! thank you
Oleg Yankovski ... He was the one who carried the light to so many ...He was a great actor and a human being. Wherever he's now - he'll be fine because he had a good heart. I wanted to meet him, I had some chances, my father played with him in Saratov's theate a long time ago,..now it's too late... It's like "Tot samy Myunhausen" was writen just for him. "Smile, gentlemen" because we are lucky to know him. Oleg...What a bright, strong and decent name, person...Happy journey, Oleg!
It is my understanding that Nostalgia was filmed in Italy. Tarkovsky was banned from filming in Soviet Union, and hopeless went to Italy to make this film. As always it contains a lot of his personal experiences. He is the one holding that candle in hope, full of nostalgia for his own land, fearing to die without no one understanding his meaningful mission.
He wasn't banned from the USSR. He was still living there, and RAI TV (state owned Italian TV) proposed a co-production between themselves and the USSR, which was accepted. So he was still in good graces with the USSR when filming this. He defected a year later, though.
The pond is the world, as water is life. The man with the candle is the man born a genius (Tarkovsky himself), trying against all odds and against the world's resistence to fulfil his mission and carry his divine light for the supreme good of the very world that makes his mission so difficult. That's my view on it.
Carying the candle along this pool will save the world! A symbolic act. The leading character knows this from a man who sounds kind of crazym and burns then himself after reading a tetament on lack of humanity and spirituality in this world
I agree that some might find this scene strange and even a bit silly if they don't see the entire film. When you see the whole film, this scene has such an impact. But I believe that it was a good idea to post it. It's a great movie, and it should be better known...
Sometimes these feelings we have after looking at true art are impossible to put into words. Tarkovsky's film are SPIRITUAL, not RELIGIOUS. You can be spiritual without being religious. I've heard that Tarkovsky is very well known in Japan, especially among cinema people. I remembered a reference to him in Takashi Miike's Audition.
Genius. You can see who is genius director in 1 scene and sequence, in scenes like this.
zigifrojd 1 month ago
Notice that it is done in a single shot. Unbelivable.
kortexsirvasil 1 year ago 3
This guy fucking sucks. Solonitsyn was supposed to play Andrei, he Tarkovsky's particular favourite, and he would've had the central role in Nostalghia and Offret if he didn't die. Oleg just ruined the movie.
pate 1 year ago
これほどまでに深い思いを表現しえたシーンはない。なにかは実際はわからないが、一筋の思い。
dontmakemeroll 1 year ago
Beautiful and touching scene... so simple at first sight and yet overwhelmingly symbolic and powerful! for me it is the quintessence of a whole life searching for authenticity and truthfulness .. cinematic art at its best! thank you
electricjogging 2 years ago
Tarkovsky, the only man that ever did metaphysical cinema.
This scene is sublime in its symbology. Faith, love, believing, all going together.
renao 2 years ago 5
@renao Not the only but the best one. Also Ozu, Bresson, Vigo, Cocteau...
zigifrojd 1 month ago 2
one of the most enthralling scenes ever!!!
tarantism 2 years ago 3
Oleg Yankovski ... He was the one who carried the light to so many ...He was a great actor and a human being. Wherever he's now - he'll be fine because he had a good heart. I wanted to meet him, I had some chances, my father played with him in Saratov's theate a long time ago,..now it's too late... It's like "Tot samy Myunhausen" was writen just for him. "Smile, gentlemen" because we are lucky to know him. Oleg...What a bright, strong and decent name, person...Happy journey, Oleg!
DenisVolga 2 years ago 8
Cinematic brilliance
vjkanano 2 years ago 3
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That alvin chipmunk is a true pimp yeah little man work it work it
stabo10 3 years ago
!!!
nunhov 3 years ago
Does anyone know the title (and lyrics, if possible) of the folk song in the beginning of the movie?
nafpaktiakos 3 years ago 3
long sequence with a man carrying a candle in nostalghia ???
whats he doing with that candle, I have to go see it
WoozyJos 4 years ago
It is my understanding that Nostalgia was filmed in Italy. Tarkovsky was banned from filming in Soviet Union, and hopeless went to Italy to make this film. As always it contains a lot of his personal experiences. He is the one holding that candle in hope, full of nostalgia for his own land, fearing to die without no one understanding his meaningful mission.
vjllopis 4 years ago
Yes, it was filmed entirely in Italy. Originally, the Russian scenes were to be shot in the USSR, but for various reasons, they weren't.
GoblinGirl 4 years ago 2
He wasn't banned from the USSR. He was still living there, and RAI TV (state owned Italian TV) proposed a co-production between themselves and the USSR, which was accepted. So he was still in good graces with the USSR when filming this. He defected a year later, though.
GoblinGirl 4 years ago
The candle is life. One is never to let it go out, as the man playing "Ode To Joy" did before jumping to his death.
Extraordinary film-my favourite Tarkovsk.
pandaeyes42 4 years ago 3
The pond is the world, as water is life. The man with the candle is the man born a genius (Tarkovsky himself), trying against all odds and against the world's resistence to fulfil his mission and carry his divine light for the supreme good of the very world that makes his mission so difficult. That's my view on it.
Werebull 3 years ago 5
What is the music in the end of this scene?
Rocibigler 4 years ago
I try to find it here in this film, but I cannot find what I've found in his Stalker-film. There is such a difference in quality I think
phbakx 4 years ago
Carying the candle along this pool will save the world! A symbolic act. The leading character knows this from a man who sounds kind of crazym and burns then himself after reading a tetament on lack of humanity and spirituality in this world
raminpix 5 years ago 2
I loved this film. But nothing beats Andrei Rublev.
Alessandro1985 5 years ago
My very favourite film. Words can't describe how extraordinary, beautiful and moving it is.
pawdaw 5 years ago 4
Face it!!! When we will ever get a chance to view such a msaterpice ever again?! Not in the cinema today!!!
Bonestomper 5 years ago 2
protect the candle...
freezzertime 5 years ago 4
superbly quoted.
freezzertime 5 years ago 2
i like the scene very much, but actually you're doing wrong by putting
only a fragment of "nostalghia" on youtube.
the movie was ment to be viewed in its entirity...
swatte 5 years ago
I agree that some might find this scene strange and even a bit silly if they don't see the entire film. When you see the whole film, this scene has such an impact. But I believe that it was a good idea to post it. It's a great movie, and it should be better known...
GoblinGirl 5 years ago
This fragment was plenty good proxy and the best 10 minutes in much too long. The pious youtube.
deluz 5 years ago
i just put "shots that changed my life".
You are right, but in the same time, it is a weird scene : just one shot. If the actor fail to scene fail... good metaphor.
cleberre 5 years ago
Tarkovsky only shot in once. He told Oleg just before they shot it "we've only got one take".
GoblinGirl 5 years ago 2
Sometimes these feelings we have after looking at true art are impossible to put into words. Tarkovsky's film are SPIRITUAL, not RELIGIOUS. You can be spiritual without being religious. I've heard that Tarkovsky is very well known in Japan, especially among cinema people. I remembered a reference to him in Takashi Miike's Audition.
GoblinGirl 5 years ago
Or an act of faith....
GoblinGirl 5 years ago 2
great scene.
phille22 5 years ago
Man, did I cry during this scene. Beautiful movie. :)
madowan 5 years ago 4
Very well put...
GoblinGirl 5 years ago
No cuts...all shot in one take...
GoblinGirl 5 years ago 3
One of the greatest sequences in cinema....
GoblinGirl 5 years ago 4