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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2017 15:32:19 GMT
MUSIC: Nostalgia On: Film4 Date: Tuesday 9th May 2017 Time: 01:00 to 03:40 Oleg Yankovskiy, Erland Josephson and Domiziana Giordano star in Andrei Tarkovsky's first film to be made outside the Soviet Union, a drama about longing. Andrei Gorchakov is a famous Russian writer who has travelled to Italy in order to research the life of a Russian composer who studied there in the 1700s, before returning to his homeland to commit suicide. Gorchakov is aided in his endeavour by the beautiful interpreter Eugenia, who is clearly attracted to him. While exploring Tuscany, Gorchakov encounters a man called Domenico, who believes he has found a means of bringing peace to the world. Gorchakov is drawn to the mystic and his ideas, but will discover that the would-be saviour has a disturbing past... First screening on Film4. Film4's Andrei Tarkovsky Season concludes next week with a screening of The Sacrifice. (In Italian with English Subtitles) |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 9, 2017 4:05:26 GMT
Nice, unfortunately I'm not in the UK. Fortunately I recently received Bluray of editions of both Nostalghia and The Sacrifice in the mail and watched them both last week.
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Post by MrFurious on May 9, 2017 15:15:16 GMT
Watched the first few minutes and then fell asleep. Will watch the rest tonight though. Watched Sacrifice a few weeks ago online. My favourite Tarkovsky will probably be Ivans Childhood.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 10, 2017 11:32:56 GMT
Watched the first few minutes and then fell asleep. Will watch the rest tonight though. Watched Sacrifice a few weeks ago online. My favourite Tarkovsky will probably be Ivans Childhood. I watched it yesterday. It was OK. Some interesting visuals in the Italian Spa village. Very talky as usual. The only one of this season I've thought was a truly excellent movie was Andrei Rublev. Finishes next week with Sacrifice - another new one for me. P.S. Does he feature an Alsatian in all his movies?! |
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Post by MrFurious on May 10, 2017 13:15:12 GMT
Can't remember an Alsation in The Sacrifice but there was another great fire. Maybe he has a fire in all his films too.
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Post by notoriousnobbi on May 10, 2017 13:53:22 GMT
Tarkovsky often combines the 4 elements (earth, air, water, fire) in his "great fire" shots.
When I first saw Nostalgia more than 30 years ago I didn't understand that much, but was haunted by the beautiful cinematography. Most beautiful ending ever!
2nd time I understood much more 'cause I've read his book "Die versiegelte Zeit" in the meantime.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 10, 2017 16:41:21 GMT
I doubt I'll be watching it again any time soon. I'm happy just to appreciate it on the visual level. You won't catch me reading the book!  A propos of nothing, I picked up a second hand Hermann Hesse paperback for 25 pence today - The Glass Bead Game. Doubt I'll ever read it! |
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Post by notoriousnobbi on May 11, 2017 17:40:51 GMT
... A propos of nothing, I picked up a second hand Hermann Hesse paperback for 25 pence today - The Glass Bead Game. Doubt I'll ever read it! would be sad, because it's a nice and short read. Among the German authors Hermann Hesse belongs to the "is easy to read in spite of heavy topics" category. While we are at German authors and Tarkovsky: Tarkovsky had planned a "biopic" about German author E.T.A. Hoffmann who had been influental on an European level. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._T._A._HoffmannFrench composer Jacques Offenbach even made an opera about his novels and I'm quite sure You know this peace here (but You could also press mute" and just look at the lovely ladies ...  ) Sadly Tarkovsky died before he could finish this project. (at least the screen-play does exist, but I haven't read it yet) I would like to recommend THIS Hoffmann story to You en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(short_story) It's gothic horror at the best |
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 13, 2017 13:55:39 GMT
Certainly have heard the Tales of Hoffmann, nobbi. The platoon in Dad's Army (famous British sitcom set in WW2) even sing the Barcarole it in one episode! Thanks for The Sandman rec. germanstories.vcu.edu/hoffmann/sand_e.htmlThough I'll probably never get around to reading it! |
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